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%

Abernathy$1,180/mo

Typical home $184K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.43% · or rent about $868/mo · Housing →

Jourdanton$1,550/mo

Typical home $235K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.65% · or rent about $1,095/mo · Housing →

The difference: $370 a month, about $4,400 a year, between Jourdanton and Abernathy.

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

Abernathy places higher on 14 of 20 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

AAbernathySafer than 91% of U.S. towns –JourdantonNot graded

Schools

B+AbernathyBetter than 74% of districts in the state B+JourdantonBetter than 66% of districts in the state

Health

B−AbernathyHealthier than 54% of U.S. towns C−JourdantonHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

14Abernathy

6Jourdanton

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #41#339 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #203#535 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #283#509 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #224#454 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #255#484 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #486#267 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #348#182 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #94#265

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

AbernathyJourdanton

Snow a year7″0″

January low24°F —

July high91°F —

Growing season (days)204d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)63rd 8th

Outdoors & history

AbernathyJourdanton

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land2.1%0.4%

Settled—1909

National Register places—1

Archive photos5 —

Community

AbernathyJourdanton

Library hours a week—43 hrs

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

392 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AbernathyTX JourdantonTX

Abernathy ↔ Jourdanton392 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

AbernathyJourdanton

People

Population 3,278Lowest 4,407Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.1%Lowest TX: +15.9% +5.8%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34.8±4.1Lowest about the TX average 36.4±4.6Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 33.4%±2.8Highest TX: 25% 29.1%±7.7Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 12.5%±2Highest TX: 13.4% 10.6%±3.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27%Highest TX: 33.8% 21.4%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.9Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.4%±2.6Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $87,531±$18kHighest 12% above TX $83,512±$14kLowest 6% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $176,400±$27kHighest 38% below TX $171,000±$84kLowest 40% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $868±$151Lowest 38% below TX $1,095±$141Highest 22% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,515Lowest 41% below TX $2,824Highest 33% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 28.5%±13.9Lowest TX: 51.7% 57.9%±21.5Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 3%Lowest TX: 13.8% 14.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.1%Highest TX: 62.6% 75.7%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1966Lowest 26 yrs older than TX 1992Highest same as TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 19% below TX 18 minLowest 34% below TX

Work from home 4.2%±2.2Lowest TX: 14.4% 10.3%±5.8Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 12.2%Lowest 12.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miLowest 38.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.59Lowest 1.12Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Lubbock (45%)San Antonio (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in JourdantonFew work in Abernathy

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.1%Highest 0.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 80.5Highest 72.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #162 of 583 in TX #151 of 583 in TX

School district ABERNATHY ISDCHARLOTTE ISD · DEVINE ISD

High school in town Abernathy H SJourdanton H S

Students per teacherat that high school 9.1Lowest 12.3Highest

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.

Abernathy vs Jourdanton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $370 more a month in Jourdanton

Abernathy places higher on 14 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

392 miles apart

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