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%

Marshall$1,010/mo

Typical home $166K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.04% · or rent about $949/mo · Housing →

Eagle Pass$1,450/mo

Typical home $219K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.65% · or rent about $880/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Eagle Pass and Marshall.

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

Eagle Pass places higher on 13 of 22 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

C−MarshallSafer than 22% of U.S. towns C+Eagle PassSafer than 35% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−MarshallBetter than 16% of districts in the state C−Eagle PassBetter than 20% of districts in the state

Health

DMarshallHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns C−Eagle PassHealthier than 16% of U.S. towns

9Marshall

13Eagle Pass

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #580#212 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#18 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #320#574 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #469#217 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #92#319 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #434#606 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #100#52 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #365#231

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

MarshallEagle Pass

Snow a year1″0″

January low33°F 40°F

July high94°F 98°F

Growing season (days)233d 287d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 4th

Outdoors & history

MarshallEagle Pass

Trails1 mi 17 mi

Conserved land1.3%2.8%

Settled1841 1850

National Register places14 2

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—10

Community

MarshallEagle Pass

Library hours a week51 hrs 41 hrs

Colleges in town2 —

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

450 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MarshallTX Eagle PassTX

Marshall ↔ Eagle Pass450 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

MarshallEagle Pass

People

Population 23,825Lowest 28,339Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.6%Lowest TX: +15.9% +7.2%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 32.5±2Highest 9% below TX 30±1.7Lowest 16% below TX

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

Kids under 18 23.6%±2.3Lowest TX: 25% 30.5%±2.7Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 15%±1.6Highest TX: 13.4% 12.2%±1.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20%Lowest TX: 33.8% 21.6%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 10%±1.6Highest TX: 6.2% 6.3%±1.7Lowest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $55,089±$9kLowest 30% below TX $57,207±$8kHighest 27% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $141,400±$17kLowest 50% below TX $188,000±$20kHighest 34% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $949±$54Highest 32% below TX $880±$110Lowest 37% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,472Lowest 65% below TX $3,111Highest 26% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.2%±10.4Highest TX: 51.7% 48%±8Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 22.4%Highest TX: 13.8% 22%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.8%Lowest TX: 62.6% 60.3%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1969Lowest 23 yrs older than TX 1990Highest 2 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 36% below TX 20 minHighest 25% below TX

Work from home 5.4%±1.7Highest TX: 14.4% 5.1%±2.3Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 31.8%Lowest 32.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.04Highest 0.83Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Longview (12%)San Antonio (12%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eagle PassFew work in Marshall

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 2.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Lowest 17Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.4Lowest 58.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #460 of 583 in TX #472 of 583 in TX

School district MARSHALL ISDEAGLE PASS ISD

High school in town Marshall H SEagle Pass H S

Students per teacherat that high school 15.2Lowest 18.7Highest

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.

Marshall vs Eagle Pass

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Eagle Pass

Eagle Pass places higher on 13 of 22 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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