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%

Sienna$3,300/mo

Typical home $470K (Census) · tax rate 2.13%+ · or rent about $2,837/mo · Housing →

Celina$3,480/mo

Typical home $512K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.87% · or rent about $2,379/mo · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,200 a year, between Celina and Sienna.

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; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Report cards

Sienna places higher on 13 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

–SiennaNot graded B+CelinaSafer than 72% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+SiennaBetter than 66% of districts in the state A−CelinaBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

A+SiennaHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns ACelinaHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns

13Sienna

6Celina

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

Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #118#392 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #181#537 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #18#383 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #118#442 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #271#1 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #29#157 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #76#10 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #608#563

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

SiennaCelina

Snow a year0″3″

January low43°F —

July high92°F —

Growing season (days)297d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th 53rd

Outdoors & history

SiennaCelina

Trails9 mi 5 mi

Conserved land3.8%0.2%

National Register places—1

Archive photos—12

Community

SiennaCelina

Library hours a week—60 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

276 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SiennaTX CelinaTX

Sienna ↔ Celina276 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

SiennaCelina

People

Population 24,992Lowest 34,268Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — +177.7% TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.9±1.2Highest about the TX average 34.7±2.4Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 33.8%±4.4Highest TX: 25% 31.7%±3.8Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 8.6%±1.3Lowest TX: 13.4% 9.4%±2.5Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 66.1%Highest TX: 33.8% 64.3%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±1.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.4%±1.9Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $177,837±$19kHighest 127% above TX $170,894±$13kLowest 118% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $470,100±$20kLowest 66% above TX $509,600±$47kHighest 80% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,837±$849Highest 102% above TX $2,379±$466Lowest 70% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 136% above TX $9,514Lowest 125% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 8.4%±20.2Lowest TX: 51.7% 62.4%±25.3Highest TX: 51.7%

Below poverty line 1.5%Lowest TX: 13.8% 4.7%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 96.5%Highest TX: 62.6% 92.7%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2010Lowest 18 yrs newer than TX 2015Highest 23 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 36 minHighest 34% above TX 33 minLowest 25% above TX

Work from home 21.8%±4.5Lowest TX: 14.4% 35.8%±6.7Highest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 1.8%Lowest 3.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.07Lowest 0.26Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (54%)Dallas (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CelinaFew work in Sienna

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.8%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 8.9 miHighest 4.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 95.8Highest 46.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #45 of 583 in TX #80 of 583 in TX

School district FORT BEND ISDCELINA ISD · PROSPER ISD

High school in town Ridge Point H SCelina H S

Students per teacherat that high school 20.6Highest 15.3Lowest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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.

Sienna vs Celina

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Celina

Sienna places higher on 13 of 19 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

276 miles apart

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