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%

Vinton$1,630/mo

Typical home $261K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $918/mo · Housing →

Onalaska$1,080/mo

Typical home $173K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.24% · or rent about $1,083/mo · Housing →

The difference: $540 a month, about $6,500 a year, between Vinton and Onalaska.

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

Vinton places higher on 10 of 17 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

–VintonNot graded COnalaskaSafer than 26% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+VintonBetter than 38% of districts in the state A−OnalaskaBetter than 83% of districts in the state

Health

CVintonHealthier than 30% of U.S. towns DOnalaskaHealthier than 9% of U.S. towns

10Vinton

7Onalaska

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #18#642 Best schoolsSchools · 583 towns #489#140 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #545#225 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #381#626 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #157#363 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #367#570 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #584#395 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #527#359

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

VintonOnalaska

Snow a year0″—

January low34°F —

July high94°F —

Growing season (days)264d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)3rd 73rd

Outdoors & history

VintonOnalaska

Trails0 mi 0 mi

Conserved land0%0.8%

Settled1961 —

Community

VintonOnalaska

Library hours a week—38 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

681 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

VintonTX OnalaskaTX

Vinton ↔ Onalaska681 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

VintonOnalaska

People

Population 2,585Lowest 3,210Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +36.2%Lowest TX: +15.9% +71.2%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 44.5±2.7Highest 25% above TX 43.8±12.1Lowest 23% above TX

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

Kids under 18 11%±2.8Lowest TX: 25% 23.5%±6.2Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 13.7%±3.3Lowest TX: 13.4% 16.8%±5.3Highest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.1%Lowest TX: 33.8% 11.7%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±1.9Lowest TX: 6.2% 5%±4.7Highest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,991±$13kHighest 16% below TX $51,912±$31kLowest 34% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,100±$9kLowest 62% below TX $165,800±$82kHighest 42% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $918±$483Lowest 35% below TX $1,083±$196Highest 23% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,300Lowest 69% below TX $2,056Highest 51% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47%±23.7Lowest TX: 51.7% 76.8%±39Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 18.3%Lowest TX: 13.8% 23.7%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 85.6%Highest TX: 62.6% 78.4%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1991Lowest 1 yr older than TX 1993Highest 1 yr newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 5% below TX 22 minLowest 17% below TX

Work from home 3.3%±2.4Lowest TX: 14.4% 7.3%±6.7Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.2%Lowest 5.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 47.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.55Highest 0.55Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town El Paso (66%)Houston (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in OnalaskaFew work in Vinton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.8%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 25.6Lowest 53.1Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #489 of 583 in TX #140 of 583 in TX

School district CANUTILLO ISDONALASKA ISD

High school in town None in townOnalaska Jr./Sr. High

Students per teacherat that high school — 12.5

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.

Vinton vs Onalaska

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $540 more a month in Vinton

Vinton places higher on 10 of 17 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

681 miles apart

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