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%

Lockhart$1,800/mo

Typical home $274K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.60% · or rent about $1,152/mo · Housing →

Azle$2,180/mo

Typical home $334K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.55% · or rent about $1,333/mo · Housing →

The difference: $380 a month, about $4,500 a year, between Azle and Lockhart.

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

Azle places higher on 13 of 21 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

BLockhartSafer than 57% of U.S. towns C+AzleSafer than 36% of U.S. towns

Schools

CLockhartBetter than 32% of districts in the state BAzleBetter than 57% of districts in the state

Health

C−LockhartHealthier than 23% of U.S. towns C+AzleHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns

8Lockhart

13Azle

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #535#120 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #378#21 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#618 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #435#153 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #485#249 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #423#226 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #339#179 SafestSafety · 470 towns #151#275

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

LockhartAzle

Snow a year0″0″

January low—33°F

July high—97°F

Growing season (days)—245d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)29th 52nd

Outdoors & history

LockhartAzle

Trails6 mi 0 mi

Conserved land4.1%4.7%

Settled—1846

National Register places4 —

Community

LockhartAzle

Library hours a week59 hrs 44 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

209 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LockhartTX AzleTX

Lockhart ↔ Azle209 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

LockhartAzle

People

Population 15,326Highest 14,126Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.2%Lowest TX: +15.9% +22.1%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 39±2.2Highest 10% above TX 35.6±3Lowest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 19.4%±2.9Lowest TX: 25% 26.7%±4.1Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 16.8%±2.3Highest TX: 13.4% 15.3%±2.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.2%Lowest TX: 33.8% 22%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.9%±2Highest TX: 6.2% 3%±1.2Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $68,400±$11kLowest 13% below TX $68,514±$11kHighest 13% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $251,600±$19kLowest 11% below TX $287,100±$21kHighest about the TX average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,152±$100Lowest 18% below TX $1,333±$128Highest 5% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,022Lowest 5% below TX $4,438Highest 5% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.8%±11.6Lowest TX: 51.7% 61.4%±16.3Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 13%Highest TX: 13.8% 12.2%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 67%Lowest TX: 62.6% 68.4%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Lowest 6 yrs older than TX 1987Highest 5 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest 7% above TX 31 minHighest 15% above TX

Work from home 10.3%±3Lowest TX: 14.4% 16%±3.8Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 16.7%Highest 5.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 28.3 miHighest 19.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.65Highest 0.58Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Austin (29%)Fort Worth (29%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AzleFew work in Lockhart

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.1%Lowest 4.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 38.1Lowest 60.9Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #485 of 583 in TX #249 of 583 in TX

School district THE EXCEL CENTER (FOR ADULTS) · LOCKHART ISDAZLE ISD

High school in town Lockhart H SAzle H S

Students per teacherat that high school 15.8 15.8

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

Deciding?

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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.

Lockhart vs Azle

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $380 more a month in Azle

Azle places higher on 13 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

209 miles apart

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