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 →

West Orange$660/mo

Typical home $109K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.04% · or rent about $1,407/mo · Housing →

The difference: $520 a month, about $6,200 a year, between Orange and West 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 20 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 C−West OrangeSafer than 23% of U.S. towns

Schools

COrangeBetter than 30% of districts in the state DWest OrangeBetter than 10% of districts in the state

Health

DOrangeHealthier than 13% of U.S. towns DWest OrangeHealthier than 12% of U.S. towns

13Orange

6West Orange

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #70#293 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #243#435 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#566 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #197#28 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #369#508 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #272#418 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #242#121 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #208#97

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

Where they are

Orange and West Orange share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

OrangeWest Orange

Orange ↔ West Orange3.1 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

232 West Orange residents work in Orange (16.9% of its workers)

78 Orange residents work in West Orange (1% of its workers)

Work & commute in West Orange →

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

OrangeWest Orange

Snow a year0″0″

January low40°F 40°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)273d 273d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd 81st

Outdoors & history

OrangeWest Orange

Trails11 mi —

Conserved land9.2%—

Settled1830 —

National Register places5 —

Community

OrangeWest Orange

Library hours a week41 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.

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

OrangeWest Orange

People

Population 19,177Highest 3,420Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +3.9%Highest TX: +15.9% +0.5%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 35.3±2.6Highest about the TX average 30.2±3.3Lowest 15% below TX

Orange and West Orange 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% 30.5%±7.7Highest TX: 25%

West Orange and Orange 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% 18.9%±5.3Highest TX: 13.4%

West Orange 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% 15.1%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.3Highest TX: 6.2% 3.4%±2.5Lowest TX: 6.2%

Orange and West 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 $60,323±$17kLowest 23% below TX

Orange and West Orange 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 $110,700±$19kLowest 61% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,108±$67Lowest 21% below TX $1,407±$155Highest about the TX average

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,154Highest 49% below TX $1,147Lowest 73% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.6%±8.9Lowest TX: 51.7% 60.9%±28.9Highest TX: 51.7%

West Orange 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% 22.9%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59%Lowest TX: 62.6% 74.8%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 19 yrs older than TX 1971Lowest 21 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 14% below TX 20 minLowest 27% below TX

Work from home 3.3%±2.1Highest TX: 14.4% 0%±1.4Lowest TX: 14.4%

Orange and West 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 3.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 mi 21.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.96Highest 0.45Lowest

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 1% work in West Orange17% work in Orange

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9.2%Highest 2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 11.4 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 50.0Lowest 51.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #369 of 583 in TX #508 of 583 in TX

School district TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES STEM SCHOOL · LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISDWEST ORANGE-COVE CISD

High school in town None in townWest Orange-Stark H S

Students per teacherat that high school — 11.3

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.

Orange vs West Orange

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $520 more a month in Orange

Orange places higher on 13 of 20 TX lists

Orange and West Orange share a border

What daily life feels like in each

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