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%

Friona$1,180/mo

Typical home $175K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.78% · or rent about $1,038/mo · Housing →

Bishop$940/mo

Typical home $138K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.89% · or rent about $952/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Friona and Bishop.

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+FrionaSafer than 97% of U.S. towns –BishopNot graded

Schools

C+FrionaBetter than 40% of districts in the state B−BishopBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

C+FrionaHealthier than 43% of U.S. towns DBishopHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns

10Friona

10Bishop

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #14#443 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #339#41 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #252#535 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #122#381 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #271#514 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #8#235 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #555#417 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #615#487

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

FrionaBishop

Snow a year13″0″

January low22°F 47°F

July high91°F 96°F

Growing season (days)182d 329d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)15th 78th

Outdoors & history

FrionaBishop

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2%2.2%

Settled1906 —

Community

FrionaBishop

Library hours a week37 hrs 16 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

568 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FrionaTX BishopTX

Friona ↔ Bishop568 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

FrionaBishop

People

Population 4,102Highest 3,103Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.2%Lowest TX: +15.9% +1.3%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 39.9±3.4Highest 12% above TX 39.5±8.8Lowest 11% above TX

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

Kids under 18 25.1%±6.3Highest TX: 25% 23.6%±5.1Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 21.3%±5.3Lowest TX: 13.4% 23.8%±7.7Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.9%Lowest TX: 33.8% 17.7%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±1.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 2.8%±1.8Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,801±$5kHighest 15% below TX $58,152±$23kLowest 26% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $125,500±$54kHighest 56% below TX $111,800±$20kLowest 61% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,038±$234Highest 26% below TX $952±$193Lowest 32% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,230Highest 47% below TX $2,109Lowest 50% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 12.4%±12.1Lowest TX: 51.7% 63.2%±16.1Highest TX: 51.7%

Below poverty line 8.9%Lowest TX: 13.8% 24.7%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.9%Lowest TX: 62.6% 80%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 20 yrs older than TX 1973Highest 19 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 48% below TX 29 minHighest 7% above TX

Work from home 0%±0.8Lowest TX: 14.4% 4.2%±3.5Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 19.6%Highest 7.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 3.8 miLowest 24.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.57Highest 0.26Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Amarillo (6%)Corpus Christi (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BishopFew work in Friona

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 2.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 155Highest 74.4Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #299 of 583 in TX #315 of 583 in TX

School district FRIONA ISDBISHOP CISD

High school in town Friona H SBishop H S

Students per teacherat that high school 8.4Lowest 14.1Highest

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.

Friona vs Bishop

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Friona

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

568 miles apart

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