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%

Palmhurst$1,890/mo

Typical home $286K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.64% · or rent about $823/mo · Housing →

Hackberry$2,820/mo

Typical home $417K (Census) · tax rate 1.84% · or rent about $2,208/mo · Housing →

The difference: $930 a month, about $11,200 a year, between Hackberry and Palmhurst.

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

Hackberry places higher on 10 of 17 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

D−PalmhurstSafer than 2% of U.S. towns –HackberryNot graded

Schools

CPalmhurstBetter than 32% of districts in the state –HackberryNot graded

Health

CPalmhurstHealthier than 27% of U.S. towns AHackberryHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns

7Palmhurst

10Hackberry

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #73#583 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #603#77 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #80#558 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #473#6 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #510#124 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #535#157 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #423#90 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #392#67

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

PalmhurstHackberry

Snow a year0″0″

January low49°F —

July high98°F —

Growing season (days)365d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)68th 31st

Outdoors & history

PalmhurstHackberry

Settled—1983

Archive photos—6

Community

PalmhurstHackberry

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

483 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PalmhurstTX HackberryTX

Palmhurst ↔ Hackberry483 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

PalmhurstHackberry

People

Population 2,601Lowest 2,979Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.2%Lowest TX: +15.9% +207.1%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.2±4.7Lowest about the TX average 37.6±1.7Highest 6% above TX

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

Kids under 18 30.5%±6.8 TX: 25% 30.5%±5.4 TX: 25%

Age 65+ 13.1%±3.8Highest TX: 13.4% 7.8%±3.3Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 39.2%Lowest TX: 33.8% 42.9%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.8%±4.1Highest TX: 6.2% 6.8%±2.6Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $98,125±$26kLowest 25% above TX $109,769±$21kHighest 40% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $375,000±$149kLowest 32% above TX $416,600±$21kHighest 47% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $823±$557Lowest 41% below TX $2,208±$411Highest 57% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,164Lowest 46% above TX $7,676Highest 81% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40.2%±45.5Lowest TX: 51.7% 45.2%±18.7Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 4.3%Lowest TX: 13.8% 10.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.3%Lowest TX: 62.6% 81.1%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1999Lowest 7 yrs newer than TX 2013Highest 21 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minLowest 32% below TX 33 minHighest 23% above TX

Work from home 10.7%±5.6Lowest TX: 14.4% 27.3%±6.4Highest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 2%Highest 0.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.8 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.62Highest 0.20Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town McAllen (29%)Dallas (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HackberryFew work in Palmhurst

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 22.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 21.9Lowest 104Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #568 of 583 in TX—

School district MISSION CISD—

High school in town None in town—

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.

Palmhurst vs Hackberry

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $930 more a month in Hackberry

Hackberry places higher on 10 of 17 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

483 miles apart

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