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%

Red Oak$2,280/mo

Typical home $344K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.66% · or rent about $1,920/mo · Housing →

Manvel$3,270/mo

Typical home $442K (Zillow) · tax rate 2.59% · or rent about $2,209/mo · Housing →

The difference: $990 a month, about $11,800 a year, between Manvel and Red Oak.

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

Manvel places higher on 14 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

C+Red OakSafer than 42% of U.S. towns B+ManvelSafer than 70% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−Red OakBetter than 54% of districts in the state BManvelBetter than 59% of districts in the state

Health

B−Red OakHealthier than 53% of U.S. towns B+ManvelHealthier than 69% of U.S. towns

6Red Oak

14Manvel

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #385#597 SafestSafety · 470 towns #242#92 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#69 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #427#252 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #244#348 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #217#122 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #122#33 Lowest property taxCost of living · 647 towns #525#597

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

Red OakManvel

Snow a year0″0″

January low34°F 44°F

July high95°F 91°F

Growing season (days)245d 298d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)20th 79th

Outdoors & history

Red OakManvel

Trails1 mi 6 mi

Conserved land0.3%0%

Settled—1662

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—3

Community

Red OakManvel

Library hours a week38 hrs 48 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

225 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Red OakTX ManvelTX

Red Oak ↔ Manvel225 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

Red OakManvel

People

Population 17,077Highest 14,758Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +32.1%Lowest TX: +15.9% +92.9%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34±2.1Lowest 4% below TX 36.5±1.6Highest about the TX average

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

Kids under 18 31%±4.4Highest TX: 25% 26.4%±5.1Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 10.3%±2Highest TX: 13.4% 9.6%±2.6Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.7%Lowest TX: 33.8% 40.7%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.8%±2Lowest TX: 6.2% 7.6%±2.4Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $104,561±$16kLowest 33% above TX $118,808±$22kHighest 51% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $366,100±$17kHighest 29% above TX $338,700±$24kLowest 19% above TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,920±$646Lowest 37% above TX $2,209±$574Highest 57% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,091Lowest 44% above TX $8,764Highest 107% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 80.7%±16.1Highest TX: 51.7% 62.3%±20.7Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 5.2%Lowest TX: 13.8% 5.7%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 75.5%Lowest TX: 62.6% 81.4%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2007Lowest 15 yrs newer than TX 2012Highest 20 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest about the TX average 35 minHighest 32% above TX

Work from home 15%±4.2Highest TX: 14.4% 12.3%±3.9Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 2.9%Highest 0.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miHighest 17.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.41Highest 0.35Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (29%)Houston (49%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ManvelFew work in Red Oak

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 6.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 37.8Highest 31.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #244 of 583 in TX #206 of 583 in TX

School district LIFE SCHOOL · RED OAK ISDALVIN ISD

High school in town Red Oak H SManvel H S

Students per teacherat that high school 16.5Highest 15.4Lowest

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.

Red Oak vs Manvel

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $990 more a month in Manvel

Manvel places higher on 14 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

225 miles apart

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