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 →

Escobares$460/mo

Typical home $73K (Census) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $815/mo · Housing →

The difference: $140 a month, about $1,600 a year, between Roma and Escobares.

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.

Where they are

Roma and Escobares share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

RomaEscobares

Roma ↔ Escobares2.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

129 Escobares residents work in Roma (18.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Escobares →

Report cards

Escobares places higher on 9 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

BRomaSafer than 55% of U.S. towns –EscobaresNot graded

Schools

CRomaBetter than 27% of districts in the state CEscobaresBetter than 27% of districts in the state

Health

D−RomaHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns D−EscobaresHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns

7Roma

9Escobares

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #233#541 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #361#90 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #338#516 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #197#23 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #120#277 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #443#606 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #8#66 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #54#19

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

RomaEscobares

Snow a year0″0″

January low49°F 45°F

July high102°F 99°F

Growing season (days)363d 321d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)38th 50th

Outdoors & history

RomaEscobares

Trails6 mi 3 mi

Conserved land0.5%0%

Settled1936 —

National Register places2 —

Community

RomaEscobares

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.

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

RomaEscobares

People

Population 11,545Highest 2,573Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +18.4%Lowest TX: +15.9% +117.8%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 28±2.8Lowest 21% below TX 30.5±5.8Highest 14% below TX

Escobares 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% 32.5%±6.7Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 14.8%±3.2Lowest TX: 13.4% 15.4%±4.5Highest TX: 13.4%

Escobares and Roma 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% 8.5%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±2.2Highest TX: 6.2% 4.7%±2.1Lowest TX: 6.2%

Roma and Escobares 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 $29,844±$10kHighest 62% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $94,400±$21kHighest 67% below TX $72,800±$27kLowest 74% below TX

Roma and Escobares 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 $815±$138Highest 42% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,215Highest 71% below TX $951Lowest 78% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 75.6%±10.3Highest TX: 51.7% 57.6%±27.4Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 37.1%Lowest TX: 13.8% 44.3%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.2%Lowest TX: 62.6% 65.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Highest 1 yr newer than TX 1989Lowest 3 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest about the TX average 19 minLowest 30% below TX

Work from home 17.3%±7.2Highest TX: 14.4% 10.1%±5.5Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 21.8%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 49.3 miHighest 47.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.63Highest 0.25Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Rio Grande City (11%)Roma (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Escobares19% work in Roma

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.9 miHighest 3.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 74.9Highest 33.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #338 of 583 in TX #516 of 583 in TX

School district ROMA ISDROMA ISD

High school in town None in townInstructional & Guidance Center

Students per teacherat that high school — 5.2

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.

Roma vs Escobares

Two towns, two different strengths

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A typical home costs about the same each month

Roma and Escobares share a border

Escobares places higher on 9 of 19 TX lists

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