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%

Gustine$2,030/mo

Typical home $294K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.98% · or rent about $1,031/mo · Housing →

Iredell$2,270/mo

Typical home $336K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $1,214/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,900 a year, between Iredell and Gustine.

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

GustineIredell

Snow a year0″2″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th 59th

Community

GustineIredell

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

33 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GustineTX IredellTX

Gustine ↔ Iredell33 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

GustineIredell

People

Population 449Highest 294Lowest

Median age 41.6±9.4Lowest 17% above TX 43±12.8Highest 21% above TX

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

Kids under 18 19.6%±5.1Lowest TX: 25% 24.1%±7.6Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 14.5%±5.4Lowest TX: 13.4% 16.3%±9.4Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.8%Lowest TX: 33.8% 18.4%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.3%±3Lowest TX: 6.2% 4.1%±5.3Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $52,292±$12kLowest 33% below TX $54,250±$35kHighest 31% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $86,900±$15kHighest 69% below TX $68,600±$45kLowest 76% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,031±$402Lowest 27% below TX $1,214±$529Highest 13% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,721 59% below TX —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest TX: 51.7% 52.4%±100Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 10.2%Highest TX: 13.8% 9.2%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.2%Lowest TX: 62.6% 83.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 35 yrs older than TX 1966Highest 26 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest about the TX average 21 minLowest 23% below TX

Work from home 3.2%±4Lowest TX: 14.4% 12.8%±13.2Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.5%Lowest 1.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 57.3 miHighest 43.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.11Lowest 0.66Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (9%)Glen Rose (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in IredellFew work in Gustine

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 58.2Lowest 83.4Highest

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

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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.

Gustine vs Iredell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

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A typical home costs $240 more a month in Iredell

What daily life feels like in each

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