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%

Pflugerville$2,420/mo

Typical home $367K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.63% · or rent about $1,932/mo · Housing →

Rockwall$3,070/mo

Typical home $475K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.47% · or rent about $1,947/mo · Housing →

The difference: $650 a month, about $7,800 a year, between Rockwall and Pflugerville.

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

Pflugerville 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

C+PflugervilleSafer than 41% of U.S. towns B−RockwallSafer than 54% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−PflugervilleBetter than 52% of districts in the state ARockwallBetter than 85% of districts in the state

Health

APflugervilleHealthier than 85% of U.S. towns ARockwallHealthier than 87% of U.S. towns

13Pflugerville

9Rockwall

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #117#253 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #261#67 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #396#530 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #195#69 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #68#97 SafestSafety · 470 towns #244#174 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #60#157 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #88#172

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

PflugervilleRockwall

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)34th 42nd

Outdoors & history

PflugervilleRockwall

Trails18 mi 10 mi

Conserved land7.4%4.2%

Settled1965 1854

National Register places1 1

Community

PflugervilleRockwall

Library hours a week60 hrs 47 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

184 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PflugervilleTX RockwallTX

Pflugerville ↔ Rockwall184 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

PflugervilleRockwall

People

Population 65,971Highest 51,168Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +38.9%Highest TX: +15.9% +26%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 37.3±0.7Lowest 5% above TX 39.5±1.2Highest 11% above TX

Kids under 18 25%±2Highest TX: 25% 24.3%±1.7Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 9.1%±0.9Lowest TX: 13.4% 15.8%±1.4Highest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43%Lowest TX: 33.8% 48.6%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.1%±1.4Highest TX: 6.2% 4.6%±1Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $117,799±$7kHighest 50% above TX $115,580±$6kLowest 47% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $402,400±$12kLowest 42% above TX $411,700±$17kHighest 45% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,932±$100Lowest 38% above TX $1,947±$111Highest 39% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,543Highest 55% above TX $6,032Lowest 43% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.5%±7.6Lowest TX: 51.7% 51.9%±8Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 6.1%Highest TX: 13.8% 4%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.9%Lowest TX: 62.6% 72.5%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2004Highest 12 yrs newer than TX 2003Lowest 11 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest about the TX average 32 minHighest 19% above TX

Work from home 23.9%±2.5Highest TX: 14.4% 19.2%±2.1Lowest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 7.5%Lowest 14.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.61Lowest 1.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Austin (50%)Dallas (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RockwallFew work in Pflugerville

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.4%Highest 4.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 18.1 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 34Highest 19Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 75.2Highest 69.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #261 of 583 in TX #67 of 583 in TX

School district PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS · IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLSROCKWALL ISD

High school in town Hendrickson H SRockwall H S

Students per teacherat that high school 16.3Highest 15.5Lowest

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.

Pflugerville vs Rockwall

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $650 more a month in Rockwall

Pflugerville places higher on 13 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

184 miles apart

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