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%

Hedley$280/mo

Typical home $43K (Census) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $622/mo · Housing →

Iredell$2,270/mo

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

The difference: $1,990 a month, about $23,800 a year, between Iredell and Hedley.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools

AHedleyBetter than 85% of districts in the state C+IredellBetter than 35% of districts in the state

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

HedleyIredell

Snow a year4″2″

January low24°F —

July high95°F —

Growing season (days)194d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)80th 59th

Community

HedleyIredell

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

256 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HedleyTX IredellTX

Hedley ↔ Iredell256 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

HedleyIredell

People

Population 318Highest 294Lowest

Median age 40.5±16.3Lowest 14% above TX 43±12.8Highest 21% above TX

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

Kids under 18 11.6%±7.6Lowest TX: 25% 24.1%±7.6Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 21.4%±11.2Highest TX: 13.4% 16.3%±9.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.5%Highest TX: 33.8% 18.4%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.5%±8Highest TX: 6.2% 4.1%±5.3Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $38,750±$11kLowest 51% below TX $54,250±$35kHighest 31% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $43,000±$7kLowest 85% below TX $68,600±$45kHighest 76% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $622±$32Lowest 56% below TX $1,214±$529Highest 13% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $666 84% below TX —

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

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

Below poverty line 6.9%Lowest TX: 13.8% 9.2%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.2%Lowest TX: 62.6% 83.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1951Lowest 41 yrs older than TX 1966Highest 26 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 44 minHighest 64% above TX 21 minLowest 23% below TX

Work from home 12%±9.3Lowest TX: 14.4% 12.8%±13.2Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 5.3%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 67.8 miHighest 43.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.24Highest 0.66Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Amarillo (21%)Glen Rose (10%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 111Highest 83.4Lowest

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.

Hedley vs Iredell

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Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,990 more a month in Iredell

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