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%

Winfield$700/mo

Typical home $115K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $825/mo · Housing →

Ackerly$460/mo

Typical home $75K (Census) · tax rate 1.05% · Housing →

The difference: $250 a month, about $3,000 a year, between Winfield and Ackerly.

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

–WinfieldNot graded AAckerlyBetter than 85% 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

WinfieldAckerly

Snow a year2″1″

January low34°F 32°F

July high94°F 94°F

Growing season (days)245d 226d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)27th 41st

Outdoors & history

WinfieldAckerly

Settled—1923

Archive photos—4

Community

WinfieldAckerly

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

386 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WinfieldTX AckerlyTX

Winfield ↔ Ackerly386 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

WinfieldAckerly

People

Population 450Highest 384Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -19.5% TX: +15.9% —

Median age 26.5±8Lowest 26% below TX 28.4±3.8Highest 20% below TX

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

Kids under 18 39.1%±22Highest TX: 25% 34.1%±19Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 6.9%±7.4Highest TX: 13.4% 3.4%±10.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.4%Lowest TX: 33.8% 13.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.9%±5.5Highest TX: 6.2% 2.3%±4.3Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $76,250±$23kHighest about the TX average $66,094±$29kLowest 16% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $115,200±$16kHighest 59% below TX $74,500±$12kLowest 74% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $825±$537 41% below TX —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,210Highest 71% below TX $783Lowest 81% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 75%±91.2Highest TX: 51.7% 0%±100Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 33.6%Highest TX: 13.8% 0.3%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.2%Lowest TX: 62.6% 80.8%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1990Highest 2 yrs older than TX 1988Lowest 4 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minLowest 16% above TX 43 minHighest 61% above TX

Work from home 5.7%±8.2Highest TX: 14.4% 1.8%±2.8Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 2%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miLowest 45.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.29Highest 0.65Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Mount Pleasant (40%)Lamesa (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AckerlyFew work in Winfield

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 55.9Lowest 133Highest

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.

Winfield vs Ackerly

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $250 more a month in Winfield

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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