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Spring Gardens vs Devers

247 miles apart. The biggest differences: trails (3.3× in Spring Gardens) and street grid (2.6× in Devers).

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Spring Gardens, TXA small town of 622Texas · 622 people
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Devers, TXKnown for its schoolsTexas · 386 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Spring GardensA small town of 622
Quiet strengthsSpring Gardens doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Spring Gardens →
DeversKnown for its schools
SchoolsBetter than 99%of TX districts All about Devers →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Trails3.3×
Spring Gardens has more miles of trail
Spring Gardens 1.0 miDevers 0.3 mi
Street grid2.6×
Devers has the more walkable street grid
Devers 20.5Spring Gardens 8.0
Property tax bill+45%
Tax bills are bigger in Devers
Devers $2,097Spring Gardens $1,442
Average commute10 min
Spring Gardens has the shorter commute
Devers 35 minSpring Gardens 26 min
Typical home built28 yrs
Devers’s homes are older
Spring Gardens 2001Devers 1973
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $880 more a month in Devers

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.

Spring Gardens$950/mo
Typical home $158K (Census) · tax rate 0.91% · Housing →
Devers$1,820/mo
Typical home $273K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.74% · Housing →

The difference: $880 a month, about $10,500 a year, between Devers and Spring Gardens.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools
–Spring GardensNot graded A+DeversBetter than 99% of districts in the state
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
Spring GardensDevers
Snow a year0″0″
January low47°F41°F
July high95°F93°F
Growing season (days)336d286d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th59th
Outdoors & history
Spring GardensDevers
Trails1 mi—
Conserved land0%—
Community
Spring GardensDevers
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

247 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Spring GardensTXDeversTX
Spring Gardens ↔ Devers247 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.

Spring GardensDevers
People
Population 622Highest 386Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -11.7% TX: +15.9% —
Median age 35.1±14.6Lowest about the TX average 38±20Highest 7% above TX
Devers and Spring Gardens are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 26.7%±19.6Lowest TX: 25% 26.9%±12.6Highest TX: 25%
Devers and Spring Gardens are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 19.1%±10.6Highest TX: 13.4% 18.1%±16.7Lowest TX: 13.4%
Spring Gardens and Devers are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest TX: 33.8% 7.8%Highest TX: 33.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.4%±6.5Highest TX: 6.2% 5.7%±10.9Lowest TX: 6.2%
Spring Gardens and Devers are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $44,708±$43kLowest 43% below TX $82,321±$20kHighest 5% above TX
Devers and Spring Gardens are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $157,700±$30kHighest 44% below TX $120,700±$22kLowest 57% below TX
Spring Gardens and Devers are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,442Lowest 66% below TX $2,097Highest 50% below TX
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 0%±100 TX: 51.7%
Below poverty line 5.5%Lowest TX: 13.8% 7.8%Highest TX: 13.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest TX: 62.6% 92.3%Lowest TX: 62.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than TX 1973Lowest 19 yrs older than TX
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 4% below TX 35 minHighest 31% above TX
Work from home 0%±6.6 TX: 14.4% 0%±11.4 TX: 14.4%
Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2.5%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miLowest 45.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 1.36Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Corpus Christi (39%)Houston (23%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DeversFew work in Spring Gardens
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%
Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miHighest 0.3 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.2 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.0Lowest 20.5Highest
Schools
School district —DEVERS ISD
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.

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