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%

Webster$2,250/mo

Typical home $331K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.86% · or rent about $1,393/mo · Housing →

Commerce$1,420/mo

Typical home $217K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.54% · or rent about $909/mo · Housing →

The difference: $830 a month, about $10,000 a year, between Webster and Commerce.

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

Webster places higher on 12 of 21 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

D−WebsterSafer than 3% of U.S. towns CCommerceSafer than 26% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+WebsterBetter than 74% of districts in the state CCommerceBetter than 34% of districts in the state

Health

A−WebsterHealthier than 84% of U.S. towns C+CommerceHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns

12Webster

8Commerce

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#642 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #25#406 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #414#120 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #83#381 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #412#129 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #483#249 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #427#199 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #98#320

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

WebsterCommerce

Snow a year0″1″

January low46°F —

July high92°F —

Growing season (days)317d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)64th 19th

Outdoors & history

WebsterCommerce

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.7%1.5%

Settled1879 —

National Register places—1

Community

WebsterCommerce

Library hours a week—36 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

260 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WebsterTX CommerceTX

Webster ↔ Commerce260 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

WebsterCommerce

People

Population 12,366Highest 9,383Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +20.2%Highest TX: +15.9% +12.5%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.3±4.4Highest 6% below TX 26.1±2.3Lowest 27% below TX

Kids under 18 19.6%±5Highest TX: 25% 15.2%±3.5Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 14.7%±3.2Highest TX: 13.4% 6.9%±1.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 37.9%Highest TX: 33.8% 30%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.8%±2.4Lowest TX: 6.2% 35.6%±3Highest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,264±$10kHighest 22% below TX $44,386±$8kLowest 43% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $281,400±$70kHighest about the TX average $161,600±$17kLowest 43% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,393±$57Highest about the TX average $909±$53Lowest 35% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,239Highest 24% above TX $2,495Lowest 41% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 55.6%±11.5Highest TX: 51.7% 55.2%±12.1Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 13.7%Lowest TX: 13.8% 23.4%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 22.4%Lowest TX: 62.6% 41.5%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Highest 1 yr older than TX 1976Lowest 16 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 28 minHighest 4% above TX 20 minLowest 25% below TX

Work from home 6.7%±3.7Lowest TX: 14.4% 7.7%±3.5Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 6.6%Lowest 24.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 41.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 3.26Highest 1.20Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (44%)Greenville (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CommerceFew work in Webster

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 2.3 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.1Highest 56.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #401 of 583 in TX #441 of 583 in TX

School district CLEAR CREEK ISDCOMMERCE ISD

High school in town Clear View H SCommerce H S

Students per teacherat that high school 8.3Lowest 12.4Highest

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.

Webster vs Commerce

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $830 more a month in Webster

Webster places higher on 12 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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