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%

Ackerly$460/mo

Typical home $75K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · Housing →

Higgins$560/mo

Typical home $87K (Census) · tax rate 1.48% · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,300 a year, between Higgins and Ackerly.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

AAckerlyBetter than 85% of districts in the state –HigginsNot graded

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

AckerlyHiggins

Snow a year1″6″

January low32°F —

July high94°F —

Growing season (days)226d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 74th

Outdoors & history

AckerlyHiggins

Settled1923 —

Archive photos4 —

Community

AckerlyHiggins

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

266 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AckerlyTX HigginsTX

Ackerly ↔ Higgins266 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

AckerlyHiggins

People

Population 384Lowest 462Highest

Median age 28.4±3.8Lowest 20% below TX 33.5±8.6Highest 6% below TX

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

Kids under 18 34.1%±19Lowest TX: 25% 38.3%±3.5Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 3.4%±10.5Lowest TX: 13.4% 19%±9.2Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.5%Lowest TX: 33.8% 14%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±4.3Highest TX: 6.2% 1.1%±3.5Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,094±$29kHighest 16% below TX $56,477±$15kLowest 28% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $74,500±$12kLowest 74% below TX $87,100±$30kHighest 69% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $783Lowest 81% below TX $1,288Highest 70% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest TX: 51.7% 100%±100Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 0.3%Lowest TX: 13.8% 16.2%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.8%Lowest TX: 62.6% 84.9%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Highest 4 yrs older than TX 1973Lowest 19 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 43 minHighest 61% above TX 24 minLowest 9% below TX

Work from home 1.8%±2.8Lowest TX: 14.4% 4.9%±5.2Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 45.8 miHighest 27.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.65Highest 0.37Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lamesa (11%)Canadian (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HigginsFew work in Ackerly

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 133Highest 77.8Lowest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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.

Ackerly vs Higgins

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