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%

Iredell$2,270/mo

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

Hedley$280/mo

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

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

IredellHedley

Snow a year2″4″

January low—24°F

July high—95°F

Growing season (days)—194d

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

Community

IredellHedley

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.

IredellTX HedleyTX

Iredell ↔ Hedley256 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

IredellHedley

People

Population 294Lowest 318Highest

Median age 43±12.8Highest 21% above TX 40.5±16.3Lowest 14% 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 24.1%±7.6Highest TX: 25% 11.6%±7.6Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 16.3%±9.4Lowest TX: 13.4% 21.4%±11.2Highest 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+ 18.4%Lowest TX: 33.8% 21.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±5.3Lowest TX: 6.2% 7.5%±8Highest 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 $54,250±$35kHighest 31% below TX $38,750±$11kLowest 51% 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 $68,600±$45kHighest 76% below TX $43,000±$7kLowest 85% 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 $1,214±$529Highest 13% below TX $622±$32Lowest 56% below TX

Property taxmedian, yearly — $666 84% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.4%±100Highest TX: 51.7% 0%±100Lowest 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 9.2%Highest TX: 13.8% 6.9%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 12.8%±13.2Highest TX: 14.4% 12%±9.3Lowest 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 1.7%Lowest 5.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 43.3 miLowest 67.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HedleyFew work in Iredell

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

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

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.

Iredell vs Hedley

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Where they differ most

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

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