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%

Daingerfield$1,060/mo

Typical home $170K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $920/mo · Housing →

Refugio$850/mo

Typical home $131K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $747/mo · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,500 a year, between Daingerfield and Refugio.

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

Daingerfield places higher on 11 of 21 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

DDaingerfieldSafer than 13% of U.S. towns B−RefugioSafer than 48% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+DaingerfieldBetter than 38% of districts in the state C+RefugioBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

DDaingerfieldHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns DRefugioHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

11Daingerfield

10Refugio

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #41#556 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #454#137 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #476#148 SafestSafety · 470 towns #427#202 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #225#502 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #464#263 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #436#576 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #462#343

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Daingerfield’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

DaingerfieldRefugio

Snow a year0″1″

January low35°F 45°F

July high92°F 94°F

Growing season (days)259d 283d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 84th

Outdoors & history

DaingerfieldRefugio

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.8%5.3%

National Register places1 4

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here8 —

Community

DaingerfieldRefugio

Library hours a week31 hrs 45 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

360 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DaingerfieldTX RefugioTX

Daingerfield ↔ Refugio360 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

DaingerfieldRefugio

People

Population 2,529Lowest 2,766Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.5%Highest TX: +15.9% -6.2%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36.3±5.3Lowest about the TX average 39.6±4.6Highest 11% above TX

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

Kids under 18 22.7%±4.7Lowest TX: 25% 25.6%±5.6Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 18%±5Lowest TX: 13.4% 20.2%±4.2Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.4%Highest TX: 33.8% 13.2%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±2.3Highest TX: 6.2% 0.8%±1.1Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,500±$18kHighest 27% below TX $48,750±$27kLowest 38% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $100,200±$28kHighest 65% below TX $94,800±$7kLowest 67% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $920±$67Highest 34% below TX $747±$60Lowest 47% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,208Lowest 71% below TX $1,468Highest 65% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 43.5%±21.2Lowest TX: 51.7% 73.8%±17.2Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 17.5%Lowest TX: 13.8% 25.3%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.4%Highest TX: 62.6% 58.9%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Highest 24 yrs older than TX 1967Lowest 25 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 10% below TX 22 minLowest 19% below TX

Work from home 5.4%±3.7Highest TX: 14.4% 2.1%±2.6Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 13.5%Lowest 28.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 36.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.97Lowest 1.03Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Mount Pleasant (19%)Corpus Christi (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RefugioFew work in Daingerfield

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 5.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 98.4Lowest 119Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #464 of 583 in TX #263 of 583 in TX

School district DAINGERFIELD-LONE STAR ISDREFUGIO ISD

High school in town Daingerfield H SRefugio H S

Students per teacherat that high school 9.7Lowest 11.3Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Daingerfield vs Refugio

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Daingerfield

Daingerfield places higher on 11 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

360 miles apart

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