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%

Anthony$1,500/mo

Typical home $215K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.06% · or rent about $1,066/mo · Housing →

Eagle Lake$1,040/mo

Typical home $171K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $1,229/mo · Housing →

The difference: $450 a month, about $5,400 a year, between Anthony and Eagle Lake.

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

Eagle Lake places higher on 15 of 19 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

C+AnthonySafer than 40% of U.S. towns –Eagle LakeNot graded

Schools

DAnthonyBetter than 7% of districts in the state C−Eagle LakeBetter than 20% of districts in the state

Health

C−AnthonyHealthier than 19% of U.S. towns C+Eagle LakeHealthier than 41% of U.S. towns

4Anthony

15Eagle Lake

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #578#190 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #544#213 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #355#89 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #350#542 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #549#350 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #154#36 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #492#316 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #464#290

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

AnthonyEagle Lake

Snow a year0″0″

January low34°F 39°F

July high94°F 96°F

Growing season (days)264d 255d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)3rd 54th

Outdoors & history

AnthonyEagle Lake

Trails4 mi 4 mi

Conserved land0.2%3.1%

Settled1881 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos5 7

Famous people born here—6

Community

AnthonyEagle Lake

Library hours a week—36 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

631 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AnthonyTX Eagle LakeTX

Anthony ↔ Eagle Lake631 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

AnthonyEagle Lake

People

Population 4,580Highest 3,485Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -26.7%Lowest TX: +15.9% -5.4%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 32.4±2.1Highest 9% below TX 30.8±4Lowest 13% below TX

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

Kids under 18 31.6%±5.8Highest TX: 25% 25.2%±8Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 11.8%±3.6Lowest TX: 13.4% 14.7%±4.7Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15%Lowest TX: 33.8% 20.3%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.4%±2.6Highest TX: 6.2% 2.9%±2.2Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $54,588±$9kLowest 30% below TX $69,205±$25kHighest 12% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $168,200±$13kHighest 41% below TX $137,900±$29kLowest 51% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,066±$202Lowest 24% below TX $1,229±$267Highest 12% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,472Highest 18% below TX $1,448Lowest 66% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.2%±17.6Highest TX: 51.7% 15.4%±11Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 19.7%Highest TX: 13.8% 14.1%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.9%Highest TX: 62.6% 72.3%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than TX 1965Lowest 27 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 16% below TX 27 minHighest about the TX average

Work from home 7.6%±4.6Highest TX: 14.4% 3%±1.9Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.6%Lowest 8.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 38.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.92Highest 0.62Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town El Paso (66%)Houston (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eagle LakeFew work in Anthony

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.2%Lowest 3.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.7 miLowest 4.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 26.7Lowest 81.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #530 of 583 in TX #528 of 583 in TX

School district ANTHONY ISDRICE CISD

High school in town Anthony H SRice Challenge Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 12.3Lowest 28.5Highest

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.

Anthony vs Eagle Lake

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $450 more a month in Anthony

Eagle Lake places higher on 15 of 19 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

631 miles apart

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