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%

Oak Point$2,640/mo

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

Aledo$3,650/mo

Typical home $535K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.90% · or rent about $2,550/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,000 a month, about $12,000 a year, between Aledo and Oak Point.

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

Aledo places higher on 11 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.

Schools

BOak PointBetter than 55% of districts in the state AAledoBetter than 91% of districts in the state

Health

B+Oak PointHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns AAledoHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns

7Oak Point

11Aledo

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #41#557 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #413#26 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #444#183 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #252#83 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #157#300 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #147#33 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #561#456 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#476

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

Oak PointAledo

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)34th 42nd

Outdoors & history

Oak PointAledo

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land14.1%0.1%

Settled1976 —

Community

Oak PointAledo

Library hours a week—35 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

49 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Oak PointTX AledoTX

Oak Point ↔ Aledo49 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

Oak PointAledo

People

Population 5,887Highest 5,825Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +56.4%Lowest TX: +15.9% +78.9%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34.5±1Lowest 3% below TX 34.6±2.3Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 28.3%±6.3Lowest TX: 25% 32.8%±5.4Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 13%±3.7Highest TX: 13.4% 9.7%±2.5Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 51.8%Lowest TX: 33.8% 57.2%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.5%±1.9Highest TX: 6.2% 3.2%±1.7Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $126,290±$39kLowest 61% above TX $163,231±$14kHighest 108% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $395,900±$49kLowest 39% above TX $465,100±$51kHighest 64% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,227±$113Lowest 59% above TX $2,550±$929Highest 82% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,815Lowest 61% above TX $8,816Highest 108% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 9%±20.3Lowest TX: 51.7% 10.6%±17Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 1.5%Lowest TX: 13.8% 2.8%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.5%Highest TX: 62.6% 88.3%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2008Lowest 16 yrs newer than TX 2010Highest 18 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 24% above TX 29 minLowest 9% above TX

Work from home 40.5%±17.2Highest TX: 14.4% 17.3%±6.2Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.8%Lowest 4.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 17.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.15Lowest 0.78Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (14%)Fort Worth (39%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AledoFew work in Oak Point

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 14.1%Highest 0.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2 2

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 46.3Lowest 82.0Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #413 of 583 in TX #26 of 583 in TX

School district DENTON ISD · LITTLE ELM ISDALEDO ISD

High school in town None in townAledo H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 17.2

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.

Oak Point vs Aledo

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,000 more a month in Aledo

Aledo places higher on 11 of 18 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

49 miles apart

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