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%

Ellinger$1,220/mo

Typical home $207K (Census) · tax rate 0.80% · or rent about $688/mo · Housing →

Todd Mission$1,370/mo

Typical home $242K (Census) · tax rate 0.52% · Housing →

The difference: $150 a month, about $1,800 a year, between Todd Mission and Ellinger.

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

EllingerTodd Mission

Snow a year0″0″

January low39°F —

July high96°F —

Growing season (days)255d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)31st 59th

Outdoors & history

EllingerTodd Mission

Trails—3 mi

Conserved land—0%

Archive photos3 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

EllingerTodd Mission

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

60 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EllingerTX Todd MissionTX

Ellinger ↔ Todd Mission60 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

EllingerTodd Mission

People

Population 253Highest 132Lowest

Median age 38.2±8.6Highest 7% above TX 37.7±10Lowest 6% above TX

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

Kids under 18 25.3%±11.4Lowest TX: 25% 28.8%±39.1Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 18.6%±11.4Highest TX: 13.4% 9.1%±32.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.4%Lowest TX: 33.8% 20%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.8%±6Lowest TX: 6.2% 7.6%±12.5Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,956±$6k 22% below TX —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $206,900±$81kLowest 27% below TX $241,700±$108kHighest 15% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $688±$192 51% below TX —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,653Highest 61% below TX $1,250Lowest 70% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 8.3%±100Lowest TX: 51.7% 25%±100Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 6.7%Highest TX: 13.8% 5.3%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.1%Lowest TX: 62.6% 83.8%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Lowest 15 yrs older than TX 1992Highest same as TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest about the TX average 46 minHighest 72% above TX

Work from home 14.7%±20.9Highest TX: 14.4% 14.3%±15.1Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 56.3 miHighest 33.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.60Lowest 2.80Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Austin (13%)Houston (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Todd MissionFew work in Ellinger

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 2.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 106Highest 11.5Lowest

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.

Ellinger vs Todd Mission

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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