Is Ovilla a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Ovilla grades B+ overall, 94th of 640 graded towns in Texas. Crime is low: it reports less per resident than 91% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $131K. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $496K for a typical one and 5.5 times the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. Ovilla’s median household income is $131,000, above both Texas’ towns ($69,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Among 488 Texas towns, just 9 have a lower violent crime rate than Ovilla.
What makes Ovilla stand out
Where Ovilla beats most towns.
Ovilla has grown 40% since 2010
3,492 counted in 2010 and 4,304 in 2020; an estimated 4,808 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 13.7% since 2020, after 23.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Ovilla grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Ovilla is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
AT&T Stadium and 71 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ovilla. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
18 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
19 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 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Choctaw Stadium: KENGRIFFEY24FAN, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Moving to Ovilla: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ovilla, 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 Ovilla.
Ovilla has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than Oak Leaf and its other neighbors and costs more than Oak Leaf or any other town next door.
Ovilla earns a D for cost of living
Its typical home is the priciest on its borders; Oak Leaf is next at $449K. The median property tax bill is $6,742, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
95% of Ovilla households own their home. The typical Ovilla home is worth about $496,000, about the same as a year ago, 67% above the Texas typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Ovilla’s schools rank ahead of 62% of Texas districts
Its B is the best School Grade on its borders; Oak Leaf (B−) is next.
Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Joy Shaw MiddleLargest public school before high school | – | – | |
| Ovilla Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 408 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Ovilla earns an A for safety
Violent crime is rare: 1 reported in 2025, 0.2 per 1,000 residents.
Ovilla’s property crime rate is 3.5 per 1,000 residents.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents commute out of Ovilla
Ovilla has 556 jobs for its 2,384 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 415 in 2013 to 556.
Most working residents leave Ovilla for work: only 1% work in town. The average trip to work in Ovilla is 32 minutes. Since 2013, Ovilla has added 141 jobs, to 556 in 2023.
| Ovilla | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Ovilla ranks healthier than 74% of the country’s towns
Its B+ for health tops all 3 graded neighbors; Oak Leaf (B+) comes closest. Against the 4,398 U.S. towns with household incomes like Ovilla’s, it is less healthy than 69%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Ovilla beats the Texas average on 15 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 9.8% of adults worry about having enough food in Ovilla.
| Ovilla | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 20% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 30% | 25% |
| What stands out | Ovilla | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.7% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Ovilla has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 95°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 36.6°.
Ovilla has mild winters and hot summers. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Ovilla | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 37°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Ovilla faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1991, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ovilla.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Ovilla
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Ovilla
About 2 of every 100 Ovilla residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
99% of working residents leave Ovilla for work
Where Ovilla’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Ovilla
City in Texas, United States
Ovilla is a city in Dallas and Ellis Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 4,304 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1844
- Area
- 5.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 610 ft
- Area code
- 972
Ovilla’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Ovilla.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovilla | #94 | B+ | D | A | B | B+ |
| Glenn Heights | #459 | D | D | B− | C | C+ |
| Cedar Hill | #483 | D | D | C+ | C− | B− |
| Oak Leaf | — | — | 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 Ovilla with a neighbor →
Questions about Ovilla
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Ovilla, TX a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Ovilla grades B+ overall, better than 67% of U.S. towns and #94 of 640 in Texas. It grades B+ for health, A for safety and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Ovilla, TX expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.