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%

Willow Park$2,760/mo

Typical home $417K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.63% · or rent about $2,415/mo · Housing →

Fairview$4,190/mo

Typical home $655K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.40% · or rent about $1,947/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,440 a month, about $17,300 a year, between Fairview and Willow Park.

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

Fairview places higher on 11 of 19 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

BWillow ParkSafer than 59% of U.S. towns B+FairviewSafer than 74% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−Willow ParkBetter than 79% of districts in the state AFairviewBetter than 88% of districts in the state

Health

A−Willow ParkHealthier than 84% of U.S. towns A−FairviewHealthier than 79% of U.S. towns

7Willow Park

11Fairview

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #383#148 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #91#270 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #293#146 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #133#13 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #475#577 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #506#413 SafestSafety · 470 towns #138#73 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #524#614

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

Willow ParkFairview

Snow a year0″3″

January low33°F —

July high97°F —

Growing season (days)245d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th 61st

Outdoors & history

Willow ParkFairview

Trails0 mi 20 mi

Conserved land0%6.1%

National Register places—1

Community

Willow ParkFairview

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

65 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Willow ParkTX FairviewTX

Willow Park ↔ Fairview65 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

Willow ParkFairview

People

Population 5,874Lowest 10,783Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +24%Lowest TX: +15.9% +43.1%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 45.8±5.7Lowest 29% above TX 49.1±5.1Highest 38% above TX

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

Kids under 18 25.5%±7.5Highest TX: 25% 22.7%±4.9Lowest TX: 25%

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

Age 65+ 14.2%±4.4Lowest TX: 13.4% 30.1%±4.6Highest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 51.6%Lowest TX: 33.8% 59.4%Highest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.1%±4Highest TX: 6.2% 5.9%±3.1Lowest TX: 6.2%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $132,045±$25kHighest 68% above TX $109,347±$18kLowest 39% above TX

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $374,200±$20kLowest 32% above TX $597,300±$40kHighest 110% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,415±$499Highest 72% above TX $1,947±$240Lowest 39% above TX

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $6,114Lowest 44% above TX $8,355Highest 97% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 32.3%±29.9Lowest TX: 51.7% 66.1%±24.8Highest TX: 51.7%

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

Below poverty line 10.3%Lowest TX: 13.8% 14.8%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.4%Highest TX: 62.6% 73.9%Lowest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2003Lowest 11 yrs newer than TX 2006Highest 14 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minLowest 10% above TX 34 minHighest 27% above TX

Work from home 16.2%±6.3Lowest TX: 14.4% 35.3%±7.3Highest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 2.7%Highest 1.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.10Highest 0.37Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Worth (37%)Dallas (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FairviewFew work in Willow Park

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 6.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 20.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 2.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 37.7Lowest 51.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #46 of 583 in TX #5 of 583 in TX

School district ALEDO ISD · SPRINGTOWN ISDLOVEJOY ISD

High school in town New JjaepNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 2.9 —

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.

Willow Park vs Fairview

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,440 more a month in Fairview

Fairview places higher on 11 of 19 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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