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%

Leander$2,840/mo

Typical home $422K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.79% · or rent about $1,939/mo · Housing →

Rockwall$3,070/mo

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

The difference: $230 a month, about $2,700 a year, between Rockwall and Leander.

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

Leander 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

A−LeanderSafer than 76% of U.S. towns B−RockwallSafer than 54% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

ALeanderHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns ARockwallHealthier than 87% of U.S. towns

13Leander

8Rockwall

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #336#63 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #90#253 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #39#97 SafestSafety · 470 towns #62#174 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #43#170 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #179#67 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #22#144 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #605#522

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

LeanderRockwall

Snow a year0″0″

January low36°F —

July high96°F —

Growing season (days)259d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)33rd 42nd

Outdoors & history

LeanderRockwall

Trails32 mi 10 mi

Conserved land4.8%4.2%

Settled—1854

National Register places—1

Community

LeanderRockwall

Library hours a week52 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

182 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LeanderTX RockwallTX

Leander ↔ Rockwall182 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

LeanderRockwall

People

Population 74,067Highest 51,168Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +123.2%Highest TX: +15.9% +26%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36.3±0.7Lowest about the TX average 39.5±1.2Highest 11% above TX

Kids under 18 26.9%±1.6Highest TX: 25% 24.3%±1.7Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 8.5%±0.9Lowest TX: 13.4% 15.8%±1.4Highest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 53.3%Highest TX: 33.8% 48.6%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.5%±0.6Lowest TX: 6.2% 4.6%±1Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $139,048±$5kHighest 77% above TX $115,580±$6kLowest 47% above TX

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $506,200±$20kHighest 78% above TX $411,700±$17kLowest 45% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,939±$92Lowest 38% above TX $1,947±$111Highest 39% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $9,083Highest 115% above TX $6,032Lowest 43% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46.2%±5.6Lowest TX: 51.7% 51.9%±8Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 5.8%Highest TX: 13.8% 4%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.4%Highest TX: 62.6% 72.5%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2013Highest 21 yrs newer than TX 2003Lowest 11 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minLowest 9% above TX 32 minHighest 19% above TX

Work from home 30.6%±2.2Highest TX: 14.4% 19.2%±2.1Lowest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 9.3%Lowest 14.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.50Lowest 1.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Austin (44%)Dallas (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RockwallFew work in Leander

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.8%Highest 4.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 31.8 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 20Highest 19Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 64.1Lowest 69.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #179 of 583 in TX #67 of 583 in TX

School district HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS - CENTRAL TEXAS · LEANDER ISDROCKWALL ISD

High school in town Rouse H SRockwall H S

Students per teacherat that high school 16.0Highest 15.5Lowest

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.

Leander vs Rockwall

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $230 more a month in Rockwall

Leander places higher on 13 of 23 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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