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%

Muleshoe$960/mo

Typical home $148K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.47% · or rent about $938/mo · Housing →

Kermit$860/mo

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

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,100 a year, between Muleshoe 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

Muleshoe places higher on 11 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

A−MuleshoeSafer than 81% of U.S. towns A−KermitSafer than 75% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−MuleshoeBetter than 52% of districts in the state B−KermitBetter than 46% of districts in the state

Health

CMuleshoeHealthier than 27% of U.S. towns C−KermitHealthier than 25% of U.S. towns

11Muleshoe

7Kermit

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #113#509 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #200#10 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #470#295 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #307#410 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #110#208 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #62#168 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #146#245 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #515#607

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

MuleshoeKermit

Snow a year8″2″

January low20°F 27°F

July high92°F 96°F

Growing season (days)180d 215d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 5th

Outdoors & history

MuleshoeKermit

Trails2 mi 2 mi

Conserved land6.6%3.2%

Settled1913 1938

Community

MuleshoeKermit

Library hours a week44 hrs 43 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

165 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MuleshoeTX KermitTX

Muleshoe ↔ Kermit165 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

MuleshoeKermit

People

Population 5,667Lowest 5,689Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census 0%Lowest TX: +15.9% +9.8%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.1±4Lowest 7% below TX 35.3±3.1Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 25.9%±3.7Lowest TX: 25% 28.1%±3.7Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 19.6%±4.8Highest TX: 13.4% 13.3%±2.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.1%Highest TX: 33.8% 8%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.7%±0.8Lowest TX: 6.2% 3.9%±2.2Highest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $69,097±$18kLowest 12% below TX $81,170±$22kHighest 3% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $98,600±$18kLowest 65% below TX $151,600±$34kHighest 47% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $938±$82Lowest 33% below TX $1,071±$76Highest 24% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,448Highest 66% below TX $1,156Lowest 73% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.9%±12.2Highest TX: 51.7% 44.1%±34.7Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 10.6%Lowest TX: 13.8% 16.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.8%Lowest TX: 62.6% 84.5%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968 24 yrs older than TX 1968 24 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 27% below TX 31 minHighest 16% above TX

Work from home 3.5%±2.9Highest TX: 14.4% 0.4%±0.5Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 29.8%Highest 23.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miLowest 41.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.69Highest 0.55Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lubbock (8%)Midland (8%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KermitFew work in Muleshoe

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.6%Highest 3.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.8 miHighest 1.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 80.2Lowest 150Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #307 of 583 in TX #410 of 583 in TX

School district MULESHOE ISDKERMIT ISD

High school in town Muleshoe H SKermit H S

Students per teacherat that high school 9.7Lowest 13.7Highest

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.

Muleshoe vs Kermit

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Muleshoe places higher on 11 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

165 miles apart

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