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 →

Orange$1,180/mo

Typical home $186K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.31% · or rent about $1,108/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

C−West OrangeSafer than 23% of U.S. towns COrangeSafer than 28% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

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

6West Orange

13Orange

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

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

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

Where they are

West Orange and Orange share a border

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

West OrangeOrange

West Orange ↔ 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

West OrangeOrange

Snow a year0″0″

January low40°F 40°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)273d 273d

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

Outdoors & history

West OrangeOrange

Trails—11 mi

Conserved land—9.2%

Settled—1830

National Register places—5

Community

West OrangeOrange

Library hours a week—41 hrs

Colleges in town—1

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

West OrangeOrange

People

Population 3,420Lowest 19,177Highest

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

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

Orange 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% 28.5%±3.4Lowest 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+ 18.9%±5.3Highest TX: 13.4% 17.2%±2.1Lowest 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+ 15.1%Lowest TX: 33.8% 18.6%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±2.5Lowest TX: 6.2% 3.9%±1.3Highest 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 $60,323±$17kLowest 23% below TX $62,891±$6kHighest 20% 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 $110,700±$19kLowest 61% below TX $164,900±$26kHighest 42% below TX

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

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

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 60.9%±28.9Highest TX: 51.7% 50.6%±8.9Lowest 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 22.9%Highest TX: 13.8% 15.4%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 0%±1.4Lowest TX: 14.4% 3.3%±2.1Highest 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 3.4%Lowest 18.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 mi 21.8 mi

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 17% work in Orange1% work in West Orange

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2%Lowest 9.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 11.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 4Highest

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

Schools

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

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

High school in town West Orange-Stark H SNone in town

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.

West Orange vs 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

West Orange and Orange share a border

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