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%

Edcouch$980/mo

Typical home $147K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.71% · or rent about $552/mo · Housing →

Tulia$680/mo

Typical home $99K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.95% · or rent about $771/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,700 a year, between Edcouch and Tulia.

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

Tulia places higher on 11 of 21 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

B−EdcouchSafer than 46% of U.S. towns CTuliaSafer than 28% of U.S. towns

Schools

DEdcouchBetter than 11% of districts in the state CTuliaBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

DEdcouchHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns DTuliaHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

10Edcouch

11Tulia

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

Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #332#606 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #258#442 SafestSafety · 470 towns #214#330 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #621#468 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #453#341 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #620#495 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #627#510 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #431#339

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

EdcouchTulia

Snow a year0″11″

January low49°F 23°F

July high96°F 91°F

Growing season (days)355d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 40th

Outdoors & history

EdcouchTulia

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0.8%1.6%

Settled1927 —

Community

EdcouchTulia

Library hours a week—41 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

613 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EdcouchTX TuliaTX

Edcouch ↔ Tulia613 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

EdcouchTulia

People

Population 2,739Lowest 4,422Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -13.6%Lowest TX: +15.9% -9.9%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 37.4±5.9Highest 5% above TX 36.1±2.7Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 26.6%±9.2Highest TX: 25% 23.5%±5.4Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 13.1%±5.4Lowest TX: 13.4% 16.7%±3.4Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 7.8%Lowest TX: 33.8% 15.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.5%±1.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.9%±3.7Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $21,843±$20kLowest 72% below TX $32,288±$12kHighest 59% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $58,500±$52kLowest 79% below TX $81,100±$12kHighest 71% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $552±$97Lowest 61% below TX $771±$86Highest 45% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $998Lowest 76% below TX $1,581Highest 63% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52%±20.4Highest TX: 51.7% 49.3%±13.7Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 38.3%Highest TX: 13.8% 31.9%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 49.7%Lowest TX: 62.6% 56.5%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Highest same as TX 1959Lowest 33 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 23% below TX 20 minLowest 24% below TX

Work from home 8.2%±6.4Highest TX: 14.4% 0.5%±1Lowest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 9.8%Lowest 33.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 31.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.66Highest 0.79Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Edinburg (13%)Amarillo (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TuliaFew work in Edcouch

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 1.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 116Highest 88.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #580 of 583 in TX #538 of 583 in TX

School district EDCOUCH-ELSA ISDTULIA ISD

High school in town None in townTulia H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 9.1

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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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.

Edcouch vs Tulia

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Edcouch

Tulia places higher on 11 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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