Oak LeafTX
A town of 1,684.
Is Oak Leaf a good place to live?
Oak Leaf’s best subject grade is an A+ for incomes; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Oak Leaf’s median household income is $132,000, against $69,000 in Texas’ towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Only 10 of Texas’ 990 towns score higher on incomes. On the outdoors, just 46 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Oak Leaf's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns. Oak Leaf has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Oak Leaf has grown 30% since 2010
1,298 counted in 2010 and 1,552 in 2020; an estimated 1,684 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Oak Leaf grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Oak Leaf is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
AT&T Stadium and 69 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Leaf. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
21 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
22 mi Stadium & arenaChoctaw StadiumPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Oak Leaf: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oak Leaf, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Leaf.
A larger share of households own their home in Oak Leaf than in most of Texas or the rest of the country
97% of households own their home in Oak Leaf, above both the Texas town median (69%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). The typical Oak Leaf home is worth about $449,000, up 0.6% in a year, 52% above the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fewer of Oak Leaf’s working residents work locally than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
0.2% of Oak Leaf working residents work locally. The top destinations are Dallas (29%), Waxahachie (6%) and Fort Worth (5%). 2.8% of Oak Leaf residents live below the poverty line.
| Oak Leaf | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Oak Leaf
Oak Leaf has mild winters and hot summers. Oak Leaf’s July high is 95°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Oak Leaf are healthier than 65% of U.S. towns
Oak Leaf beats the Texas average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Oak Leaf.
| Oak Leaf | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 20% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 18% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Oak Leaf | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.1% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.3% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Oak Leaf faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oak Leaf.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer children than Texas overall
Children under 18 are 19% of residents (25% statewide); people 65 and older are 19% of residents (13% statewide). The median age in Oak Leaf is 46.8 years. Oak Leaf has grown 8.9% since 2020, to 1,684 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Oak Leaf | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.8 years | 35.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 23% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 14% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 31% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Oak Leaf’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±14.9 points. Across Texas, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Oak Leaf | TX | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.1% | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.9% | 11.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.3% | 9.7% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.6% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.5% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.4% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.6% | 11.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13% | 8.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.7% | 5.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 14% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.5% | 20.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.9% | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 29% | 21.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.5% | 12.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
Everything we know about Oak Leaf
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Leaf
About 8 of every 100 Oak Leaf residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
100% of working residents leave Oak Leaf for work
Where Oak Leaf’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Oak Leaf
City in Texas, United States
Oak Leaf is a city in Ellis County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,552 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 604 ft
- Area code
- 972
Oak Leaf’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Oak Leaf.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Leaf | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Glenn Heights | #459 | D | D | B− | C | C+ |
| Ovilla | #94 | B+ | D | A | B | B+ |
| Red Oak | #362 | C− | D | C+ | B− | B− |
Oak Leaf has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oak Leaf reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Oak Leaf with a neighbor →
Questions about Oak Leaf
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Leaf, TX expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.