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%

Rosenberg$2,040/mo

Typical home $312K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $1,379/mo · Housing →

Lufkin$1,350/mo

Typical home $211K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.42% · or rent about $1,079/mo · Housing →

The difference: $680 a month, about $8,200 a year, between Rosenberg and Lufkin.

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

Rosenberg 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+RosenbergSafer than 40% of U.S. towns DLufkinSafer than 13% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−RosenbergBetter than 75% of districts in the state B−LufkinBetter than 47% of districts in the state

Health

CRosenbergHealthier than 29% of U.S. towns DLufkinHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

13Rosenberg

10Lufkin

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #490#54 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #149#506 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #220#538 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #69#383 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #212#452 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #154#351 SafestSafety · 470 towns #249#420 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #309#533

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

RosenbergLufkin

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 29th

Outdoors & history

RosenbergLufkin

Trails7 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2%3.5%

Settled—1884

National Register places1 36

Archive photos—12

Community

RosenbergLufkin

Library hours a week—48 hrs

Colleges in town—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

139 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RosenbergTX LufkinTX

Rosenberg ↔ Lufkin139 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

RosenbergLufkin

People

Population 40,646Highest 34,251Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +25%Highest TX: +15.9% -2.6%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 32.8±2.7Lowest 8% below TX 34.6±1.9Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 24.4%±2.8Lowest TX: 25% 27.2%±2.1Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 12.7%±1.8Lowest TX: 13.4% 15.2%±1.4Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.3%Lowest TX: 33.8% 21.8%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±1.5Highest TX: 6.2% 5.3%±1Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,668±$7kHighest 16% below TX $57,048±$6kLowest 27% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $219,100±$18kHighest 23% below TX $179,600±$10kLowest 37% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,379±$55Highest about the TX average $1,079±$49Lowest 23% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,391Highest 20% below TX $2,559Lowest 40% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53.7%±8.7Highest TX: 51.7% 52.7%±6.4Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 20.2%Highest TX: 13.8% 18%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.4%Highest TX: 62.6% 51.6%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1997Highest 5 yrs newer than TX 1981Lowest 11 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 13% above TX 17 minLowest 36% below TX

Work from home 8.7%±2.8Highest TX: 14.4% 6.9%±2.1Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 14.9%Lowest 46.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.8 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.15Lowest 1.91Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (35%)Nacogdoches (6%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LufkinFew work in Rosenberg

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 3.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 7.0 miHighest 1.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 11Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 39.6Lowest 49.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #351 of 583 in TX #227 of 583 in TX

School district BROOKESMITH ISD · FORT BEND ISDPINEYWOODS COMMUNITY ACADEMY · CENTRAL ISD

High school in town Lamar Cons H SLufkin H S

Students per teacherat that high school 18.0Highest 11.9Lowest

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.

Rosenberg vs Lufkin

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $680 more a month in Rosenberg

Rosenberg places higher on 13 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

139 miles apart

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