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%

Converse$1,630/mo

Typical home $241K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.85% · or rent about $1,693/mo · Housing →

Hutto$2,240/mo

Typical home $330K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.86% · or rent about $2,255/mo · Housing →

The difference: $610 a month, about $7,300 a year, between Hutto and Converse.

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

Hutto places higher on 16 of 25 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

CConverseSafer than 25% of U.S. towns B+HuttoSafer than 73% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−ConverseBetter than 18% of districts in the state C+HuttoBetter than 42% of districts in the state

Health

B−ConverseHealthier than 53% of U.S. towns B+HuttoHealthier than 75% of U.S. towns

9Converse

16Hutto

Lists won, of 25 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

SafestSafety · 470 towns #353#79 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #499#271 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #506#323 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #165#296 Best libraries for kidsLibraries · 183 towns #154#113 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #377#519 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#256 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #302#182

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

ConverseHutto

Snow a year0″0″

January low41°F —

July high95°F —

Growing season (days)277d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd 48th

Outdoors & history

ConverseHutto

Trails4 mi 6 mi

Conserved land4.4%1.9%

Settled—1855

National Register places—1

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—3

Community

ConverseHutto

Library hours a week42 hrs 47 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

84 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ConverseTX HuttoTX

Converse ↔ Hutto84 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

ConverseHutto

People

Population 29,607Lowest 35,483Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +50.9%Lowest TX: +15.9% +87.6%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.8±2Lowest 5% below TX 34.6±1.4Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 27.7%±3.5Highest TX: 25% 26.2%±2.7Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 11.1%±2.3Highest TX: 13.4% 6.7%±1.2Lowest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 33.9%Lowest TX: 33.8% 36.3%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.4%±2.1Highest TX: 6.2% 6.4%±1.4Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $94,222±$13kLowest 20% above TX $118,834±$10kHighest 51% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $248,400±$10kLowest 12% below TX $365,700±$13kHighest 29% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,693±$128Lowest 21% above TX $2,255±$209Highest 61% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,590Lowest 8% above TX $6,790Highest 60% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 65.1%±15.4Highest TX: 51.7% 42.2%±16.5Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 11.6%Highest TX: 13.8% 5.7%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.2%Lowest TX: 62.6% 79.6%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2003Lowest 11 yrs newer than TX 2010Highest 18 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest about the TX average 29 minHighest 10% above TX

Work from home 13.3%±3.1Lowest TX: 14.4% 17.7%±2.1Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.3%Lowest 2.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.3 miLowest 16.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.33Highest 0.22Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Antonio (54%)Austin (41%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HuttoFew work in Converse

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.4%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.2 miLowest 6.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 mi 0.4 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 9Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 78.5Highest 67.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #506 of 583 in TX #323 of 583 in TX

School district IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS · JUDSON ISDHUTTO ISD

High school in town Judson H SHutto H S

Students per teacherat that high school 14.8Lowest 16.1Highest

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.

Converse vs Hutto

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $610 more a month in Hutto

Hutto places higher on 16 of 25 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

84 miles apart

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