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 →

Rockwall$3,070/mo

Typical home $475K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.47% · or rent about $1,947/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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 13 of 23 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 B−RockwallSafer than 54% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−Cedar ParkBetter than 79% of districts in the state ARockwallBetter than 85% of districts in the state

Health

ACedar ParkHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns ARockwallHealthier than 87% of U.S. towns

13Cedar Park

7Rockwall

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #476#170 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #29#253 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #337#530 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #227#63 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#256 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #165#263 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #60#157 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #87#172

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 ParkRockwall

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)30th 42nd

Outdoors & history

Cedar ParkRockwall

Trails47 mi 10 mi

Conserved land7.5%4.2%

Settled1887 1854

National Register places—1

Archive photos9 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Cedar ParkRockwall

Library hours a week66 hrs 47 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

185 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Cedar ParkTX RockwallTX

Cedar Park ↔ Rockwall185 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 ParkRockwall

People

Population 78,301Highest 51,168Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +58.6%Highest TX: +15.9% +26%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 37.7±0.7Lowest 6% above TX 39.5±1.2Highest 11% above TX

Rockwall 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% 24.3%±1.7Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 11.3%±0.9Lowest TX: 13.4% 15.8%±1.4Highest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 55.6%Highest TX: 33.8% 48.6%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±0.6Highest TX: 6.2% 4.6%±1Lowest TX: 6.2%

Cedar Park and Rockwall 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 $115,580±$6kLowest 47% above TX

Cedar Park and Rockwall 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 $411,700±$17kLowest 45% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,846±$55Lowest 32% above TX $1,947±$111Highest 39% above TX

Rockwall 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 $6,032Lowest 43% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52%±5.2Highest TX: 51.7% 51.9%±8Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 5.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 4%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.7%Lowest TX: 62.6% 72.5%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2005Highest 13 yrs newer than TX 2003Lowest 11 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 4% below TX 32 minHighest 19% above TX

Work from home 29.9%±2.3Highest TX: 14.4% 19.2%±2.1Lowest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 7%Lowest 14.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.66Lowest 1.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Austin (47%)Dallas (23%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.5%Highest 4.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 46.5 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.8 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 45Highest 19Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 85.4Highest 69.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #126 of 583 in TX #67 of 583 in TX

School district HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS · BASIS TEXASROCKWALL ISD

High school in town Vista Ridge H SRockwall H S

Students per teacherat that high school 15.3Lowest 15.5Highest

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 Rockwall

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Cedar Park places higher on 13 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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