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%

Hackberry$2,820/mo

Typical home $417K (Census) · tax rate 1.84% · or rent about $2,208/mo · Housing →

Palmhurst$1,890/mo

Typical home $286K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.64% · or rent about $823/mo · Housing →

The difference: $930 a month, about $11,200 a year, between Hackberry and Palmhurst.

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

Hackberry places higher on 10 of 17 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

–HackberryNot graded D−PalmhurstSafer than 2% of U.S. towns

Schools

–HackberryNot graded CPalmhurstBetter than 32% of districts in the state

Health

AHackberryHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns CPalmhurstHealthier than 27% of U.S. towns

10Hackberry

7Palmhurst

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #583#73 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #77#603 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #558#80 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #6#473 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #124#510 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #157#535 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #90#423 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #67#392

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

HackberryPalmhurst

Snow a year0″0″

January low—49°F

July high—98°F

Growing season (days)—365d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)31st 68th

Outdoors & history

HackberryPalmhurst

Settled1983 —

Archive photos6 —

Community

HackberryPalmhurst

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

483 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HackberryTX PalmhurstTX

Hackberry ↔ Palmhurst483 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

HackberryPalmhurst

People

Population 2,979Highest 2,601Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +207.1%Highest TX: +15.9% -0.2%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 37.6±1.7Highest 6% above TX 35.2±4.7Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 30.5%±5.4 TX: 25% 30.5%±6.8 TX: 25%

Age 65+ 7.8%±3.3Lowest TX: 13.4% 13.1%±3.8Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.9%Highest TX: 33.8% 39.2%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.8%±2.6Lowest TX: 6.2% 7.8%±4.1Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $109,769±$21kHighest 40% above TX $98,125±$26kLowest 25% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $416,600±$21kHighest 47% above TX $375,000±$149kLowest 32% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,208±$411Highest 57% above TX $823±$557Lowest 41% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $7,676Highest 81% above TX $6,164Lowest 46% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.2%±18.7Highest TX: 51.7% 40.2%±45.5Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 10.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 4.3%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.1%Highest TX: 62.6% 80.3%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2013Highest 21 yrs newer than TX 1999Lowest 7 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 23% above TX 18 minLowest 32% below TX

Work from home 27.3%±6.4Highest TX: 14.4% 10.7%±5.6Lowest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 0.6%Lowest 2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.20Lowest 1.62Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (16%)McAllen (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in PalmhurstFew work in Hackberry

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 22.1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 104Highest 21.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#568 of 583 in TX

School district —MISSION CISD

High school in town —None in town

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

Deciding?

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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.

Hackberry vs Palmhurst

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $930 more a month in Hackberry

Hackberry places higher on 10 of 17 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

483 miles apart

What matters to you?

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