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%

Mullin$520/mo

Typical home $88K (Census) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

Blum$2,160/mo

Typical home $317K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.87% · Housing →

The difference: $1,640 a month, about $19,600 a year, between Blum and Mullin.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

DMullinBetter than 8% of districts in the state BBlumBetter than 63% of districts in the state

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

MullinBlum

Snow a year0″0″

January low33°F —

July high93°F —

Growing season (days)234d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)40th 58th

Outdoors & history

MullinBlum

National Register places—2

Community

MullinBlum

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

85 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MullinTX BlumTX

Mullin ↔ Blum85 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

MullinBlum

People

Population 220Lowest 336Highest

Median age 41±23.5Lowest 15% above TX 43.7±16.9Highest 23% above TX

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

Kids under 18 15.9%±7.4Highest TX: 25% 11.3%±4.6Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 23.6%±16.6Highest TX: 13.4% 7.7%±8.6Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 3.2%Lowest TX: 33.8% 3.3%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±9.6Lowest TX: 6.2% 12.5%±14.4Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,981±$8kLowest 39% below TX $53,750±$43kHighest 32% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $88,100±$15kHighest 69% below TX $68,500±$26kLowest 76% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $775±$457 45% below TX —

Property taxmedian, yearly $688Lowest 84% below TX $1,278Highest 70% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 28.6%±100Lowest TX: 51.7% 33.3%±100Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 12.7%Lowest TX: 13.8% 30.4%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.1%Lowest TX: 62.6% 89.3%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1948Lowest 44 yrs older than TX 1987Highest 5 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest about the TX average 37 minHighest 38% above TX

Work from home 2.4%±2.9Highest TX: 14.4% 1%±1.3Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.8%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 86.3 miHighest 44.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.64Highest 0.05Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Goldthwaite (16%)Cleburne (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BlumFew work in Mullin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 11%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 68.5Highest 30.9Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Mullin vs Blum

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,640 more a month in Blum

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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