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%

Kountze$1,350/mo

Typical home $219K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.12% · or rent about $873/mo · Housing →

Floydada$510/mo

Typical home $82K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $664/mo · Housing →

The difference: $840 a month, about $10,100 a year, between Kountze and Floydada.

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.

Safety

B+KountzeSafer than 68% of U.S. towns C+FloydadaSafer than 38% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−KountzeBetter than 45% of districts in the state AFloydadaBetter than 88% of districts in the state

Health

CKountzeHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns DFloydadaHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns

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

KountzeFloydada

Snow a year0″4″

January low—25°F

July high—92°F

Growing season (days)—208d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 52nd

Outdoors & history

KountzeFloydada

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—2.6%

Settled1881 1890

National Register places1 —

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—7

Community

KountzeFloydada

Library hours a week—33 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

480 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KountzeTX FloydadaTX

Kountze ↔ Floydada480 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

KountzeFloydada

People

Population 2,367Lowest 2,588Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -6.7%Highest TX: +15.9% -11.9%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.6±4.2Highest 6% below TX 32.7±2.1Lowest 8% below TX

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

Kids under 18 27.8%±4.6Lowest TX: 25% 32%±6.2Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 16.7%±3.5Highest TX: 13.4% 12.7%±3.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.3%Highest TX: 33.8% 17.6%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±2.1Highest TX: 6.2% 1.7%±1.6Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,969±$4kHighest 16% below TX $52,826±$13kLowest 33% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $127,300±$49kHighest 55% below TX $89,700±$15kLowest 68% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $873±$56Highest 38% below TX $664±$230Lowest 53% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,423Highest 66% below TX $1,084Lowest 74% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 28.5%±8.3Lowest TX: 51.7% 37%±21.9Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 11.5%Lowest TX: 13.8% 20.1%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.9%Lowest TX: 62.6% 68.5%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1995Highest 3 yrs newer than TX 1965Lowest 27 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 32 minHighest 18% above TX 18 minLowest 33% below TX

Work from home 2.9%±1.6Highest TX: 14.4% 1.2%±1.3Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 8.2%Lowest 34.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.8 miLowest 26.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.65Lowest 0.69Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Beaumont (23%)Lubbock (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FloydadaFew work in Kountze

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.2Lowest 128Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#195 of 583 in TX

School district HARDIN-JEFFERSON ISD · KOUNTZE ISDFLOYDADA COLLEGIATE ISD · PETERSBURG ISD

High school in town Kountze H SFloydada Collegiate H S

Students per teacherat that high school 9.4Highest 9.2Lowest

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.

Kountze vs Floydada

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $840 more a month in Kountze

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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