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 →

Westway$1,120/mo

Typical home $176K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $1,152/mo · Housing →

The difference: $510 a month, about $6,100 a year, between Vinton and Westway.

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

Vinton and Westway share a border

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

VintonWestway

Vinton ↔ Westway1.0 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

27 Westway residents work in Vinton (1.9% of its workers)

8 Vinton residents work in Westway (0.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Westway →

Report cards

Vinton places higher on 8 of 16 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.

Schools

C+VintonBetter than 38% of districts in the state C+WestwayBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

CVintonHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns CWestwayHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns

8Vinton

5Westway

Lists won, of 16 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #105#601 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #354#592 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #381#171 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #584#406 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #126#290 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #335#246 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #423#506 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #489#514

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

VintonWestway

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 5th

Outdoors & history

VintonWestway

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0%0.4%

Settled1961 —

Community

VintonWestway

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

VintonWestway

People

Population 2,585Lowest 3,484Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +36.2%Highest TX: +15.9% -9%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 44.5±2.7Highest 25% above TX 39.6±7.8Lowest 11% above TX

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

Kids under 18 11%±2.8Lowest TX: 25% 17.8%±4.4Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 13.7%±3.3Lowest TX: 13.4% 18.7%±9.7Highest TX: 13.4%

Westway and Vinton 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% 8.3%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.9Lowest TX: 6.2% 8%±3.6Highest TX: 6.2%

Westway 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 $44,852±$28kLowest 43% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,100±$9kHighest 62% below TX $106,000±$30kLowest 63% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $918±$483Lowest 35% below TX $1,152±$186Highest 18% below TX

Westway 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 $1,403Highest 67% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47%±23.7Lowest TX: 51.7% 64.5%±26.2Highest TX: 51.7%

Westway and Vinton 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% 22.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.6%Highest TX: 62.6% 83%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Highest 1 yr older than TX 1990Lowest 2 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 5% below TX 23 minLowest 14% below TX

Work from home 3.3%±2.4Lowest TX: 14.4% 9.9%±10.5Highest TX: 14.4%

Westway 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%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miHighest 14.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.55Highest 0.16Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town El Paso (66%)El Paso (71%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in Westway2% work in Vinton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 25.6Lowest 51.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #489 of 583 in TX #514 of 583 in TX

School district CANUTILLO ISDCANUTILLO ISD

High school in town None in townNone in town

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 Westway

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $510 more a month in Vinton

Vinton and Westway share a border

Vinton places higher on 8 of 16 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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