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%

Eden$950/mo

Typical home $139K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.89% · or rent about $527/mo · Housing →

Baird$1,240/mo

Typical home $201K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.13% · or rent about $622/mo · Housing →

The difference: $300 a month, about $3,600 a year, between Baird and Eden.

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.

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

EdenBaird

Snow a year—4″

January low—32°F

July high—96°F

Growing season (days)—225d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 52nd

Outdoors & history

EdenBaird

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0%0.9%

Settled—1881

National Register places—1

Archive photos—11

Famous people born here—1

Community

EdenBaird

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

86 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EdenTX BairdTX

Eden ↔ Baird86 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

EdenBaird

People

Population 1,730Highest 1,642Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -60.2%Lowest TX: +15.9% -1.1%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 41.4±3Highest 16% above TX 40.2±5.5Lowest 13% above TX

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

Kids under 18 9.4%±3.2Lowest TX: 25% 25.1%±5.2Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 15.2%±4Lowest TX: 13.4% 22.2%±3.8Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.4%Lowest TX: 33.8% 14.7%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±3.8Highest TX: 6.2% 1.4%±1.3Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,321±$24kLowest 40% below TX $50,772±$7kHighest 35% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $78,100±$21kHighest 72% below TX $76,800±$8kLowest 73% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $527±$90Lowest 62% below TX $622±$228Highest 56% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,478Highest 65% below TX $865Lowest 80% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.5%±100Highest TX: 51.7% 35.4%±26.3Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 17.3%Highest TX: 13.8% 12.7%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.5%Highest TX: 62.6% 70.1%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1966Highest 26 yrs older than TX 1952Lowest 40 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest about the TX average 21 minLowest 20% below TX

Work from home 2.8%±3.6Highest TX: 14.4% 0.4%±0.9Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.4%Highest 10.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 104.8 miHighest 54.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.94Highest 1.01Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Angelo (11%)Cross Plains (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BairdFew work in Eden

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.5Highest 57.8Lowest

Schools

School district —BAIRD ISD

High school in town —Baird H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 7.8

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Eden vs Baird

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Grades and rankings, side by side

A typical home costs $300 more a month in Baird

What daily life feels like in each

86 miles apart

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