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 →

Terrell$1,890/mo

Typical home $282K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.74% · or rent about $1,232/mo · Housing →

The difference: $710 a month, about $8,500 a year, between Terrell and Orange.

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 CTerrellSafer than 30% of U.S. towns

Schools

COrangeBetter than 30% of districts in the state CTerrellBetter than 26% of districts in the state

Health

DOrangeHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns DTerrellHealthier than 10% of U.S. towns

13Orange

8Terrell

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #70#457 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #181#385 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #76#165 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #197#391 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #225#397 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #424#577 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #242#392 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#256

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

OrangeTerrell

Snow a year0″0″

January low40°F —

July high90°F —

Growing season (days)273d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd 24th

Outdoors & history

OrangeTerrell

Trails11 mi 3 mi

Conserved land9.2%0.7%

Settled1830 1874

National Register places5 6

Community

OrangeTerrell

Library hours a week41 hrs 49 hrs

Colleges in town1 1

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

234 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

OrangeTX TerrellTX

Orange ↔ Terrell234 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

OrangeTerrell

People

Population 19,177Lowest 20,366Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.9%Lowest TX: +15.9% +10.4%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.3±2.6Highest about the TX average 32.6±1.6Lowest 8% below TX

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

Kids under 18 28.5%±3.4Lowest TX: 25% 29.2%±3.9Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 17.2%±2.1Highest TX: 13.4% 12.8%±1.9Lowest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.6%Highest TX: 33.8% 15.8%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.3Lowest TX: 6.2% 4.8%±1.3Highest TX: 6.2%

Terrell 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±$6kLowest 20% below TX $65,842±$6kHighest 16% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $164,900±$26kLowest 42% below TX $218,500±$24kHighest 23% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,108±$67Lowest 21% below TX $1,232±$81Highest 12% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,154Lowest 49% below TX $3,803Highest 10% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.6%±8.9Lowest TX: 51.7% 62.1%±10.9Highest TX: 51.7%

Terrell 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% 15.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59%Highest TX: 62.6% 58.7%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 19 yrs older than TX 1984Highest 8 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 14% below TX 27 minHighest about the TX average

Work from home 3.3%±2.1Lowest TX: 14.4% 4.9%±2Highest TX: 14.4%

Terrell 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%Highest 17.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 30.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.96Lowest 1.49Highest

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

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.2%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 11.4 miHighest 3.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4 4

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 50.0Highest 27.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #369 of 583 in TX #470 of 583 in TX

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

High school in town None in townTerrell H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 16.5

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 Terrell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $710 more a month in Terrell

Orange places higher on 13 of 22 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

234 miles apart

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