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%

Olney$790/mo

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

Escobares$460/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

12Olney

6Escobares

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

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

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

OlneyEscobares

Snow a year1″0″

January low—45°F

July high—99°F

Growing season (days)—321d

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

Outdoors & history

OlneyEscobares

Trails0 mi 3 mi

Conserved land2.5%0%

Settled1909 —

Famous people born here11 —

Community

OlneyEscobares

Library hours a week42 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.

OlneyTX EscobaresTX

Olney ↔ Escobares480 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

OlneyEscobares

People

Population 3,015Highest 2,573Lowest

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

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

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

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

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

Age 65+ 15.7%±3.9Highest TX: 13.4% 15.4%±4.5Lowest 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+ 13.8%Highest TX: 33.8% 8.5%Lowest TX: 33.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $36,250±$10kHighest 54% below TX $29,844±$10kLowest 62% 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 $95,100±$24kHighest 66% below TX $72,800±$27kLowest 74% 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 $439±$252Lowest 69% below TX $815±$138Highest 42% 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 $1,607Highest 62% below TX $951Lowest 78% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 26.2%±16Lowest TX: 51.7% 57.6%±27.4Highest 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 26.4%Lowest TX: 13.8% 44.3%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 3.4%±2.6Lowest TX: 14.4% 10.1%±5.5Highest 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 32.2%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miLowest 47.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in EscobaresFew work in Olney

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 3.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district OLNEY ISDROMA ISD

High school in town Olney H SInstructional & Guidance Center

Students per teacherat that high school 6.7Highest 5.2Lowest

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.

Olney vs Escobares

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

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