Living in Mauriceville, TX
Mauriceville is a small town of 2,945 people in Orange County, Texas. It's about 19 miles from Beaumont, TX and 96 miles from Houston, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 61°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $180k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,945people
$180kTypical home
$1,031/moRent
91° / 61°Summer / winter
0"Snow
242Sunny days
115Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,945
- Part of a metro area
- About 350 people per sq mi
- 96 mi to Houston, TX
- 19 mi to Beaumont, TX
- 10 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $180k (≈$1,133/mo)
- Median rent $1,031/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 10.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 61°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 242 sunny days a year (110 totally clear)
- 123 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 115 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (204 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (858 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 28% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 21 mi to BPT airport
- 89 mi to IAH (major hub)
- 19 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 60% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 56 ft
- 17 mi to the ocean
- 33 mi to a big lake
- 70 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 224 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 97 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 16 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 30 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Texas districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 17 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 13 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Orange County: R+67 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk