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Beeville earns a D, ranked 543rd of 640 in Texas, mostly because of incomes and safety. The median household income is $51K, and 22% of residents live below the poverty line. Its police reported 53 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 83% of U.S. towns. In its favor, it is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns. 30% of working residents work locally in Beeville, above both Texas’ towns (8.3%) and U.S. towns (8%). Beeville is home to Coastal Bend College.
Where Beeville beats most towns.
| College | Students |
|---|---|
| Coastal Bend College | 1,777 |
Praeger BuildingEach subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Beeville is from typical.
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Census counts: 208 in 1880, 13,669 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1906 and 2 maps from 1979 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Beeville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Beeville.
Beeville has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
At 2.7 years of the Beeville area’s $58K median household income, the typical home (about $157K) costs less against local pay than in 78% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its B− for cost of living. The typical value, about $157K, is 20% below its February 2022 peak.
The typical Beeville home is worth about $157,000, down 2.9% in a year, 47% below the Texas typical home. 59% of households own their home in Beeville.
| Beeville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 59% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,061 a month | $1,208 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by Beeville ISD. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moreno J HLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 682 | D |
| A C Jones H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 969 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Reported crimes fell from 388 to 261 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Beeville is 4.1 per 1,000 residents. Beeville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less. The property crime rate in Beeville is 15.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Beeville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 15.9 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Against the 6,061 U.S. towns with household incomes like Beeville’s, it is less healthy than 55%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income.
Beeville beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 12. 29% of Beeville adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Beeville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 20% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 30% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 24% | 19% |
| What stands out | Beeville | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.3% | 6.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 28.8% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 75% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 17 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Beeville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Beeville 5 Ne weather station records that the frost-free season runs about 299 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns. The Beeville 5 Ne weather station records that about 123 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
Beeville has warm winters and hot summers. Beeville’s July high is 95°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1.4 miles of trail in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Veterans Memorial Park, at 190 acres.
| Beeville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7.3% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. South Tyler Park | 0.5 mi | 15 |
| 2. Kobler Park | 0.5 mi | 10 |
| 3. Veterans Memorial Park | — | 190 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Beeville has about as many jobs (4,749) as working residents, but only 1,568 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 19.7 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
About one in 3 of Beeville’s working residents works in town. Since 2013, Beeville has lost 956 jobs, to 4,749 in 2023. The top destinations are Corpus Christi (10%), San Antonio (4%) and Houston (4%).
| Beeville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $51,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1 within 15 miles of the center of Beeville
About 10 of every 100 Beeville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
5 places in Beeville on the National Register of Historic Places.
10 notable people were born in Beeville.
City in and county seat of Bee County, Texas, United States
Beeville is a city in Bee County, Texas, United States. Its population of 13,543 at the 2020 census makes it the 207th-largest city in Texas. It is the county seat of Bee County and home to the main campus of Coastal Bend College. The area around the city contains three prisons operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Many of the stately homes, commercial buildings, and schools in the area, including the Bee County Courthouse, were designed by architect William Charles Stephenson, who came to Beeville in 1908 from Buffalo, New York. Beeville is a national Main Street city. Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, and his son Lincoln, lived in the city during the time Rus…
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One town shares a border with Beeville.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beeville | #543 | D | B− | C− | C | C− |
| Blue Berry Hill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Blue Berry Hill isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Beeville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Beeville grades D overall, better than 7% of U.S. towns and #543 of 640 in Texas. It grades C− for health, C− for safety and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 2.7 years of the area's median household income ($57,673 across the Beeville, TX area).
10 notable people were born here, including Craig Wilson and David C. Novak.
