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%

Corsicana$1,120/mo

Typical home $180K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.17% · or rent about $1,093/mo · Housing →

Terrell$1,890/mo

Typical home $282K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.74% · or rent about $1,232/mo · Housing →

The difference: $770 a month, about $9,300 a year, between Terrell and Corsicana.

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

Corsicana places higher on 16 of 23 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−CorsicanaSafer than 16% of U.S. towns CTerrellSafer than 30% of U.S. towns

Schools

BCorsicanaBetter than 59% of districts in the state CTerrellBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

DCorsicanaHealthier than 14% of U.S. towns DTerrellHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

16Corsicana

7Terrell

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #25#165 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #212#469 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #150#392 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #166#391 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #297#457 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #309#470 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #418#577 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#256

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

CorsicanaTerrell

Snow a year0″0″

January low35°F —

July high95°F —

Growing season (days)246d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 24th

Outdoors & history

CorsicanaTerrell

Trails4 mi 3 mi

Conserved land1.9%0.7%

Settled1848 1874

National Register places8 6

Archive photos6 —

Community

CorsicanaTerrell

Library hours a week45 hrs 49 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

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

46 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CorsicanaTX TerrellTX

Corsicana ↔ Terrell46 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

CorsicanaTerrell

People

Population 25,511Highest 20,366Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.6%Lowest TX: +15.9% +10.4%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.3±1.4Highest 6% below TX 32.6±1.6Lowest 8% below TX

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

Kids under 18 26.6%±2.2Lowest TX: 25% 29.2%±3.9Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 15.1%±1.8Highest TX: 13.4% 12.8%±1.9Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.9%Highest TX: 33.8% 15.8%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7%±1.4Highest TX: 6.2% 4.8%±1.3Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $57,212±$4kLowest 27% below TX $65,842±$6kHighest 16% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $168,900±$14kLowest 40% below TX $218,500±$24kHighest 23% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,093±$67Lowest 22% below TX $1,232±$81Highest 12% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,969Lowest 53% below TX $3,803Highest 10% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.2%±7.6Lowest TX: 51.7% 62.1%±10.9Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 18.1%Highest TX: 13.8% 15.9%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.4%Lowest TX: 62.6% 58.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 18 yrs older than TX 1984Highest 8 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 24% below TX 27 minHighest about the TX average

Work from home 6.7%±1.9Highest TX: 14.4% 4.9%±2Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 33.4%Highest 17.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 42.3 miHighest 30.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.17Lowest 1.49Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (8%)Dallas (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TerrellFew work in Corsicana

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.5 miHighest 3.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 50.7Highest 27.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #309 of 583 in TX #470 of 583 in TX

School district TWO DIMENSIONS PREPARATORY ACADEMY · CORSICANA ISDTERRELL ISD

High school in town Corsicana H STerrell H S

Students per teacherat that high school 15.5Lowest 16.5Highest

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.

Corsicana vs Terrell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $770 more a month in Terrell

Corsicana places higher on 16 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

46 miles apart

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