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%

Fredericksburg$3,240/mo

Typical home $522K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $1,386/mo · Housing →

Fairview$4,190/mo

Typical home $655K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.40% · or rent about $1,947/mo · Housing →

The difference: $960 a month, about $11,500 a year, between Fairview and Fredericksburg.

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.

Safety

A−FredericksburgSafer than 76% of U.S. towns B+FairviewSafer than 74% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+FredericksburgBetter than 66% of districts in the state AFairviewBetter than 88% of districts in the state

Health

B+FredericksburgHealthier than 66% of U.S. towns A−FairviewHealthier than 79% of U.S. towns

10Fredericksburg

10Fairview

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #17#577 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #405#88 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #371#123 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #181#5 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #195#13 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #232#413 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #115#18 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #5#146

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

FredericksburgFairview

Snow a year0″3″

January low34°F —

July high93°F —

Growing season (days)235d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)17th 61st

Outdoors & history

FredericksburgFairview

Trails7 mi 20 mi

Conserved land6.7%6.1%

Settled1846 —

National Register places4 1

Famous people born here20 —

Community

FredericksburgFairview

Library hours a week43 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

239 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FredericksburgTX FairviewTX

Fredericksburg ↔ Fairview239 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

FredericksburgFairview

People

Population 11,419Highest 10,783Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.3%Lowest TX: +15.9% +43.1%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 48.5±5.2Lowest 36% above TX 49.1±5.1Highest 38% above TX

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

Kids under 18 19.3%±2.8Lowest TX: 25% 22.7%±4.9Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 32%±4Highest TX: 13.4% 30.1%±4.6Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43.3%Lowest TX: 33.8% 59.4%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±0.9Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.9%±3.1Highest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $64,534±$9kLowest 18% below TX $109,347±$18kHighest 39% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $460,300±$26kLowest 62% above TX $597,300±$40kHighest 110% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,386±$60Lowest about the TX average $1,947±$240Highest 39% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,328Lowest 26% above TX $8,355Highest 97% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58.7%±15.2Lowest TX: 51.7% 66.1%±24.8Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 9.2%Lowest TX: 13.8% 14.8%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 63.1%Lowest TX: 62.6% 73.9%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Lowest 6 yrs older than TX 2006Highest 14 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 47% below TX 34 minHighest 27% above TX

Work from home 13%±3.4Lowest TX: 14.4% 35.3%±7.3Highest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 39.6%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.60Highest 0.37Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Antonio (13%)Dallas (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FairviewFew work in Fredericksburg

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.7%Highest 6.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 6.7 miLowest 20.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 2.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 75.0Highest 51.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #181 of 583 in TX #5 of 583 in TX

School district FREDERICKSBURG ISDLOVEJOY ISD

High school in town Fredericksburg H SNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 13.3 —

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.

Fredericksburg vs Fairview

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $960 more a month in Fairview

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

239 miles apart

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