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%

Earth$600/mo

Typical home $95K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.34% · or rent about $750/mo · Housing →

Bogata$1,270/mo

Typical home $201K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.28% · or rent about $856/mo · Housing →

The difference: $670 a month, about $8,000 a year, between Bogata and Earth.

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.

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

EarthBogata

Snow a year8″1″

January low25°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)206d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 100th

Outdoors & history

EarthBogata

Settled1924 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos6 —

Community

EarthBogata

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

416 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EarthTX BogataTX

Earth ↔ Bogata416 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

EarthBogata

People

Population 925Highest 804Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -15.4%Lowest TX: +15.9% -6.9%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 40.6±13.9Lowest 14% above TX 44.5±8.4Highest 25% above TX

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

Kids under 18 30.3%±6.6Highest TX: 25% 19.2%±5.3Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 23.4%±5.7Lowest TX: 13.4% 26.4%±2.9Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.4%Lowest TX: 33.8% 12.3%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.5%±1.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 3%±3.9Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,574±$18kHighest 39% below TX $39,861±$11kLowest 49% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $78,300±$17kLowest 72% below TX $94,300±$17kHighest 67% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $750±$107Lowest 47% below TX $856±$228Highest 39% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,050Lowest 75% below TX $1,210Highest 71% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.7%±25.5Highest TX: 51.7% 44.9%±39.1Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 14.4%Lowest TX: 13.8% 19.4%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.6%Highest TX: 62.6% 71.3%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1964Lowest 28 yrs older than TX 1975Highest 17 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 33% below TX 26 minHighest about the TX average

Work from home 2%±3.2Lowest TX: 14.4% 7.9%±8.6Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.5%Highest 5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 46.8 miHighest 25.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.34Lowest 0.50Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Lubbock (14%)Paris (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BogataFew work in Earth

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 59.7Lowest 62.8Highest

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.

Earth vs Bogata

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $670 more a month in Bogata

What daily life feels like in each

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