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%

Mabank$1,720/mo

Typical home $272K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.27% · or rent about $994/mo · Housing →

Marble Falls$2,580/mo

Typical home $399K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.48% · or rent about $1,360/mo · Housing →

The difference: $870 a month, about $10,400 a year, between Marble Falls and Mabank.

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

Mabank places higher on 12 of 21 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

–MabankNot graded C−Marble FallsSafer than 23% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−MabankBetter than 76% of districts in the state B−Marble FallsBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

CMabankHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns CMarble FallsHealthier than 27% of U.S. towns

12Mabank

9Marble Falls

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #527#88 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #348#22 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #618#383 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #186#396 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #21#179 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #198#325 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #335#473 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #391#490

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

MabankMarble Falls

Snow a year—0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 49th

Outdoors & history

MabankMarble Falls

Trails1 mi 3 mi

Conserved land1.5%1%

Settled1900 1887

National Register places—1

Archive photos5 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

MabankMarble Falls

Library hours a week32 hrs 38 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

179 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MabankTX Marble FallsTX

Mabank ↔ Marble Falls179 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

MabankMarble Falls

People

Population 5,187Lowest 7,752Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +33.4%Highest TX: +15.9% +15.8%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.1±2.9Lowest 7% below TX 35.5±2.9Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 30%±7Highest TX: 25% 26.1%±4.3Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 12%±3.6Lowest TX: 13.4% 17%±3.2Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.1%Lowest TX: 33.8% 26.9%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±2.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 6.1%±3.3Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $54,889±$9kLowest 30% below TX $57,925±$7kHighest 26% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $254,900±$22kLowest 10% below TX $338,800±$37kHighest 19% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $994±$102Lowest 29% below TX $1,360±$66Highest 3% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,237Lowest 24% below TX $5,020Highest 19% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 67.8%±21.6Highest TX: 51.7% 51%±14Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 5%Lowest TX: 13.8% 15.5%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 43.8%Highest TX: 62.6% 41.4%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2002Highest 10 yrs newer than TX 2001Lowest 9 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 4% below TX 15 minLowest 44% below TX

Work from home 4.4%±3.7Lowest TX: 14.4% 5.4%±2.9Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 13.7%Lowest 26.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 48.8 miHighest 31.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.53Lowest 2.01Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (11%)Austin (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Marble FallsFew work in Mabank

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.4 miLowest 3.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 mi 0.2 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 32.1Highest 28.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #198 of 583 in TX #325 of 583 in TX

School district MABANK ISD · MARTINS MILL ISDMARBLE FALLS ISD

High school in town Mabank H SMarble Falls H S

Students per teacherat that high school 13.7 13.7

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.

Mabank vs Marble Falls

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $870 more a month in Marble Falls

Mabank places higher on 12 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

179 miles apart

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