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%

Richardson$2,850/mo

Typical home $439K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.50% · or rent about $1,857/mo · Housing →

Grapevine$3,580/mo

Typical home $553K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.48% · or rent about $1,863/mo · Housing →

The difference: $730 a month, about $8,800 a year, between Grapevine and Richardson.

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

Grapevine places higher on 15 of 25 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+RichardsonSafer than 41% of U.S. towns CGrapevineSafer than 33% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+RichardsonBetter than 67% of districts in the state A−GrapevineBetter than 80% of districts in the state

Health

ARichardsonHealthier than 86% of U.S. towns AGrapevineHealthier than 88% of U.S. towns

10Richardson

15Grapevine

Lists won, of 25 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #25#383 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #148#383 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #71#32 Most-used librariesLibraries · 183 towns #102#65 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #184#69 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #178#301 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #273#366 SafestSafety · 470 towns #248#300

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

RichardsonGrapevine

Snow a year2″2″

January low38°F 36°F

July high97°F 96°F

Growing season (days)272d 262d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)58th 44th

Outdoors & history

RichardsonGrapevine

Trails20 mi 35 mi

Conserved land7.7%22.8%

Settled1840 1844

National Register places—6

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—18

Community

RichardsonGrapevine

Library hours a week66 hrs 63 hrs

Colleges in town4 —

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

21 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RichardsonGrapevine

Richardson ↔ Grapevine21 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

RichardsonGrapevine

People

Population 118,731Highest 51,139Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +20.4%Highest TX: +15.9% +9.3%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 33.9±0.6Lowest 5% below TX 39.7±1.4Highest 12% above TX

Kids under 18 20.2%±1.2Lowest TX: 25% 21.3%±1.8Highest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 13%±0.7Lowest TX: 13.4% 14.1%±1.3Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 57%Lowest TX: 33.8% 57.5%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 11.8%±0.9Highest TX: 6.2% 4.1%±0.9Lowest TX: 6.2%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $98,111±$4kLowest 25% above TX $111,376±$9kHighest 42% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $431,400±$7kLowest 52% above TX $493,100±$12kHighest 74% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,857±$37Lowest 32% above TX $1,863±$67Highest 33% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,482Lowest 53% above TX $7,274Highest 72% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.2%±4Highest TX: 51.7% 45.3%±4.9Lowest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 9.7%Highest TX: 13.8% 6.7%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.7%Lowest TX: 62.6% 52.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Lowest 6 yrs older than TX 1993Highest 1 yr newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minHighest 12% below TX 22 minLowest 16% below TX

Work from home 24.9%±1.9Highest TX: 14.4% 21.8%±2.5Lowest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.6%Highest 13.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 12.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.24Lowest 3.06Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (29%)Dallas (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GrapevineFew work in Richardson

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.7%Lowest 22.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 20.2 miLowest 35.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 40Highest 35Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 134Highest 54.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #184 of 583 in TX #69 of 583 in TX

School district BASIS TEXAS · CEDAR HILL ISDGRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD

High school in town Richardson H SGrapevine H S

Students per teacherat that high school 13.8Highest 13.3Lowest

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.

Richardson vs Grapevine

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $730 more a month in Grapevine

Grapevine places higher on 15 of 25 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

21 miles apart

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