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%

Humble$1,530/mo

Typical home $253K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.98% · or rent about $1,330/mo · Housing →

Clute$1,350/mo

Typical home $199K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.85% · or rent about $1,130/mo · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,200 a year, between Humble and Clute.

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

Clute places higher on 13 of 23 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

D−HumbleSafer than 0% of U.S. towns CCluteSafer than 29% of U.S. towns

Schools

BHumbleBetter than 55% of districts in the state B−CluteBetter than 51% of districts in the state

Health

CHumbleHealthier than 26% of U.S. towns CCluteHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns

7Humble

13Clute

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #565#183 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #391#77 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #187#474 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #278#551 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #271#499 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #504#297 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #457#288 SafestSafety · 470 towns #468#322

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

HumbleClute

Snow a year0″0″

January low44°F 46°F

July high95°F 92°F

Growing season (days)300d 338d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd 54th

Outdoors & history

HumbleClute

Trails4 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.6%1.9%

Settled1933 1952

Archive photos—4

Community

HumbleClute

Library hours a week47 hrs 41 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

67 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HumbleTX CluteTX

Humble ↔ Clute67 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

HumbleClute

People

Population 16,521Highest 10,715Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +11%Highest TX: +15.9% -5.4%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 32.1±1.5Highest 10% below TX 30±2.4Lowest 16% below TX

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

Kids under 18 29.8%±4.7Highest TX: 25% 22.1%±4.2Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 11.8%±2.2Highest TX: 13.4% 10.7%±2.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.4%Highest TX: 33.8% 15%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±1.9Lowest TX: 6.2% 6.8%±2.2Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,011±$10kLowest 27% below TX $70,208±$16kHighest 11% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $216,400±$26kLowest 24% below TX $271,700±$24kHighest 4% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,330±$81Highest 5% below TX $1,130±$129Lowest 19% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,117Lowest 50% below TX $5,024Highest 19% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 61.7%±11.2Highest TX: 51.7% 54.2%±11.8Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 18.8%Highest TX: 13.8% 10.4%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 38.8%Lowest TX: 62.6% 49.2%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 10 yrs older than TX 1986Highest 6 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 25% above TX 21 minLowest 21% below TX

Work from home 6.7%±3Highest TX: 14.4% 2.9%±1.6Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 7.8%Lowest 16.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 34.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 3.58Highest 1.84Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (53%)Houston (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CluteFew work in Humble

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Lowest 1.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.4 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 46.5Lowest 58.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #504 of 583 in TX #297 of 583 in TX

School district ALDINE ISD · HUMBLE ISDBRAZOSPORT ISD

High school in town Humble H SBrazoswood H S

Students per teacherat that high school 15.2Lowest 15.5Highest

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.

Humble vs Clute

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Humble

Clute places higher on 13 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

67 miles apart

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