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Payne Springs is a small town of 1,201 people in Henderson County, Texas. It's about 45 miles from Tyler, TX and 54 miles from Dallas, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $233k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,201people
$233kTypical home
$1,158/moRent
94° / 58°Summer / winter
0"Snow
269Sunny days
87Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,201
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 568 people per sq mi
- 54 mi to Dallas, TX
- 45 mi to Tyler, TX
- 15 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $233k (≈$1,471/mo)
- Median rent $1,158/mo
- Median household income $63k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 69°F)
- 269 sunny days a year (134 totally clear)
- 96 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 87 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 13 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (190 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (782 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 41% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 10% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 43 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 40 mi to TYR airport
- 60 mi to DAL (major hub)
- 43 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 73% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 87% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 390 ft
- 185 mi to the ocean
- 110 mi to a big lake
- 55 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest campground
- 3 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 84 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 31% of Texas districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 43 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 33 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 46 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Henderson County: R+64 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk