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%

Midlothian$2,950/mo

Typical home $451K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $2,013/mo · Housing →

Schertz$2,050/mo

Typical home $312K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.61% · or rent about $1,659/mo · Housing →

The difference: $900 a month, about $10,800 a year, between Midlothian and Schertz.

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

Schertz 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

BMidlothianSafer than 64% of U.S. towns BSchertzSafer than 58% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−MidlothianBetter than 79% of districts in the state A−SchertzBetter than 83% of districts in the state

Health

A−MidlothianHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns B+SchertzHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns

10Midlothian

13Schertz

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #389#114 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #1#335 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #469#238 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #476#256 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #66#174 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #69#36 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #271#179 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #554#464

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

MidlothianSchertz

Snow a year0″0″

January low—41°F

July high—95°F

Growing season (days)—277d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)21st 59th

Outdoors & history

MidlothianSchertz

Trails6 mi 27 mi

Conserved land0.6%2.7%

Settled—1843

National Register places—2

Archive photos6 —

Community

MidlothianSchertz

Library hours a week40 hrs 59 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

214 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MidlothianTX SchertzTX

Midlothian ↔ Schertz214 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

MidlothianSchertz

People

Population 39,356Lowest 44,050Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +94.7%Highest TX: +15.9% +33.5%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36.7±1.5Lowest 3% above TX 38.6±2.3Highest 8% above TX

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

Kids under 18 28.9%±2.3Highest TX: 25% 22.9%±1.9Lowest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 12.4%±1.4Lowest TX: 13.4% 13.6%±1.3Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.8%Lowest TX: 33.8% 39.8%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±0.9Lowest TX: 6.2% 6.5%±1.2Highest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $126,641±$9kHighest 61% above TX $99,948±$7kLowest 27% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $411,800±$16kHighest 45% above TX $317,100±$10kLowest 12% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,013±$177Highest 43% above TX $1,659±$137Lowest 18% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,386Highest 51% above TX $5,090Lowest 20% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.5%±10.2Highest TX: 51.7% 45.7%±8.8Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 5.2% TX: 13.8% 5.2% TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.7%Highest TX: 62.6% 78.4%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2007Highest 15 yrs newer than TX 2002Lowest 10 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 min 19% above TX 32 min 19% above TX

Work from home 15.7%±2.3Highest TX: 14.4% 15.6%±2.6Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 12.3%Highest 8.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.8 miHighest 17.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.72Lowest 1.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (20%)San Antonio (40%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SchertzFew work in Midlothian

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.6%Lowest 2.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.5 miLowest 26.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Lowest 24Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 32.6Lowest 38.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #98 of 583 in TX #172 of 583 in TX

School district MIDLOTHIAN ISDSCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY · COMAL ISD

High school in town Midlothian H SSamuel Clemens H S

Students per teacherat that high school 17.1Lowest 18.5Highest

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.

Midlothian vs Schertz

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $900 more a month in Midlothian

Schertz places higher on 13 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

214 miles apart

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