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%

Decatur$2,780/mo

Typical home $440K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.28% · or rent about $1,024/mo · Housing →

Lindale$1,930/mo

Typical home $297K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.50% · or rent about $1,274/mo · Housing →

The difference: $850 a month, about $10,200 a year, between Decatur and Lindale.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

CDecaturSafer than 32% of U.S. towns B−LindaleSafer than 46% of U.S. towns

Schools

BDecaturBetter than 60% of districts in the state ALindaleBetter than 94% of districts in the state

Health

C+DecaturHealthier than 44% of U.S. towns B−LindaleHealthier than 51% of U.S. towns

10Decatur

10Lindale

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #261#506 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #196#19 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#566 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #320#147 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #320#153 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #205#352 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #449#317 SafestSafety · 470 towns #306#217

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

DecaturLindale

Snow a year1″1″

January low33°F 33°F

July high95°F 93°F

Growing season (days)237d 235d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)11th 3rd

Outdoors & history

DecaturLindale

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land2.3%0.4%

Settled1854 1871

National Register places4 —

Community

DecaturLindale

Library hours a week36 hrs 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

136 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DecaturTX LindaleTX

Decatur ↔ Lindale136 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

DecaturLindale

People

Population 7,426Highest 6,644Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +8.2%Lowest TX: +15.9% +25.8%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 40.5±4.1Highest 14% above TX 39.1±5.9Lowest 10% above TX

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

Kids under 18 22.7%±5Lowest TX: 25% 26.1%±7.2Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 21.9%±4.4Highest TX: 13.4% 17.8%±4.3Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.1%Highest TX: 33.8% 25.1%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±1.1Lowest TX: 6.2% 7.1%±4.3Highest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $73,179±$8kLowest 7% below TX $83,249±$14kHighest 6% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $284,500±$38kHighest about the TX average $272,800±$52kLowest 4% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,024±$440Lowest 27% below TX $1,274±$185Highest 9% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,645Lowest 14% below TX $4,098Highest 3% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.9%±15.9Lowest TX: 51.7% 45.1%±16.3Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 8%Highest TX: 13.8% 4.6%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.5%Highest TX: 62.6% 65%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Lowest 4 yrs older than TX 1995Highest 3 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 9% below TX 27 minHighest about the TX average

Work from home 8.9%±3.8Lowest TX: 14.4% 9.4%±7.1Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 20.8%Highest 9.1%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.8 miHighest 15.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.20Highest 1.44Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (11%)Tyler (32%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LindaleFew work in Decatur

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.3%Highest 0.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 52.0Highest 41.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #196 of 583 in TX #19 of 583 in TX

School district DECATUR ISDLINDALE ISD

High school in town Decatur H SLindale H S

Students per teacherat that high school 17.7Highest 14.4Lowest

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.

Decatur vs Lindale

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $850 more a month in Decatur

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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