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%

Rendon$2,260/mo

Typical home $363K (Census) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $1,354/mo · Housing →

Robinson$1,990/mo

Typical home $305K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.54% · or rent about $1,419/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,200 a year, between Rendon and Robinson.

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

Robinson places higher on 10 of 19 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

–RendonNot graded B+RobinsonSafer than 72% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+RendonBetter than 71% of districts in the state B+RobinsonBetter than 74% of districts in the state

Health

B−RendonHealthier than 50% of U.S. towns BRobinsonHealthier than 64% of U.S. towns

8Rendon

10Robinson

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #533#106 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #212#41 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #330#196 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #313#193 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #141#255 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #223#334 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #203#302 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #309#217

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

RendonRobinson

Snow a year0″0″

January low34°F —

July high95°F —

Growing season (days)236d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 10th

Outdoors & history

RendonRobinson

Trails1 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0%0%

Community

RendonRobinson

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

78 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RendonTX RobinsonTX

Rendon ↔ Robinson78 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

RendonRobinson

People

Population 14,632Highest 12,800Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.8%Lowest TX: +15.9% +18.4%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 39.4±4.4Highest 11% above TX 35.1±3.3Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 25.6%±3.6Lowest TX: 25% 27.8%±4.4Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 15.5%±1.8Highest TX: 13.4% 14.6%±2.3Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 31%Highest TX: 33.8% 22%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±1.9Highest TX: 6.2% 3.3%±1.4Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $117,888±$15kHighest 50% above TX $99,289±$12kLowest 27% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $362,600±$32kHighest 28% above TX $302,200±$29kLowest 6% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,354±$829Lowest 3% below TX $1,419±$178Highest about the TX average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,332Lowest about the TX average $4,666Highest 10% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 25.2%±14.5Lowest TX: 51.7% 48.4%±22.3Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 3.7% TX: 13.8% 3.7% TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.8%Highest TX: 62.6% 78.9%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1996Highest 4 yrs newer than TX 1990Lowest 2 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 19% above TX 19 minLowest 28% below TX

Work from home 12.5%±3.4Highest TX: 14.4% 9.2%±3.6Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.8%Lowest 4.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.27Lowest 0.33Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (25%)Waco (44%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RobinsonFew work in Rendon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 4.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 15.7Highest 13.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #313 of 583 in TX #193 of 583 in TX

School district EVERMAN ISD · MANSFIELD ISDROBINSON ISD

High school in town None in townRobinson H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 13.0

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.

Rendon vs Robinson

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $270 more a month in Rendon

Robinson places higher on 10 of 19 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

78 miles apart

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