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%

Kermit$860/mo

Typical home $147K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $1,071/mo · Housing →

Friona$1,180/mo

Typical home $175K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.78% · or rent about $1,038/mo · Housing →

The difference: $310 a month, about $3,700 a year, between Friona and Kermit.

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

Friona places higher on 13 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

A−KermitSafer than 75% of U.S. towns A+FrionaSafer than 97% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−KermitBetter than 46% of districts in the state C+FrionaBetter than 40% of districts in the state

Health

C−KermitHealthier than 25% of U.S. towns C+FrionaHealthier than 43% of U.S. towns

7Kermit

13Friona

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #509#14 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #41#339 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #309#122 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #31#209 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #295#446 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #404#271 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#18 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #410#299

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

KermitFriona

Snow a year2″13″

January low27°F 22°F

July high96°F 91°F

Growing season (days)215d 182d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)5th 15th

Outdoors & history

KermitFriona

Trails2 mi 0 mi

Conserved land3.2%2%

Settled1938 1906

Community

KermitFriona

Library hours a week43 hrs 37 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

194 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KermitTX FrionaTX

Kermit ↔ Friona194 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

KermitFriona

People

Population 5,689Highest 4,102Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.8%Highest TX: +15.9% +1.2%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.3±3.1Lowest about the TX average 39.9±3.4Highest 12% above TX

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

Kids under 18 28.1%±3.7Highest TX: 25% 25.1%±6.3Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 13.3%±2.5Lowest TX: 13.4% 21.3%±5.3Highest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8%Lowest TX: 33.8% 11.9%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±2.2Highest TX: 6.2% 2.6%±1.8Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $81,170±$22kHighest 3% above TX $66,801±$5kLowest 15% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $151,600±$34kHighest 47% below TX $125,500±$54kLowest 56% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,071±$76Highest 24% below TX $1,038±$234Lowest 26% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,156Lowest 73% below TX $2,230Highest 47% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.1%±34.7Highest TX: 51.7% 12.4%±12.1Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 16.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 8.9%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.5%Highest TX: 62.6% 79.9%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 24 yrs older than TX 1972Highest 20 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 16% above TX 14 minLowest 48% below TX

Work from home 0.4%±0.5Highest TX: 14.4% 0%±0.8Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 23.5%Highest 19.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 41.3 miHighest 3.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.55Lowest 0.57Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Midland (8%)Amarillo (6%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FrionaFew work in Kermit

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.2%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 150Lowest 155Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #410 of 583 in TX #299 of 583 in TX

School district KERMIT ISDFRIONA ISD

High school in town Kermit H SFriona H S

Students per teacherat that high school 13.7Highest 8.4Lowest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Kermit vs Friona

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $310 more a month in Friona

Friona places higher on 13 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

194 miles apart

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