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Hardesty is a tiny town of 404 people in Texas County, Oklahoma. It's about 104 miles from Amarillo, TX and 220 miles from Oklahoma City, OK, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 50°F, with about 12 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $48k and rent runs about $510 a month.
404people
$48kTypical home
$510/moRent
95° / 50°Summer / winter
12"Snow
293Sunny days
56Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 404
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,796 people per sq mi
- 220 mi to Oklahoma City, OK
- 104 mi to Amarillo, TX
- 17 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $48k (≈$300/mo)
- Median rent $510/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 95°F
- Winter highs around 50°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 57°F)
- 293 sunny days a year (131 totally clear)
- 72 cloudy days a year
- 24 of 90 winter days are gray
- 56 days a year with rain or snow
- 12" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 20 days a year over 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (149 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (866 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 29
- 28% of households have kids
- 8% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to LBL airport
- 218 mi to OKC (major hub)
- 95 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 2,943 ft
- 592 mi to the ocean
- 64 mi to a big lake
- 83 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 223 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 13 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 50 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 13% of Oklahoma districts (reading)
- 17 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 19 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 151 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Texas County: R+68 in 2024
- Oklahoma: R+34 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.