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%

Cibolo$2,200/mo

Typical home $332K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.65% · or rent about $2,112/mo · Housing →

Sachse$2,850/mo

Typical home $428K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.69% · or rent about $1,798/mo · Housing →

The difference: $650 a month, about $7,800 a year, between Sachse and Cibolo.

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

Sachse places higher on 15 of 22 TX lists

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.

Safety

B+CiboloSafer than 65% of U.S. towns A−SachseSafer than 78% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−CiboloBetter than 75% of districts in the state B−SachseBetter than 53% of districts in the state

Health

A−CiboloHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns ASachseHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns

6Cibolo

15Sachse

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #466#122 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #435#162 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #337#138 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#69 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #179#310 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #343#256 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #25#121 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #157#60

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Cibolo’s rankings →

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

CiboloSachse

Snow a year0″0″

January low37°F —

July high93°F —

Growing season (days)253d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th 62nd

Outdoors & history

CiboloSachse

Trails3 mi 3 mi

Conserved land0.8%4.5%

Community

CiboloSachse

Library hours a week—57 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

254 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CiboloTX SachseTX

Cibolo ↔ Sachse254 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

CiboloSachse

People

Population 35,109Highest 30,491Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +110.3%Highest TX: +15.9% +33.3%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36±1.3Lowest about the TX average 39.9±1.7Highest 12% above TX

Kids under 18 28.2%±2.5Highest TX: 25% 24.3%±2.5Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 10.5%±1.5Lowest TX: 13.4% 11.8%±1.9Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 44.4%Lowest TX: 33.8% 48.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7%±1.4Highest TX: 6.2% 6.4%±1.2Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $122,365±$9kLowest 56% above TX $131,808±$9kHighest 68% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $351,900±$10kLowest 24% above TX $406,200±$21kHighest 43% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,112±$87Highest 51% above TX $1,798±$103Lowest 28% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,820Lowest 38% above TX $6,873Highest 62% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.2%±12.5Lowest TX: 51.7% 52%±13.4Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 4.1%Highest TX: 13.8% 3.3%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.3%Lowest TX: 62.6% 84.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2008Highest 16 yrs newer than TX 2005Lowest 13 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest 9% above TX 30 minHighest 10% above TX

Work from home 16%±2.7Lowest TX: 14.4% 25.3%±3.9Highest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miHighest 14.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.35Highest 0.21Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Antonio (38%)Dallas (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SachseFew work in Cibolo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 4.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.2 miHighest 3.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.8Lowest 94.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #116 of 583 in TX #107 of 583 in TX

School district LEGACY TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS - TEXAS · SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISDGARLAND ISD · WYLIE ISD

High school in town Byron P Steele II H SSachse H S

Students per teacherat that high school 18.8Highest 17.3Lowest

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.

Cibolo vs Sachse

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $650 more a month in Sachse

Sachse places higher on 15 of 22 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

254 miles apart

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