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%

Spring Gardens$950/mo

Typical home $158K (Census) · tax rate 0.91% · Housing →

Kenefick$990/mo

Typical home $161K (Census) · tax rate 1.12% · or rent about $1,632/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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.

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 GardensKenefick

Snow a year0″0″

January low47°F 41°F

July high95°F 93°F

Growing season (days)336d 286d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th 52nd

Outdoors & history

Spring GardensKenefick

Trails1 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0%1.9%

Community

Spring GardensKenefick

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

239 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Spring GardensTX KenefickTX

Spring Gardens ↔ Kenefick239 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

Spring GardensKenefick

People

Population 622Lowest 898Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -11.7%Lowest TX: +15.9% +9.2%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.1±14.6Lowest about the TX average 35.6±9.2Highest about the TX average

Kenefick 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% 33.9%±7.1Highest TX: 25%

Kenefick 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% 14%±4.4Lowest TX: 13.4%

Spring Gardens and Kenefick 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% 6.4%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.4%±6.5Highest TX: 6.2% 0.9%±2.1Lowest TX: 6.2%

Spring Gardens and Kenefick 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 $73,750±$32kHighest 6% below TX

Kenefick 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±$30kLowest 44% below TX $160,700±$47kHighest 43% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,632±$926 16% above TX

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,442Lowest 66% below TX $1,799Highest 57% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 75%±88.3 TX: 51.7%

Below poverty line 5.5%Lowest TX: 13.8% 20.3%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest TX: 62.6% 86.7%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2001Highest 9 yrs newer than TX 1995Lowest 3 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 4% below TX 39 minHighest 45% above TX

Work from home 0%±6.6Lowest TX: 14.4% 9.6%±7.5Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miLowest 37.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Corpus Christi (39%)Houston (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in KenefickFew work in Spring Gardens

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 8.0Lowest 14.8Highest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Spring Gardens vs Kenefick

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

239 miles apart

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