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%

Vinton$1,630/mo

Typical home $261K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $918/mo · Housing →

Anthony$1,500/mo

Typical home $215K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.06% · or rent about $1,066/mo · Housing →

The difference: $130 a month, about $1,600 a year, between Vinton and Anthony.

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

Vinton places higher on 12 of 17 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

–VintonNot graded C+AnthonySafer than 40% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+VintonBetter than 38% of districts in the state DAnthonyBetter than 7% of districts in the state

Health

CVintonHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns C−AnthonyHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns

12Vinton

5Anthony

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #105#639 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #65#506 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #58#355 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #527#350 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #354#492 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #90#220 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #18#148 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #614#487

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Vinton’s rankings →

Where they are

Vinton and Anthony share a border

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

VintonAnthony

Vinton ↔ Anthony1.9 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

24 Anthony residents work in Vinton (1.8% of its workers)

23 Vinton residents work in Anthony (2.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Anthony →

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

VintonAnthony

Snow a year0″0″

January low34°F 34°F

July high94°F 94°F

Growing season (days)264d 264d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)3rd 3rd

Outdoors & history

VintonAnthony

Trails0 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0%0.2%

Settled1961 1881

Archive photos—5

Community

VintonAnthony

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.

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

VintonAnthony

People

Population 2,585Lowest 4,580Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +36.2%Highest TX: +15.9% -26.7%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 44.5±2.7Highest 25% above TX 32.4±2.1Lowest 9% below TX

Kids under 18 11%±2.8Lowest TX: 25% 31.6%±5.8Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 13.7%±3.3Highest TX: 13.4% 11.8%±3.6Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.1%Lowest TX: 33.8% 15%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.9Lowest TX: 6.2% 6.4%±2.6Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,991±$13kHighest 16% below TX $54,588±$9kLowest 30% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,100±$9kLowest 62% below TX $168,200±$13kHighest 41% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $918±$483Lowest 35% below TX $1,066±$202Highest 24% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,300Lowest 69% below TX $3,472Highest 18% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47%±23.7Highest TX: 51.7% 42.2%±17.6Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 18.3%Lowest TX: 13.8% 19.7%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.6%Highest TX: 62.6% 73.9%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Lowest 1 yr older than TX 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 5% below TX 23 minLowest 16% below TX

Work from home 3.3%±2.4Lowest TX: 14.4% 7.6%±4.6Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.2%Lowest 4.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.55Highest 0.92Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town El Paso (66%)El Paso (66%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in Anthony2% work in Vinton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 3.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 25.6Lowest 26.7Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #489 of 583 in TX #530 of 583 in TX

School district CANUTILLO ISDANTHONY ISD

High school in town None in townAnthony H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 12.3

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.

Vinton vs Anthony

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Vinton places higher on 12 of 17 TX lists

Vinton and Anthony share a border

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