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%

Jourdanton$1,550/mo

Typical home $235K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.65% · or rent about $1,095/mo · Housing →

Abernathy$1,180/mo

Typical home $184K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.43% · or rent about $868/mo · Housing →

The difference: $370 a month, about $4,400 a year, between Jourdanton and Abernathy.

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

Abernathy places higher on 14 of 20 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

–JourdantonNot graded AAbernathySafer than 91% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+JourdantonBetter than 66% of districts in the state B+AbernathyBetter than 74% of districts in the state

Health

C−JourdantonHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns B−AbernathyHealthier than 54% of U.S. towns

6Jourdanton

14Abernathy

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #339#41 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #535#203 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #509#283 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #454#224 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #484#255 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #267#486 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #182#348 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #265#94

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

JourdantonAbernathy

Snow a year0″7″

January low—24°F

July high—91°F

Growing season (days)—204d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)8th 63rd

Outdoors & history

JourdantonAbernathy

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0.4%2.1%

Settled1909 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—5

Community

JourdantonAbernathy

Library hours a week43 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

392 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

JourdantonTX AbernathyTX

Jourdanton ↔ Abernathy392 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

JourdantonAbernathy

People

Population 4,407Highest 3,278Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.8%Highest TX: +15.9% +2.1%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36.4±4.6Highest about the TX average 34.8±4.1Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 29.1%±7.7Lowest TX: 25% 33.4%±2.8Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 10.6%±3.4Lowest TX: 13.4% 12.5%±2Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.4%Lowest TX: 33.8% 27%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±2.6Highest TX: 6.2% 2.9%±1.9Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $83,512±$14kLowest 6% above TX $87,531±$18kHighest 12% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $171,000±$84kLowest 40% below TX $176,400±$27kHighest 38% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,095±$141Highest 22% below TX $868±$151Lowest 38% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,824Highest 33% below TX $2,515Lowest 41% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.9%±21.5Highest TX: 51.7% 28.5%±13.9Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 14.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 3%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.7%Lowest TX: 62.6% 77.1%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Highest same as TX 1966Lowest 26 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 34% below TX 22 minHighest 19% below TX

Work from home 10.3%±5.8Highest TX: 14.4% 4.2%±2.2Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 12.7%Highest 12.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 38.3 miHighest 19.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Highest 0.59Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Antonio (28%)Lubbock (45%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AbernathyFew work in Jourdanton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.4%Lowest 2.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 72.3Lowest 80.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #151 of 583 in TX #162 of 583 in TX

School district CHARLOTTE ISD · DEVINE ISDABERNATHY ISD

High school in town Jourdanton H SAbernathy H S

Students per teacherat that high school 12.3Highest 9.1Lowest

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.

Jourdanton vs Abernathy

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $370 more a month in Jourdanton

Abernathy places higher on 14 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

392 miles apart

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