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%

Grapevine$3,580/mo

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

Cedar Park$3,090/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

11Grapevine

15Cedar Park

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

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

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

GrapevineCedar Park

Snow a year2″0″

January low36°F —

July high96°F —

Growing season (days)262d —

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

Outdoors & history

GrapevineCedar Park

Trails35 mi 47 mi

Conserved land22.8%7.5%

Settled1844 1887

National Register places6 —

Archive photos12 9

Famous people born here18 1

Community

GrapevineCedar Park

Library hours a week63 hrs 66 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.

GrapevineTX Cedar ParkTX

Grapevine ↔ Cedar Park173 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

GrapevineCedar Park

People

Population 51,139Lowest 78,301Highest

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

Median age 39.7±1.4Highest 12% above TX 37.7±0.7Lowest 6% 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 21.3%±1.8Lowest TX: 25% 25.7%±1.5Highest TX: 25%

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

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±0.9Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.2%±0.6Highest 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 $111,376±$9kLowest 42% above TX $129,545±$11kHighest 65% 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 $493,100±$12kLowest 74% above TX $513,600±$21kHighest 81% 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 $1,863±$67Highest 33% above TX $1,846±$55Lowest 32% 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 $7,274Lowest 72% above TX $8,893Highest 110% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.3%±4.9Lowest TX: 51.7% 52%±5.2Highest 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 6.7%Highest TX: 13.8% 5.9%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

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

Work in townworking residents 13.9%Highest 7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 13.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Cedar ParkFew work in Grapevine

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 22.8%Highest 7.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 35.1 miLowest 46.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 35Lowest 45Highest

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

Schools

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

School district GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISDHARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS · BASIS TEXAS

High school in town Grapevine H SVista Ridge H S

Students per teacherat that high school 13.3Lowest 15.3Highest

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.

Grapevine vs Cedar Park

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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