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%

Orange$1,180/mo

Typical home $186K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $1,108/mo · Housing →

Alice$840/mo

Typical home $135K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.12% · or rent about $934/mo · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Orange and Alice.

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

Orange places higher on 13 of 22 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

COrangeSafer than 28% of U.S. towns DAliceSafer than 10% of U.S. towns

Schools

COrangeBetter than 30% of districts in the state DAliceBetter than 11% of districts in the state

Health

DOrangeHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns DAliceHealthier than 12% of U.S. towns

13Orange

8Alice

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #225#578 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #76#173 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #243#508 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#69 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #181#374 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #369#564 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #387#605 Highest incomeIncome · 653 towns #387#558

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

OrangeAlice

Snow a year0″1″

January low40°F 47°F

July high90°F 97°F

Growing season (days)273d 337d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd 70th

Outdoors & history

OrangeAlice

Trails11 mi 2 mi

Conserved land9.2%12.6%

Settled1830 1888

National Register places5 —

Archive photos—7

Famous people born here—14

Community

OrangeAlice

Library hours a week41 hrs 42 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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

308 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

OrangeTX AliceTX

Orange ↔ Alice308 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

OrangeAlice

People

Population 19,177Highest 17,707Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.9%Highest TX: +15.9% -6.3%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.3±2.6Lowest about the TX average 35.4±1.7Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 28.5%±3.4Highest TX: 25% 28.1%±3.3Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 17.2%±2.1Lowest TX: 13.4% 17.8%±2.3Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.6%Highest TX: 33.8% 14.1%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.3Lowest TX: 6.2% 4.2%±1.6Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,891±$6kHighest 20% below TX $48,676±$11kLowest 38% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $164,900±$26kHighest 42% below TX $131,100±$26kLowest 54% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,108±$67Highest 21% below TX $934±$143Lowest 33% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,154Highest 49% below TX $1,462Lowest 65% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.6%±8.9Lowest TX: 51.7% 65.3%±8Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 15.4%Lowest TX: 13.8% 31.4%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59%Highest TX: 62.6% 57.5%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 19 yrs older than TX 1974Highest 18 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 min 14% below TX 23 min 14% below TX

Work from home 3.3%±2.1Lowest TX: 14.4% 5.7%±2.5Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 18.5%Lowest 36.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 27.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.96Lowest 1.24Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Beaumont (14%)Corpus Christi (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AliceFew work in Orange

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.2%Lowest 12.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 11.4 miHighest 1.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 6Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 50.0Lowest 65.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #369 of 583 in TX #564 of 583 in TX

School district TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES STEM SCHOOL · LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISDALICE ISD

High school in town None in townAlice H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 18.2

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

Deciding?

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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.

Orange vs Alice

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Orange

Orange places higher on 13 of 22 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

308 miles apart

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