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%

Pittsburg$1,500/mo

Typical home $232K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.49% · or rent about $777/mo · Housing →

Tulia$680/mo

Typical home $99K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.95% · or rent about $771/mo · Housing →

The difference: $820 a month, about $9,900 a year, between Pittsburg and Tulia.

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

Tulia 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

C+PittsburgSafer than 35% of U.S. towns CTuliaSafer than 28% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−PittsburgBetter than 84% of districts in the state CTuliaBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

DPittsburgHealthier than 5% of U.S. towns DTuliaHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

9Pittsburg

11Tulia

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

Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #132#538 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #41#339 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#148 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #350#524 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #298#149 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #529#606 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #109#31 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #609#533

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

PittsburgTulia

Snow a year1″11″

January low—23°F

July high—91°F

Growing season (days)—189d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)30th 40th

Outdoors & history

PittsburgTulia

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.7%1.6%

National Register places1 —

Community

PittsburgTulia

Library hours a week46 hrs 41 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

405 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PittsburgTX TuliaTX

Pittsburg ↔ Tulia405 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

PittsburgTulia

People

Population 4,432Highest 4,422Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.6%Highest TX: +15.9% -9.9%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34.5±5.2Lowest 3% below TX 36.1±2.7Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 30.3%±5.7Highest TX: 25% 23.5%±5.4Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 9.7%±2.9Lowest TX: 13.4% 16.7%±3.4Highest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.5%Lowest TX: 33.8% 15.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.6%±2.6Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.9%±3.7Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $44,308±$8kHighest 44% below TX $32,288±$12kLowest 59% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $119,200±$31kHighest 58% below TX $81,100±$12kLowest 71% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $777±$33Highest 45% below TX $771±$86Lowest 45% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,776Highest 58% below TX $1,581Lowest 63% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 51%±20.5Highest TX: 51.7% 49.3%±13.7Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 24.7%Lowest TX: 13.8% 31.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55%Lowest TX: 62.6% 56.5%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 15 yrs older than TX 1959Lowest 33 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 28% below TX 20 minHighest 24% below TX

Work from home 0%±0.8Lowest TX: 14.4% 0.5%±1Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 18.9%Lowest 33.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 14.3 miLowest 31.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.16Highest 0.79Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Mount Pleasant (23%)Amarillo (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TuliaFew work in Pittsburg

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 5Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 64.4Lowest 88.8Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #132 of 583 in TX #538 of 583 in TX

School district PITTSBURG ISDTULIA ISD

High school in town Pittsburg H STulia H S

Students per teacherat that high school 10.5Highest 9.1Lowest

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.

Pittsburg vs Tulia

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $820 more a month in Pittsburg

Tulia places higher on 11 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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