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%

Lufkin$1,350/mo

Typical home $211K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.42% · or rent about $1,079/mo · Housing →

Rosenberg$2,040/mo

Typical home $312K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $1,379/mo · Housing →

The difference: $680 a month, about $8,200 a year, between Rosenberg and Lufkin.

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

Rosenberg 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

DLufkinSafer than 13% of U.S. towns C+RosenbergSafer than 40% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−LufkinBetter than 47% of districts in the state A−RosenbergBetter than 75% of districts in the state

Health

DLufkinHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns CRosenbergHealthier than 29% of U.S. towns

10Lufkin

13Rosenberg

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #54#490 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #506#149 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #538#220 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#69 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #452#212 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #351#154 SafestSafety · 470 towns #420#249 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #533#309

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

LufkinRosenberg

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)29th 48th

Outdoors & history

LufkinRosenberg

Trails1 mi 7 mi

Conserved land3.5%2%

Settled1884 —

National Register places36 1

Archive photos12 —

Community

LufkinRosenberg

Library hours a week48 hrs —

Colleges in town1 —

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

139 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LufkinTX RosenbergTX

Lufkin ↔ Rosenberg139 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

LufkinRosenberg

People

Population 34,251Lowest 40,646Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.6%Lowest TX: +15.9% +25%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34.6±1.9Highest about the TX average 32.8±2.7Lowest 8% below TX

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

Kids under 18 27.2%±2.1Highest TX: 25% 24.4%±2.8Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 15.2%±1.4Highest TX: 13.4% 12.7%±1.8Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.8%Highest TX: 33.8% 20.3%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.3%±1Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.4%±1.5Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,048±$6kLowest 27% below TX $65,668±$7kHighest 16% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $179,600±$10kLowest 37% below TX $219,100±$18kHighest 23% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,079±$49Lowest 23% below TX $1,379±$55Highest about the TX average

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,559Lowest 40% below TX $3,391Highest 20% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.7%±6.4Lowest TX: 51.7% 53.7%±8.7Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 18%Lowest TX: 13.8% 20.2%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 51.6%Lowest TX: 62.6% 54.4%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Lowest 11 yrs older than TX 1997Highest 5 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 36% below TX 30 minHighest 13% above TX

Work from home 6.9%±2.1Lowest TX: 14.4% 8.7%±2.8Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 46.1%Highest 14.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 20.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.91Highest 1.15Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Nacogdoches (6%)Houston (35%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RosenbergFew work in Lufkin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.5%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.1 miLowest 7.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 49.5Highest 39.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #227 of 583 in TX #351 of 583 in TX

School district PINEYWOODS COMMUNITY ACADEMY · CENTRAL ISDBROOKESMITH ISD · FORT BEND ISD

High school in town Lufkin H SLamar Cons H S

Students per teacherat that high school 11.9Lowest 18.0Highest

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

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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.

Lufkin vs Rosenberg

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $680 more a month in Rosenberg

Rosenberg places higher on 13 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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