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%

Elgin$1,840/mo

Typical home $268K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.96% · or rent about $1,440/mo · Housing →

Kennedale$2,530/mo

Typical home $385K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.60% · or rent about $1,554/mo · Housing →

The difference: $690 a month, about $8,300 a year, between Kennedale and Elgin.

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

Kennedale places higher on 13 of 24 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

C+ElginSafer than 44% of U.S. towns B+KennedaleSafer than 66% of U.S. towns

Schools

C−ElginBetter than 18% of districts in the state C+KennedaleBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

CElginHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns BKennedaleHealthier than 63% of U.S. towns

11Elgin

13Kennedale

Lists won, of 24 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #495#83 Best libraries for kidsLibraries · 183 towns #29#114 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #418#153 Most library borrowingLibraries · 183 towns #38#103 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#476 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #85#282 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #546#373 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #273#439

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

ElginKennedale

Snow a year0″0″

January low39°F 34°F

July high95°F 95°F

Growing season (days)264d 236d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)21st 54th

Outdoors & history

ElginKennedale

Trails2 mi 0 mi

Conserved land2.2%0.8%

National Register places2 —

Community

ElginKennedale

Library hours a week43 hrs 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

158 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ElginTX KennedaleTX

Elgin ↔ Kennedale158 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

ElginKennedale

People

Population 11,563Highest 9,439Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +20.3%Lowest TX: +15.9% +25.9%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36.6±1.6Lowest about the TX average 38.6±2.9Highest 8% above TX

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

Kids under 18 25.6%±4.6Highest TX: 25% 23.8%±5Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 12.8%±3Highest TX: 13.4% 12.7%±2.7Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.1%Lowest TX: 33.8% 27.1%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±2.2Highest TX: 6.2% 5%±2Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $91,114±$14kLowest 16% above TX $118,794±$8kHighest 51% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $326,400±$19kLowest 15% above TX $380,100±$38kHighest 34% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,440±$92Lowest about the TX average $1,554±$361Highest 11% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,400Highest 51% above TX $6,098Lowest 44% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.7%±15.5Lowest TX: 51.7% 51.9%±9.1Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 5.3%Lowest TX: 13.8% 11.3%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.4% TX: 62.6% 71.4% TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Lowest 2 yrs older than TX 1996Highest 4 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minLowest 21% above TX 32 minHighest 21% above TX

Work from home 21%±6.2Highest TX: 14.4% 10%±4.7Lowest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 9.8%Highest 3.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.68Lowest 0.73Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Austin (40%)Fort Worth (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KennedaleFew work in Elgin

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.2%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.3 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 75.4Highest 55.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #546 of 583 in TX #373 of 583 in TX

School district ELGIN ISDKENNEDALE ISD

High school in town Elgin H SKennedale H S

Students per teacherat that high school 19.1Highest 14.6Lowest

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.

Elgin vs Kennedale

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $690 more a month in Kennedale

Kennedale places higher on 13 of 24 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

158 miles apart

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