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%

West Orange$660/mo

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

Eagle Lake$1,040/mo

Typical home $171K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · or rent about $1,229/mo · Housing →

The difference: $380 a month, about $4,600 a year, between Eagle Lake 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

Eagle Lake places higher on 12 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−West OrangeSafer than 23% of U.S. towns –Eagle LakeNot graded

Schools

DWest OrangeBetter than 10% of districts in the state C−Eagle LakeBetter than 20% of districts in the state

Health

DWest OrangeHealthier than 12% of U.S. towns C+Eagle LakeHealthier than 41% of U.S. towns

8West Orange

12Eagle Lake

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #566#18 Fewest smokersHealth · 652 towns #581#171 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #121#381 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #533#290 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #407#190 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 652 towns #261#435 Lowest obesityHealth · 652 towns #495#363 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #483#369

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

West OrangeEagle Lake

Snow a year0″0″

January low40°F 39°F

July high90°F 96°F

Growing season (days)273d 255d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)81st 54th

Outdoors & history

West OrangeEagle Lake

Trails—4 mi

Conserved land—3.1%

National Register places—1

Archive photos—7

Famous people born here—6

Community

West OrangeEagle Lake

Library hours a week—36 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

158 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

West OrangeTX Eagle LakeTX

West Orange ↔ Eagle Lake158 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

West OrangeEagle Lake

People

Population 3,420Lowest 3,485Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.5%Highest TX: +15.9% -5.4%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 30.2±3.3Lowest 15% below TX 30.8±4Highest 13% below TX

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

Kids under 18 30.5%±7.7Highest TX: 25% 25.2%±8Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 18.9%±5.3Highest TX: 13.4% 14.7%±4.7Lowest TX: 13.4%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.1%Lowest TX: 33.8% 20.3%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±2.5Highest TX: 6.2% 2.9%±2.2Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,323±$17kLowest 23% below TX $69,205±$25kHighest 12% below TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $110,700±$19kLowest 61% below TX $137,900±$29kHighest 51% below TX

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,407±$155Highest about the TX average $1,229±$267Lowest 12% below TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,147Lowest 73% below TX $1,448Highest 66% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60.9%±28.9Highest TX: 51.7% 15.4%±11Lowest TX: 51.7%

Below poverty line 22.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 14.1%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.8%Highest TX: 62.6% 72.3%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Highest 21 yrs older than TX 1965Lowest 27 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 27% below TX 27 minHighest about the TX average

Work from home 0%±1.4Lowest TX: 14.4% 3%±1.9Highest TX: 14.4%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.4%Lowest 8.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miLowest 38.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.45Lowest 0.62Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Orange (17%)Houston (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eagle LakeFew work in West Orange

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 3.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 4.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.6Lowest 81.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #508 of 583 in TX #528 of 583 in TX

School district WEST ORANGE-COVE CISDRICE CISD

High school in town West Orange-Stark H SRice Challenge Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 11.3Lowest 28.5Highest

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.

West Orange vs Eagle Lake

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $380 more a month in Eagle Lake

Eagle Lake places higher on 12 of 20 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

158 miles apart

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