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Argyle vs Flower Mound

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (466× in Flower Mound) and size (14.6× in Flower Mound).

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Argyle, TXHomes around $596KTexas · 5,371 people
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Flower Mound, TXHomes around $605KTexas · 78,389 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Report cards

Flower Mound places higher on 13 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.

Where they are

Argyle and Flower Mound share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

ArgyleFlower MoundArgyleFlower Mound
Argyle ↔ Flower Mound6.0 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
97 Argyle residents work in Flower Mound (4.5% of its workers)
Work & commute in Argyle →
Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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.

Argyle$3,840/mo
Typical home $596K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.44%+ · or rent about $2,713/mo · Housing →
Flower Mound$3,920/mo
Typical home $605K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.48% · or rent about $2,231/mo · Housing →

The difference: $80 a month, about $900 a year, between Flower Mound and Argyle.

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; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

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
ArgyleFlower Mound
Snow a year0″0″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th48th
Outdoors & history
ArgyleFlower Mound
Trails0 mi47 mi
Conserved land0.2%18.4%
Settled1881—
Archive photos1—
Famous people born here3—
Community
ArgyleFlower Mound
Library hours a week—61 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined01

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.

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.

ArgyleFlower Mound
People
Population 5,371Lowest 78,389Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +34.2%Highest TX: +15.9% +17.5%Lowest TX: +15.9%
Median age 44.9±5.6Highest 26% above TX 43.5±0.8Lowest 22% above TX
Argyle and Flower Mound are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 27%±6.4Highest TX: 25% 24.7%±1.4Lowest TX: 25%
Argyle and Flower Mound are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 18.1%±4.8Highest TX: 13.4% 12.7%±0.9Lowest TX: 13.4%
Argyle and Flower Mound are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 64%Lowest TX: 33.8% 65.5%Highest TX: 33.8%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 10.1%±6.2Highest TX: 6.2% 4.4%±0.5Lowest TX: 6.2%
Argyle and Flower Mound are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $181,352±$30kHighest 131% above TX $161,235±$7kLowest 105% above TX
Argyle and Flower Mound are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $695,300±$64kHighest 145% above TX $560,200±$16kLowest 97% above TX
Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,713±$1kHighest 93% above TX $2,231±$83Lowest 59% above TX
Argyle and Flower Mound are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 136% above TX $8,300Lowest 96% above TX
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.2%±44.9Highest TX: 51.7% 45.7%±6.4Lowest TX: 51.7%
Argyle and Flower Mound are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 1.2%Lowest TX: 13.8% 4.3%Highest TX: 13.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 92.3%Highest TX: 62.6% 82.5%Lowest TX: 62.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 2002Highest 10 yrs newer than TX 1997Lowest 5 yrs newer than TX
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 36 minHighest 36% above TX 26 minLowest about the TX average
Work from home 30.5%±6.9Highest TX: 14.4% 28.9%±1.8Lowest TX: 14.4%
Argyle and Flower Mound are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 5.5%Lowest 10.3%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miHighest 14.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.17Highest 0.82Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (14%)Dallas (17%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 5% work in Flower MoundFew work in Argyle
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0.2%Lowest 18.4%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 46.6 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 65Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 23.6Lowest 67.5Highest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #35 of 583 in TX#11 of 583 in TX
School district ARGYLE ISDARGYLE ISD · LEWISVILLE ISD
High school in town None in townFlower Mound H S
Students per teacherat that high school — 16.1
Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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.

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