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%

Escobares$460/mo

Typical home $73K (Census) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $815/mo · Housing →

Olney$790/mo

Typical home $120K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.69% · or rent about $439/mo · Housing →

The difference: $330 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Olney and Escobares.

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

Olney places higher on 12 of 18 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

–EscobaresNot graded A−OlneySafer than 78% of U.S. towns

Schools

CEscobaresBetter than 27% of districts in the state A−OlneyBetter than 83% of districts in the state

Health

D−EscobaresHealthier than 2% of U.S. towns COlneyHealthier than 28% of U.S. towns

6Escobares

12Olney

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #23#594 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #541#73 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #516#124 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #636#261 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#476 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #647#319 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #277#523 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #620#363

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Escobares’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

EscobaresOlney

Snow a year0″1″

January low45°F —

July high99°F —

Growing season (days)321d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th 35th

Outdoors & history

EscobaresOlney

Trails3 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0%2.5%

Settled—1909

Famous people born here—11

Community

EscobaresOlney

Library hours a week—42 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

480 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

EscobaresTX OlneyTX

Escobares ↔ Olney480 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

EscobaresOlney

People

Population 2,573Lowest 3,015Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +117.8%Highest TX: +15.9% -8.5%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 30.5±5.8Lowest 14% below TX 35.3±8.5Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 32.5%±6.7Highest TX: 25% 25.6%±6.7Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 15.4%±4.5Lowest TX: 13.4% 15.7%±3.9Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.5%Lowest TX: 33.8% 13.8%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.7%±2.1Highest TX: 6.2% 0%±0.7Lowest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $29,844±$10kLowest 62% below TX $36,250±$10kHighest 54% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $72,800±$27kLowest 74% below TX $95,100±$24kHighest 66% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $815±$138Highest 42% below TX $439±$252Lowest 69% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $951Lowest 78% below TX $1,607Highest 62% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.6%±27.4Highest TX: 51.7% 26.2%±16Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 44.3%Highest TX: 13.8% 26.4%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 65.7%Highest TX: 62.6% 63.1%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1989Highest 3 yrs older than TX 1965Lowest 27 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minHighest 30% below TX 13 minLowest 52% below TX

Work from home 10.1%±5.5Highest TX: 14.4% 3.4%±2.6Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.7%Lowest 32.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 47.3 miHighest 20.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Lowest 0.86Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Roma (19%)Graham (5%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in OlneyFew work in Escobares

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 2.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 3.1 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 33.1Lowest 107Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #516 of 583 in TX #124 of 583 in TX

School district ROMA ISDOLNEY ISD

High school in town Instructional & Guidance CenterOlney H S

Students per teacherat that high school 5.2Lowest 6.7Highest

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.

Escobares vs Olney

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $330 more a month in Olney

Olney places higher on 12 of 18 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

480 miles apart

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