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%

Cedar Park$3,090/mo

Typical home $462K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.73% · or rent about $1,846/mo · Housing →

Grapevine$3,580/mo

Typical home $553K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.48% · or rent about $1,863/mo · Housing →

The difference: $490 a month, about $5,900 a year, between Grapevine and Cedar Park.

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

Cedar Park places higher on 15 of 26 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.

Safety

BCedar ParkSafer than 56% of U.S. towns CGrapevineSafer than 33% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−Cedar ParkBetter than 79% of districts in the state A−GrapevineBetter than 80% of districts in the state

Health

ACedar ParkHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns AGrapevineHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns

15Cedar Park

11Grapevine

Lists won, of 26 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #55#301 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #99#32 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#383 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #227#12 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #165#383 SafestSafety · 470 towns #163#300 Highest graduation rateSchools · 584 towns #41#179 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #476#366

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Cedar Park’s rankings →

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

Cedar ParkGrapevine

Snow a year0″2″

January low—36°F

July high—96°F

Growing season (days)—262d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)30th 44th

Outdoors & history

Cedar ParkGrapevine

Trails47 mi 35 mi

Conserved land7.5%22.8%

Settled1887 1844

National Register places—6

Archive photos9 12

Famous people born here1 18

Community

Cedar ParkGrapevine

Library hours a week66 hrs 63 hrs

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

173 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Cedar ParkTX GrapevineTX

Cedar Park ↔ Grapevine173 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

Cedar ParkGrapevine

People

Population 78,301Highest 51,139Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +58.6%Highest TX: +15.9% +9.3%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 37.7±0.7Lowest 6% above TX 39.7±1.4Highest 12% above TX

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

Kids under 18 25.7%±1.5Highest TX: 25% 21.3%±1.8Lowest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 11.3%±0.9Lowest TX: 13.4% 14.1%±1.3Highest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 55.6%Lowest TX: 33.8% 57.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±0.6Highest TX: 6.2% 4.1%±0.9Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $129,545±$11kHighest 65% above TX $111,376±$9kLowest 42% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $513,600±$21kHighest 81% above TX $493,100±$12kLowest 74% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,846±$55Lowest 32% above TX $1,863±$67Highest 33% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $8,893Highest 110% above TX $7,274Lowest 72% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52%±5.2Highest TX: 51.7% 45.3%±4.9Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 5.9%Lowest TX: 13.8% 6.7%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.7%Highest TX: 62.6% 52.7%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2005Highest 13 yrs newer than TX 1993Lowest 1 yr newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 4% below TX 22 minLowest 16% below TX

Work from home 29.9%±2.3Highest TX: 14.4% 21.8%±2.5Lowest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 7%Lowest 13.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.66Lowest 3.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Austin (47%)Dallas (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GrapevineFew work in Cedar Park

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.5%Lowest 22.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 46.5 miHighest 35.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.8 miHighest 1.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 45Highest 35Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 85.4Highest 54.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #126 of 583 in TX #69 of 583 in TX

School district HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS · BASIS TEXASGRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD

High school in town Vista Ridge H SGrapevine H S

Students per teacherat that high school 15.3Highest 13.3Lowest

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.

Cedar Park vs Grapevine

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $490 more a month in Grapevine

Cedar Park places higher on 15 of 26 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

173 miles apart

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