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%

Schertz$2,050/mo

Typical home $312K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.61% · or rent about $1,659/mo · Housing →

Midlothian$2,950/mo

Typical home $451K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $2,013/mo · Housing →

The difference: $900 a month, about $10,800 a year, between Midlothian and Schertz.

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

Schertz 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

BSchertzSafer than 58% of U.S. towns BMidlothianSafer than 64% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−SchertzBetter than 83% of districts in the state A−MidlothianBetter than 79% of districts in the state

Health

B+SchertzHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns A−MidlothianHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns

13Schertz

10Midlothian

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #114#389 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #335#1 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #238#469 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#476 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #174#66 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #36#69 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #179#271 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #464#554

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

SchertzMidlothian

Snow a year0″0″

January low41°F —

July high95°F —

Growing season (days)277d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)59th 21st

Outdoors & history

SchertzMidlothian

Trails27 mi 6 mi

Conserved land2.7%0.6%

Settled1843 —

National Register places2 —

Archive photos—6

Community

SchertzMidlothian

Library hours a week59 hrs 40 hrs

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

214 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SchertzTX MidlothianTX

Schertz ↔ Midlothian214 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

SchertzMidlothian

People

Population 44,050Highest 39,356Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +33.5%Lowest TX: +15.9% +94.7%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 38.6±2.3Highest 8% above TX 36.7±1.5Lowest 3% above TX

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

Kids under 18 22.9%±1.9Lowest TX: 25% 28.9%±2.3Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 13.6%±1.3Highest TX: 13.4% 12.4%±1.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 39.8%Highest TX: 33.8% 35.8%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±1.2Highest TX: 6.2% 4%±0.9Lowest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $99,948±$7kLowest 27% above TX $126,641±$9kHighest 61% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $317,100±$10kLowest 12% above TX $411,800±$16kHighest 45% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,659±$137Lowest 18% above TX $2,013±$177Highest 43% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,090Lowest 20% above TX $6,386Highest 51% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.7%±8.8Lowest TX: 51.7% 49.5%±10.2Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 5.2% TX: 13.8% 5.2% TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 78.4%Lowest TX: 62.6% 79.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2002Lowest 10 yrs newer than TX 2007Highest 15 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 min 19% above TX 32 min 19% above TX

Work from home 15.6%±2.6Lowest TX: 14.4% 15.7%±2.3Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.8%Lowest 12.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 23.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.06Highest 0.72Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Antonio (40%)Dallas (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MidlothianFew work in Schertz

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.7%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 26.7 miHighest 5.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 24Highest 10Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 38.5Highest 32.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #172 of 583 in TX #98 of 583 in TX

School district SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY · COMAL ISDMIDLOTHIAN ISD

High school in town Samuel Clemens H SMidlothian H S

Students per teacherat that high school 18.5Highest 17.1Lowest

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.

Schertz vs Midlothian

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $900 more a month in Midlothian

Schertz places higher on 13 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

214 miles apart

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