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%

Tulia$680/mo

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

Center$1,430/mo

Typical home $213K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.77% · or rent about $823/mo · Housing →

The difference: $750 a month, about $9,000 a year, between Center 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

CTuliaSafer than 28% of U.S. towns DCenterSafer than 13% of U.S. towns

Schools

CTuliaBetter than 26% of districts in the state BCenterBetter than 56% of districts in the state

Health

DTuliaHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns D−CenterHealthier than 3% of U.S. towns

11Tulia

9Center

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #149#488 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #538#311 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #606#460 SafestSafety · 470 towns #330#423 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #146#36 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#256 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #495#588 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #533#626

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

TuliaCenter

Snow a year11″1″

January low23°F 36°F

July high91°F 94°F

Growing season (days)189d 248d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)40th 17th

Outdoors & history

TuliaCenter

Trails1 mi 1 mi

Conserved land1.6%2%

National Register places—2

Community

TuliaCenter

Library hours a week41 hrs 36 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

478 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

TuliaTX CenterTX

Tulia ↔ Center478 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

TuliaCenter

People

Population 4,422Lowest 5,271Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -9.9%Lowest TX: +15.9% +0.5%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36.1±2.7Highest about the TX average 33.3±5.7Lowest 6% below TX

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

Kids under 18 23.5%±5.4Lowest TX: 25% 31.4%±7.7Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 16.7%±3.4Highest TX: 13.4% 14.6%±3.9Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.5%Highest TX: 33.8% 12.3%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.9%±3.7Lowest TX: 6.2% 6.2%±2.7Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $32,288±$12kLowest 59% below TX $48,293±$12kHighest 38% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $81,100±$12kLowest 71% below TX $83,300±$50kHighest 71% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $771±$86Lowest 45% below TX $823±$254Highest 41% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,581Highest 63% below TX $1,476Lowest 65% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.3%±13.7Highest TX: 51.7% 28.7%±14.5Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 31.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 26.1%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 56.5% TX: 62.6% 56.5% TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Lowest 33 yrs older than TX 1982Highest 10 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 24% below TX 16 minLowest 39% below TX

Work from home 0.5%±1Lowest TX: 14.4% 1.9%±3.1Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 33.2%Lowest 49.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 31.8 miHighest 2.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.79Lowest 2.75Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Amarillo (16%)Houston (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CenterFew work in Tulia

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Lowest 2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 88.8Highest 41.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #538 of 583 in TX #311 of 583 in TX

School district TULIA ISDCENTER ISD

High school in town Tulia H SCenter H S

Students per teacherat that high school 9.1Lowest 13.1Highest

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.

Tulia vs Center

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $750 more a month in Center

Tulia places higher on 11 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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