Carl's CornerTX
A town of 227.
Is Carl's Corner a good place to live?
Carl's Corner’s average commute is 41 minutes, above both Texas’ towns (25 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Carl's Corner has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
227 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Carl's Corner: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Carl's Corner, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Carl's Corner.
Most of Carl's Corner’s workers commute out: the town has 0.6 jobs for each of them
For half of commuters, work is under 44 miles away. Employers in Carl's Corner shed 28 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 41. The top destinations are Hillsboro (14%), Fort Worth (9%) and Dallas (7%). Among residents here, 13% live below the poverty line, near the Texas town median (12%) and above the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: low risk in Carl's Corner, mostly cold waves
Of the losses FEMA expects in Carl's Corner, 36% come from cold waves and 23% from tornadoes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Carl's Corner, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 95°, January nights drop to 37° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Carl's Corner is
For adults in Carl's Corner, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 41%. In Carl's Corner, 21% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 14% have diabetes.
| Carl's Corner | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Carl's Corner | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults who have had cancer | 7.1% | 6.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 6.5% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Carl's Corner
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Carl's Corner
About 0 of every 100 Carl's Corner residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Carl's Corner for work
Where Carl's Corner’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Carl's Corner
Town in Texas, United States
Carl's Corner is a town in Hill County, Texas, United States. The population was 201 at the 2020 census. The town was founded by, and named after, Carl Cornelius, a local truck stop owner and long-time friend of Willie Nelson. Cornelius founded the town for the purpose of legalizing alcohol sales in the otherwise mostly-dry county. Cornelius' property adjacent to the truck stop was the site of several Willie Nelson Fourth of July concerts in the early 1980s. Cornelius' truck stop was also the first to offer BioWillie, the biodiesel fuel marketed by Willie Nelson. The former Willie's Place truck stop was located at Carl's Corner. Carl Cornelius died September 21, 2021.
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- Area
- 2.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 738 ft
Questions about Carl's Corner
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Is Carl's Corner, TX a good place to live?
Carl's Corner has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.