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%

Mingus$520/mo

Typical home $82K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $850/mo · Housing →

Rochester$470/mo

Typical home $78K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $700/mo · Housing →

The difference: $60 a month, about $700 a year, between Mingus and Rochester.

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.

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

MingusRochester

Snow a year1″4″

January low31°F 31°F

July high97°F 97°F

Growing season (days)226d 232d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 30th

Outdoors & history

MingusRochester

Trails3 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Community

MingusRochester

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

99 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MingusTX RochesterTX

Mingus ↔ Rochester99 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

MingusRochester

People

Population 380Highest 228Lowest

Median age 37.6±16.8Highest 6% above TX 32±14.3Lowest 10% below TX

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

Kids under 18 31.1%±6.8Highest TX: 25% 22.4%±8.2Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 23.7%±9.6Highest TX: 13.4% 21.1%±12.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8%Highest TX: 33.8% 7.5%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±1.7Lowest TX: 6.2% 4.8%±8.8Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $53,036±$10kHighest 32% below TX $31,827±$11kLowest 59% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $82,100±$23kHighest 71% below TX $55,000±$34kLowest 81% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $850±$86Highest 39% below TX $700±$101Lowest 50% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,083Highest 74% below TX $469Lowest 89% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.6%±56.1Highest TX: 51.7% 68.8%±100Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 23.4%Lowest TX: 13.8% 31.6%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.3%Highest TX: 62.6% 75.3%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Highest 20 yrs older than TX 1953Lowest 39 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 20% above TX 20 minLowest 27% below TX

Work from home 4.8%±3.8Highest TX: 14.4% 1%±3Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.6%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.8 miLowest 61.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.59Highest 0.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Stephenville (7%)Abilene (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RochesterFew work in Mingus

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 3.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 42.6Lowest 153Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Mingus vs Rochester

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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