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%

Baird$1,240/mo

Typical home $201K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.13% · or rent about $622/mo · Housing →

Eden$950/mo

Typical home $139K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.89% · or rent about $527/mo · Housing →

The difference: $300 a month, about $3,600 a year, between Baird and Eden.

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.

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

BairdEden

Snow a year4″—

January low32°F —

July high96°F —

Growing season (days)225d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 26th

Outdoors & history

BairdEden

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.9%0%

Settled1881 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos11 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

BairdEden

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

86 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BairdTX EdenTX

Baird ↔ Eden86 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

BairdEden

People

Population 1,642Lowest 1,730Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.1%Highest TX: +15.9% -60.2%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 40.2±5.5Lowest 13% above TX 41.4±3Highest 16% above TX

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

Kids under 18 25.1%±5.2Highest TX: 25% 9.4%±3.2Lowest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 22.2%±3.8Highest TX: 13.4% 15.2%±4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.7%Highest TX: 33.8% 11.4%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±1.3Lowest TX: 6.2% 3.4%±3.8Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $50,772±$7kHighest 35% below TX $47,321±$24kLowest 40% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $76,800±$8kLowest 73% below TX $78,100±$21kHighest 72% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $622±$228Highest 56% below TX $527±$90Lowest 62% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $865Lowest 80% below TX $1,478Highest 65% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.4%±26.3Lowest TX: 51.7% 62.5%±100Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 12.7%Lowest TX: 13.8% 17.3%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 70.1%Lowest TX: 62.6% 71.5%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1952Lowest 40 yrs older than TX 1966Highest 26 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 20% below TX 26 minHighest about the TX average

Work from home 0.4%±0.9Lowest TX: 14.4% 2.8%±3.6Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 10.3%Lowest 15.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 54.8 miLowest 104.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.01Lowest 1.94Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Cross Plains (10%)San Angelo (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EdenFew work in Baird

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.9%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.6 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 57.8Lowest 67.5Highest

Schools

School district BAIRD ISD—

High school in town Baird H S—

Students per teacherat that high school 7.8 —

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Baird vs Eden

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Grades and rankings, side by side

A typical home costs $300 more a month in Baird

What daily life feels like in each

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