Beaumont or Trenton: which is better?

US metro area: head-to-head comparison

Beaumont
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
5
indicators ahead
Trenton
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
5
indicators ahead

Beaumont and Trenton are even: 5 : 5 across 11 indicators.

  • Money: Beaumont 3:1
  • Climate and risks: Trenton 2:4

All indicators weigh the same. This is a score based on data, not advice on where to live: different people have different circumstances.

Beaumont
Trenton

Money

Better: Beaumont (3 : 1)
Per capita income
higher is better
✗$54,485
202437% lower
✓$87,068
202460% higher
Typical rent
lower is better
✓$1,308
2026-09-3048% lower
✗$2,523
2026-09-3093% higher
Typical home value
lower is better
✓$186,305
2026-09-3058% lower
✗$439,977
2026-09-30136% higher
Price level
lower is better
✓90.0 100 = US average
202413% lower
✗103.2 100 = US average
202415% higher

Climate and risks

Better: Trenton (2 : 4)
Air: median AQI
lower is better
✗54 AQI
202426% higher
✓43 AQI
202420% lower
Days with unhealthy air
lower is better
✗8 days per year
202460% higher
✓5 days per year
202438% lower
Hot days (max ≥ +30 °C)
lower is better
✗155 days per year
2016-2025201% higher
✓51 days per year
2016-202567% lower
Frost days (min ≤ −10 °C)
lower is better
✓0 days per year
2016-202595% lower
✗6 days per year
2016-20251833% higher
Severe frost (min ≤ −20 °C)
tie
0.0 days per year
2016-2025
0.0 days per year
2016-2025
Ice days (max ≤ 0 °C)
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
0 days per year
2016-2025
13 days per year
2016-2025
Heating degree days
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
755 °C·days per year
2016-2025
2,563 °C·days per year
2016-2025
Cooling degree days
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
1,760 °C·days per year
2016-2025
684 °C·days per year
2016-2025
Rainy days
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
103 days per year
2016-2025
103 days per year
2016-2025
Snowfall days
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
0 days per year
2016-2025
5 days per year
2016-2025
Annual precipitation
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
1,766 mm per year
2016-2025
1,131 mm per year
2016-2025
Daylight on December 21
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
10.2 hours
December 21 and June 21 (does not depend on the year)
9.3 hours
December 21 and June 21 (does not depend on the year)
Daylight on June 21
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
14.1 hours
December 21 and June 21 (does not depend on the year)
15.1 hours
December 21 and June 21 (does not depend on the year)
Air humidity
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
77 %
2021-2025
63 %
2021-2025
Muggy days (dew point ≥ +20 °C)
lower is better
✗172 days per year
2021-2025319% higher
✓41 days per year
2021-202576% lower
Distance to the sea
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
28 km
2006-2025
38 km
2006-2025
Earthquakes M4.5+ within 100 km
lower is better
✓0.00 per year
2006-2025
✗0.05 per year
2006-2025
Strongest earthquake in the period
no data for one of the places
no data
4.8 magnitude
2006-2025

Urban environment

no winner
Population
neutral indicator: higher does not mean better
398,733 people
2024
392,138 people
2024

A winner is named only for indicators with a known “better / worse” direction. Population and other neutral indicators are shown without a winner. Outdated and missing values are not counted. Details for each place: Beaumont, Trenton.

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