A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Buckholts$1,780/mo

Typical home $297K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $710/mo · Housing →

Wells$780/mo

Typical home $141K (Census) · tax rate 0.33% · or rent about $510/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,010 a month, about $12,100 a year, between Buckholts and Wells.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

D−BuckholtsBetter than 4% of districts in the state C−WellsBetter than 22% of districts in the state

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BuckholtsWells

Snow a year0″0″

January low39°F 35°F

July high94°F 92°F

Growing season (days)261d 239d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)23rd 33rd

Outdoors & history

BuckholtsWells

Archive photos—5

Community

BuckholtsWells

Library hours a week—31 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

136 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BuckholtsTX WellsTX

Buckholts ↔ Wells136 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

BuckholtsWells

People

Population 374Lowest 484Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -29.1%Lowest TX: +15.9% +8%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 31.3±13.1Highest 12% below TX 31.1±10.4Lowest 13% below TX

Buckholts and Wells are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 31.8%±5.6Highest TX: 25% 31.6%±12.1Lowest TX: 25%

Buckholts and Wells are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 18.7%±9.4Lowest TX: 13.4% 27.5%±10.4Highest TX: 13.4%

Wells and Buckholts are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 3%Lowest TX: 33.8% 4.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±5.7 TX: 6.2% 0%±4.4 TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $33,333±$19k 58% below TX —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $75,600±$22kLowest 73% below TX $140,600±$82kHighest 50% below TX

Wells and Buckholts are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $710±$154Highest 49% below TX $510±$424Lowest 64% below TX

Buckholts and Wells are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $700Highest 83% below TX $467Lowest 89% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 63.9%±33Highest TX: 51.7% 42.6%±96.9Lowest TX: 51.7%

Buckholts and Wells are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 47.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 42.1%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.3%Highest TX: 62.6% 45.4%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 7 yrs older than TX 1970Lowest 22 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 7% above TX 22 minLowest 17% below TX

Work from home 1.3%±3.7Highest TX: 14.4% 0%±15Lowest TX: 14.4%

Buckholts and Wells are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0.6%Lowest 3.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 41.8 miLowest 57.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 0.60Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Temple (17%)Lufkin (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WellsFew work in Buckholts

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.8Highest 22.5Lowest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Buckholts vs Wells

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,010 more a month in Buckholts

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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