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%

Godley$2,820/mo

Typical home $433K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.51% · or rent about $2,038/mo · Housing →

Jarrell$1,640/mo

Typical home $252K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.54% · or rent about $1,868/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,170 a month, about $14,100 a year, between Godley and Jarrell.

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

Jarrell 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−GodleySafer than 82% of U.S. towns A−JarrellSafer than 77% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−GodleyBetter than 54% of districts in the state CJarrellBetter than 30% of districts in the state

Health

B+GodleyHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns BJarrellHealthier than 57% of U.S. towns

8Godley

10Jarrell

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #618#383 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #301#509 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #60#252 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #124#291 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #114#226 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #292#215 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #140#212 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #297#351

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

GodleyJarrell

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th 17th

Outdoors & history

GodleyJarrell

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0%0%

Settled1886 —

Community

GodleyJarrell

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

114 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GodleyTX JarrellTX

Godley ↔ Jarrell114 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

GodleyJarrell

People

Population 2,809Lowest 3,295Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +43.7%Lowest TX: +15.9% +78.2%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34.2±1.9Lowest 4% below TX 34.9±2.7Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 28.7%±6.7Highest TX: 25% 23.7%±4.9Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 8.2%±3Lowest TX: 13.4% 10.7%±2.8Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.6%Lowest TX: 33.8% 31.6%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±2.6Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.5%±4.3Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $110,417±$27kLowest 41% above TX $111,333±$12kHighest 42% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $372,300±$38kHighest 31% above TX $346,300±$14kLowest 22% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,038±$613Highest 45% above TX $1,868±$225Lowest 33% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,639Highest 33% above TX $5,317Lowest 26% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.2%±32.5Highest TX: 51.7% 29.2%±25.1Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 7.6%Highest TX: 13.8% 2.2%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.4%Highest TX: 62.6% 83.7%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2016Highest 24 yrs newer than TX 2015Lowest 23 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 35 minHighest 32% above TX 33 minLowest 25% above TX

Work from home 10.2%±4.6Lowest TX: 14.4% 11%±4.4Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 8%Highest 6.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miLowest 26.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.70Lowest 1.63Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (27%)Austin (27%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in JarrellFew work in Godley

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 64.9Highest 58.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #301 of 583 in TX #509 of 583 in TX

School district GODLEY ISDJARRELL ISD

High school in town Godley H SNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 14.0 —

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.

Godley vs Jarrell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,170 more a month in Godley

Jarrell places higher on 10 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

114 miles apart

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