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%

Roma$600/mo

Typical home $94K (Census) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $563/mo · Housing →

Beeville$1,100/mo

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

The difference: $500 a month, about $6,000 a year, between Beeville and Roma.

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.

Safety

BRomaSafer than 55% of U.S. towns C−BeevilleSafer than 18% of U.S. towns

Schools

CRomaBetter than 27% of districts in the state CBeevilleBetter than 28% of districts in the state

Health

D−RomaHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns C−BeevilleHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns

10Roma

10Beeville

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #487#91 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #71#306 SafestSafety · 470 towns #169#395 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #120#402 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #581#309 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #8#239 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #361#124 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #538#339

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

RomaBeeville

Snow a year0″0″

January low49°F 44°F

July high102°F 94°F

Growing season (days)363d 299d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 75th

Outdoors & history

RomaBeeville

Trails6 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.5%7.3%

Settled1936 1859

National Register places2 5

Community

RomaBeeville

Library hours a week—50 hrs

Colleges in town—1

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

158 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RomaTX BeevilleTX

Roma ↔ Beeville158 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

RomaBeeville

People

Population 11,545Lowest 13,412Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +18.4%Highest TX: +15.9% +6.3%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 28±2.8Lowest 21% below TX 31.9±3.3Highest 10% below TX

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

Kids under 18 37.6%±5.4Highest TX: 25% 27.3%±3.1Lowest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 14.8%±3.2Highest TX: 13.4% 12.7%±2.1Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.4%Highest TX: 33.8% 15.1%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±2.2Lowest TX: 6.2% 9.9%±3.7Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $24,579±$6kLowest 69% below TX $50,784±$6kHighest 35% below TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $94,400±$21kLowest 67% below TX $94,700±$15kHighest 67% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $563±$170Lowest 60% below TX $1,061±$120Highest 24% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,215Lowest 71% below TX $1,613Highest 62% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 75.6%±10.3Highest TX: 51.7% 58.1%±15.7Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 37.1%Highest TX: 13.8% 22.1%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.2%Lowest TX: 62.6% 58.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Highest 1 yr newer than TX 1974Lowest 18 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest about the TX average 20 minLowest 26% below TX

Work from home 17.3%±7.2Highest TX: 14.4% 6%±3.2Lowest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 21.8%Lowest 29.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 49.3 miHighest 42.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.63Lowest 0.90Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Rio Grande City (11%)Corpus Christi (10%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Lowest 7.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.9 miHighest 1.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 9Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 74.9Lowest 113Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #338 of 583 in TX #447 of 583 in TX

School district ROMA ISDBEEVILLE ISD

High school in town None in townA C Jones H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 14.0

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.

Roma vs Beeville

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $500 more a month in Beeville

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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