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%

Dublin$1,920/mo

Typical home $298K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.43% · or rent about $833/mo · Housing →

Jourdanton$1,550/mo

Typical home $235K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.65% · or rent about $1,095/mo · Housing →

The difference: $360 a month, about $4,400 a year, between Dublin and Jourdanton.

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

Dublin places higher on 10 of 20 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

A+DublinSafer than 96% of U.S. towns –JourdantonNot graded

Schools

A−DublinBetter than 84% of districts in the state B+JourdantonBetter than 66% of districts in the state

Health

DDublinHealthier than 7% of U.S. towns C−JourdantonHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

10Dublin

9Jourdanton

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #41#339 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #566#256 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #609#309 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #505#223 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #412#182 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #339#62 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #503#267 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #589#363

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

DublinJourdanton

Snow a year0″0″

January low34°F —

July high97°F —

Growing season (days)249d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th 8th

Outdoors & history

DublinJourdanton

Trails2 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.6%0.4%

Settled—1909

National Register places—1

Archive photos12 —

Community

DublinJourdanton

Library hours a week41 hrs 43 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

220 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DublinTX JourdantonTX

Dublin ↔ Jourdanton220 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

DublinJourdanton

People

Population 3,419Lowest 4,407Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -8.1%Lowest TX: +15.9% +5.8%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 37±4.3Highest 4% above TX 36.4±4.6Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 33.8%±8.7Highest TX: 25% 29.1%±7.7Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 14.9%±4.2Highest TX: 13.4% 10.6%±3.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.5%Highest TX: 33.8% 21.4%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±2.3Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.4%±2.6Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $53,030±$10kLowest 32% below TX $83,512±$14kHighest 6% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $149,300±$48kLowest 47% below TX $171,000±$84kHighest 40% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $833±$518Lowest 41% below TX $1,095±$141Highest 22% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,134Lowest 50% below TX $2,824Highest 33% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.3%±21.7Lowest TX: 51.7% 57.9%±21.5Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 32.3%Highest TX: 13.8% 14.9%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.8%Highest TX: 62.6% 75.7%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 19 yrs older than TX 1992Highest same as TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 4% below TX 18 minLowest 34% below TX

Work from home 3.7%±3.3Lowest TX: 14.4% 10.3%±5.8Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 7%Lowest 12.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miLowest 38.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Lowest 1.12Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Stephenville (20%)San Antonio (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in JourdantonFew work in Dublin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Highest 0.4%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.9 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 80.9Highest 72.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #68 of 583 in TX #151 of 583 in TX

School district DUBLIN ISDCHARLOTTE ISD · DEVINE ISD

High school in town Dublin H SJourdanton H S

Students per teacherat that high school 11.8Lowest 12.3Highest

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.

Dublin vs Jourdanton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $360 more a month in Dublin

Dublin places higher on 10 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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