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%

Lavon$2,260/mo

Typical home $341K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.65% · or rent about $2,203/mo · Housing →

Oak Point$2,640/mo

Typical home $396K (Census) · tax rate 1.72% · or rent about $2,227/mo · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,700 a year, between Oak Point and Lavon.

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

Oak Point places higher on 10 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

C+LavonSafer than 39% of U.S. towns –Oak PointNot graded

Schools

B−LavonBetter than 45% of districts in the state BOak PointBetter than 55% of districts in the state

Health

B+LavonHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns B+Oak PointHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns

8Lavon

10Oak Point

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #361#41 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #87#444 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #174#413 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #217#122 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #476#383 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #223#157 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #1#52 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #314#252

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

LavonOak Point

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 34th

Outdoors & history

LavonOak Point

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—14.1%

Settled—1976

Archive photos3 —

Community

LavonOak Point

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

34 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LavonTX Oak PointTX

Lavon ↔ Oak Point34 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

LavonOak Point

People

Population 6,498Highest 5,887Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +101.4%Highest TX: +15.9% +56.4%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.9±5.6Lowest 5% below TX 34.5±1Highest 3% below TX

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

Kids under 18 29.4%±7.5Highest TX: 25% 28.3%±6.3Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 7.7%±2.6Lowest TX: 13.4% 13%±3.7Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.4%Lowest TX: 33.8% 51.8%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.8%±3.2Highest TX: 6.2% 3.5%±1.9Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $131,303±$27kHighest 67% above TX $126,290±$39kLowest 61% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $394,300±$33kLowest 39% above TX $395,900±$49kHighest 39% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,203±$138Lowest 57% above TX $2,227±$113Highest 59% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,495Lowest 53% above TX $6,815Highest 61% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 20.1%±34.5Highest TX: 51.7% 9%±20.3Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 1.6%Highest TX: 13.8% 1.5%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 90.2%Highest TX: 62.6% 89.5%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2009Highest 17 yrs newer than TX 2008Lowest 16 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 28% above TX 33 minLowest 24% above TX

Work from home 21.2%±9.2Lowest TX: 14.4% 40.5%±17.2Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.6%Lowest 0.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.07Lowest 0.15Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (17%)Dallas (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Oak PointFew work in Lavon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.4%Lowest 14.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 102Highest 46.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #174 of 583 in TX #413 of 583 in TX

School district COMMUNITY ISDDENTON ISD · LITTLE ELM ISD

High school in town None in townNone in town

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Lavon vs Oak Point

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Oak Point

Oak Point places higher on 10 of 18 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

34 miles apart

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