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%

Kenefick$990/mo

Typical home $161K (Census) · tax rate 1.12% · or rent about $1,632/mo · Housing →

Spring Gardens$950/mo

Typical home $158K (Census) · tax rate 0.91% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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.

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

KenefickSpring Gardens

Snow a year0″0″

January low41°F 47°F

July high93°F 95°F

Growing season (days)286d 336d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd 78th

Outdoors & history

KenefickSpring Gardens

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.9%0%

Community

KenefickSpring Gardens

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

239 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KenefickTX Spring GardensTX

Kenefick ↔ Spring Gardens239 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

KenefickSpring Gardens

People

Population 898Highest 622Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.2%Highest TX: +15.9% -11.7%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.6±9.2Highest about the TX average 35.1±14.6Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 33.9%±7.1Highest TX: 25% 26.7%±19.6Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 14%±4.4Lowest TX: 13.4% 19.1%±10.6Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.4%Highest TX: 33.8% 0%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.9%±2.1Lowest TX: 6.2% 7.4%±6.5Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $73,750±$32kHighest 6% below TX $44,708±$43kLowest 43% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $160,700±$47kHighest 43% below TX $157,700±$30kLowest 44% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,632±$926 16% above TX —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,799Highest 57% below TX $1,442Lowest 66% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 75%±88.3 TX: 51.7% —

Below poverty line 20.3%Highest TX: 13.8% 5.5%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 86.7%Lowest TX: 62.6% 100%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Lowest 3 yrs newer than TX 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 39 minHighest 45% above TX 26 minLowest 4% below TX

Work from home 9.6%±7.5Highest TX: 14.4% 0%±6.6Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 37.3 miHighest 21.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.06Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (23%)Corpus Christi (39%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Spring GardensFew work in Kenefick

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 14.8Highest 8.0Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Kenefick vs Spring Gardens

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

239 miles apart

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