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%

Latexo$780/mo

Typical home $117K (Census) · tax rate 1.73% · or rent about $1,125/mo · Housing →

Turkey$740/mo

Typical home $114K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.52% · or rent about $554/mo · 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.

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

B−LatexoBetter than 48% of districts in the state –TurkeyNot graded

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

LatexoTurkey

Snow a year—7″

January low—27°F

July high—96°F

Growing season (days)—211d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 50th

Outdoors & history

LatexoTurkey

Trails—1 mi

Conserved land—3.8%

National Register places—1

Community

LatexoTurkey

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

377 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LatexoTX TurkeyTX

Latexo ↔ Turkey377 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

LatexoTurkey

People

Population 246Lowest 274Highest

Median age 53.6±14.4Highest 51% above TX 49.5±24Lowest 39% above TX

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

Kids under 18 13%±7.7Lowest TX: 25% 15%±7.2Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 25.2%±8.4Highest TX: 13.4% 18.6%±12.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.5%Lowest TX: 33.8% 23.4%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±3.2Highest TX: 6.2% 2.6%±6.8Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $58,864±$25kHighest 25% below TX $49,450±$27kLowest 37% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $116,700±$65kHighest 59% below TX $99,300±$82kLowest 65% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,125±$496Highest 20% below TX $554±$237Lowest 61% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,021Highest 52% below TX $1,508Lowest 64% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.1%±100Highest TX: 51.7% 16.1%±50.5Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 7.7%Lowest TX: 13.8% 11.7%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.4%Highest TX: 62.6% 76.6%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 19 yrs older than TX 1957Lowest 35 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 26% below TX 11 minLowest 59% below TX

Work from home 8.8%±11Highest TX: 14.4% 1.6%±3.1Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.5%Highest 1.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 46.8 miHighest 39.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.41Highest 0.43Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Crockett (20%)Memphis (25%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TurkeyFew work in Latexo

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 3.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 21.2Lowest 85.7Highest

Schools

School district LATEXO ISD—

High school in town Latexo H S—

Students per teacherat that high school 8.6 —

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.

Latexo vs Turkey

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

377 miles apart

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