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Valley Mills is a small town of 1,136 people in Bosque County, Texas. It's about 18 miles from Waco, TX and 89 miles from Dallas, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 96°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $176k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,136people
$176kTypical home
$1,172/moRent
96° / 58°Summer / winter
1"Snow
265Sunny days
74Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,136
- Part of a metro area
- About 934 people per sq mi
- 89 mi to Dallas, TX
- 18 mi to Waco, TX
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $176k (≈$1,111/mo)
- Median rent $1,172/mo
- Median household income $60k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 96°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 265 sunny days a year (135 totally clear)
- 100 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 74 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 23 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (102 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (294 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 44% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to ACT airport
- 89 mi to DFW (major hub)
- 15 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1958
- 79% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 623 ft
- 195 mi to the ocean
- 152 mi to a big lake
- 36 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 142 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 17 bars within 25 mi
- 61 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 16 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 48% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 9 mi to the nearest vet
- 19 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bosque County: R+67 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.