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%

Plainview$780/mo

Typical home $121K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.42% · or rent about $851/mo · Housing →

Beeville$1,100/mo

Typical home $165K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.70% · or rent about $1,061/mo · Housing →

The difference: $320 a month, about $3,800 a year, between Beeville and Plainview.

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

Beeville 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−PlainviewSafer than 20% of U.S. towns C−BeevilleSafer than 18% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−PlainviewBetter than 54% of districts in the state CBeevilleBetter than 28% of districts in the state

Health

DPlainviewHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns C−BeevilleHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns

8Plainview

13Beeville

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #24#555 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #78#447 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #599#358 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #253#62 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #469#309 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #86#239 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #543#402 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#148

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

PlainviewBeeville

Snow a year8″0″

January low26°F 44°F

July high92°F 94°F

Growing season (days)209d 299d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd 75th

Outdoors & history

PlainviewBeeville

Trails5 mi 1 mi

Conserved land5.2%7.3%

Settled—1859

National Register places1 5

Community

PlainviewBeeville

Library hours a week52 hrs 50 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

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

463 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PlainviewTX BeevilleTX

Plainview ↔ Beeville463 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

PlainviewBeeville

People

Population 19,711Highest 13,412Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9%Lowest TX: +15.9% +6.3%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 32.7±1.7Highest 8% below TX 31.9±3.3Lowest 10% below TX

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

Kids under 18 27.5%±2.5Highest TX: 25% 27.3%±3.1Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 15%±1.8Highest TX: 13.4% 12.7%±2.1Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.3%Highest TX: 33.8% 15.1%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.2%±1.6Lowest TX: 6.2% 9.9%±3.7Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,768±$3kLowest 43% below TX $50,784±$6kHighest 35% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $113,000±$12kHighest 60% below TX $94,700±$15kLowest 67% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $851±$53Lowest 39% below TX $1,061±$120Highest 24% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,609Lowest 62% below TX $1,613Highest 62% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48%±8.3Lowest TX: 51.7% 58.1%±15.7Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 24%Highest TX: 13.8% 22.1%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 52.6%Lowest TX: 62.6% 58.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 22 yrs older than TX 1974Highest 18 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 30% below TX 20 minHighest 26% below TX

Work from home 2.9%±1.7Lowest TX: 14.4% 6%±3.2Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 40.2%Highest 29.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 40.3 miLowest 42.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.90 0.90

Top workplaceoutside town Lubbock (16%)Corpus Christi (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BeevilleFew work in Plainview

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.2%Lowest 7.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.5 miHighest 1.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Highest 9Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 71.2Lowest 113Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #78 of 583 in TX #447 of 583 in TX

School district ABERNATHY ISD · ANTON ISDBEEVILLE ISD

High school in town Plainview H SA C Jones H S

Students per teacherat that high school 12.5Lowest 14.0Highest

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.

Plainview vs Beeville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $320 more a month in Beeville

Beeville places higher on 13 of 22 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

463 miles apart

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