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%

Hearne$1,090/mo

Typical home $175K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $641/mo · Housing →

Tulia$680/mo

Typical home $99K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.95% · or rent about $771/mo · Housing →

The difference: $410 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Hearne and Tulia.

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

Hearne places higher on 11 of 21 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

B−HearneSafer than 53% of U.S. towns CTuliaSafer than 28% of U.S. towns

Schools

DHearneBetter than 10% of districts in the state CTuliaBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

D−HearneHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns DTuliaHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

11Hearne

10Tulia

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

SafestSafety · 470 towns #184#330 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #368#524 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #183#341 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #499#339 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #433#606 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #491#606 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#148 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #601#495

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

HearneTulia

Snow a year1″11″

January low39°F 23°F

July high95°F 91°F

Growing season (days)277d 189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)33rd 40th

Outdoors & history

HearneTulia

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land3.8%1.6%

National Register places1 —

Community

HearneTulia

Library hours a week37 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

393 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HearneTX TuliaTX

Hearne ↔ Tulia393 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

HearneTulia

People

Population 4,555Highest 4,422Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.9%Highest TX: +15.9% -9.9%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 37.1±8.1Highest 4% above TX 36.1±2.7Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 23.5%±5 TX: 25% 23.5%±5.4 TX: 25%

Age 65+ 17.6%±4Highest TX: 13.4% 16.7%±3.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 12.5%Lowest TX: 33.8% 15.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3%±2.1Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.9%±3.7Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $37,372±$7kHighest 52% below TX $32,288±$12kLowest 59% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $83,200±$15kHighest 71% below TX $81,100±$12kLowest 71% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $641±$134Lowest 54% below TX $771±$86Highest 45% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $993Lowest 77% below TX $1,581Highest 63% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.7%±14.3Highest TX: 51.7% 49.3%±13.7Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 27.3%Lowest TX: 13.8% 31.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.5%Highest TX: 62.6% 56.5%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Highest 22 yrs older than TX 1959Lowest 33 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 33% below TX 20 minHighest 24% below TX

Work from home 4%±3.7Highest TX: 14.4% 0.5%±1Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 17.6%Lowest 33.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.8 miLowest 31.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.78Lowest 0.79Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Bryan (13%)Amarillo (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TuliaFew work in Hearne

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.8%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 mi 0.5 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 89.1Highest 88.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #579 of 583 in TX #538 of 583 in TX

School district HEARNE ISDTULIA ISD

High school in town Hearne JH/HSTulia H S

Students per teacherat that high school 7.6Lowest 9.1Highest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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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.

Hearne vs Tulia

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $410 more a month in Hearne

Hearne places higher on 11 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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