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%

Nocona$1,380/mo

Typical home $224K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $736/mo · Housing →

Teague$1,320/mo

Typical home $213K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.17% · or rent about $637/mo · Housing →

The difference: $60 a month, about $700 a year, between Nocona and Teague.

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

Nocona places higher on 12 of 19 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

–NoconaNot graded C+TeagueSafer than 43% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+NoconaBetter than 70% of districts in the state B+TeagueBetter than 70% of districts in the state

Health

C−NoconaHealthier than 18% of U.S. towns DTeagueHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

12Nocona

6Teague

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #604#406 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #267#100 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #132#316 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #314#495 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #476#301 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #479#569 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #566#476 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #452#523

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

NoconaTeague

Snow a year1″0″

January low30°F 36°F

July high93°F 94°F

Growing season (days)228d 243d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th 9th

Outdoors & history

NoconaTeague

Trails5 mi —

Conserved land1.7%—

Settled1887 —

National Register places—1

Archive photos6 —

Community

NoconaTeague

Library hours a week—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

171 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

NoconaTX TeagueTX

Nocona ↔ Teague171 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

NoconaTeague

People

Population 3,144Lowest 3,476Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1%Highest TX: +15.9% -4.9%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34.6±10.4Highest about the TX average 32.6±3.7Lowest 8% below TX

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

Kids under 18 26.4%±5.8Lowest TX: 25% 30.9%±6.3Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 20.9%±5.3Highest TX: 13.4% 15.2%±4.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.1%Highest TX: 33.8% 13.5%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3%±2.2Lowest TX: 6.2% 4.3%±2.1Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $42,731±$8kLowest 46% below TX $61,433±$11kHighest 22% below TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $122,400±$26kHighest 57% below TX $119,900±$34kLowest 58% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $736±$300Highest 48% below TX $637±$260Lowest 55% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,347Lowest 68% below TX $1,401Highest 67% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33.3%±16.9Lowest TX: 51.7% 48.2%±25.4Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 19.8%Highest TX: 13.8% 13.3%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.7%Lowest TX: 62.6% 79.8%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Lowest 33 yrs older than TX 1976Highest 16 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 10% above TX 24 minLowest 9% below TX

Work from home 3.4%±4.6Highest TX: 14.4% 3.2%±2.8Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 30.1%Highest 5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 39.3 miLowest 54.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (5%)Fairfield (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TeagueFew work in Nocona

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 5.1 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.8 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 92.5Highest 62.2Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #267 of 583 in TX #100 of 583 in TX

School district NOCONA ISDTEAGUE ISD

High school in town Nocona H STeague H S

Students per teacherat that high school 11.2Highest 10.2Lowest

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.

Nocona vs Teague

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Nocona places higher on 12 of 19 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

171 miles apart

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