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%

Cotulla$740/mo

Typical home $116K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.34% · or rent about $821/mo · Housing →

Floydada$510/mo

Typical home $82K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $664/mo · Housing →

The difference: $220 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Cotulla and Floydada.

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

Floydada places higher on 10 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

–CotullaNot graded C+FloydadaSafer than 38% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+CotullaBetter than 38% of districts in the state AFloydadaBetter than 88% of districts in the state

Health

DCotullaHealthier than 11% of U.S. towns DFloydadaHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns

7Cotulla

10Floydada

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #532#247 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #402#195 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #407#619 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #311#508 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #551#471 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #603#522 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #69#148 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #624#549

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

CotullaFloydada

Snow a year0″4″

January low—25°F

July high—92°F

Growing season (days)—208d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)47th 52nd

Outdoors & history

CotullaFloydada

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.3%2.6%

Settled1882 1890

National Register places4 —

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—7

Community

CotullaFloydada

Library hours a week28 hrs 33 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

403 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CotullaTX FloydadaTX

Cotulla ↔ Floydada403 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

CotullaFloydada

People

Population 3,664Highest 2,588Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.2%Highest TX: +15.9% -11.9%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.6±9.1Highest 6% below TX 32.7±2.1Lowest 8% below TX

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

Kids under 18 30.2%±9Lowest TX: 25% 32%±6.2Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 15.9%±4.5Highest TX: 13.4% 12.7%±3.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.7%Lowest TX: 33.8% 17.6%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.3%±6.8Highest TX: 6.2% 1.7%±1.6Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,067±$29kHighest 11% below TX $52,826±$13kLowest 33% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $93,100±$43kHighest 67% below TX $89,700±$15kLowest 68% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $821±$168Highest 41% below TX $664±$230Lowest 53% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,250Highest 70% below TX $1,084Lowest 74% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 34%±28.8Lowest TX: 51.7% 37%±21.9Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 26.7%Highest TX: 13.8% 20.1%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.5%Highest TX: 62.6% 68.5%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Highest 10 yrs older than TX 1965Lowest 27 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 17 minLowest 36% below TX 18 minHighest 33% below TX

Work from home 2.5%±2.7Highest TX: 14.4% 1.2%±1.3Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 30.9%Lowest 34.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 39.3 miHighest 26.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.92Highest 0.69Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Antonio (13%)Lubbock (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FloydadaFew work in Cotulla

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 148Highest 128Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #402 of 583 in TX #195 of 583 in TX

School district COTULLA ISDFLOYDADA COLLEGIATE ISD · PETERSBURG ISD

High school in town None in townFloydada Collegiate H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 9.2

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

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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.

Cotulla vs Floydada

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $220 more a month in Cotulla

Floydada places higher on 10 of 19 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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