Is West Orange a good place to live?
West Orange earns a D−, 615th among Texas's 640 graded towns, mostly because of schools and health. Its public schools trail 91% of Texas towns on state tests and graduation. Residents are less healthy than 88% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. In its favor, homes are within reach, about $107K for a typical one, or 1.7 years of the Beaumont metro’s $65K median household income. Only 52 of Texas’ 1,000 towns score lower on hazard risk.
What makes West Orange stand out
Where West Orange beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| West Orange-Stark H S | 9–12 | 659 |
West Orange lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 8% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How West Orange grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far West Orange is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to West Orange: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in West Orange, 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 West Orange.
West Orange trades lower home prices for longer drives to work and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly hurricanes).
For cost of living, West Orange earns a B+
Homes are within reach (about $107K for the typical one, B+ for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 22 miles. At 1.7 years of the Beaumont metro’s $65K median household income, the typical home (about $107K) costs less against local pay than in 96% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its B+ for cost of living.
The typical West Orange home is worth about $107,000, down 1.8% in a year, 64% below the Texas typical home. West Orange’s median rent is $1,407 a month, above both Texas’ towns ($1,206 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month).
| West Orange | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,407 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For schools, West Orange earns a D
Its public schools are run by West Orange-Cove CISD. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is West Orange-Stark H S, with 659 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Orange-Stark H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 659 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
For health, West Orange earns a D
43% of West Orange adults sleep under 7 hours, against 39% in Texas’ towns and 36% across U.S. towns. 41% of adults have high blood pressure in West Orange. West Orange beats the Texas average on 1 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 14.
| West Orange | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 39% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | West Orange | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.1% | 74.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.6% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Very high risk in West Orange, with hurricanes at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $598 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 340 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 59 properties have flooded more than once.
The FEMA risk score in West Orange is 81 of 100. Since 1979, 340 flood insurance claims have been paid out in West Orange.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
West Orange sees more crime per resident than 77% of U.S. towns
Reported crimes fell from 107 to 74 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
West Orange’s property crime rate is 21 per 1,000 residents.
| West Orange | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 21 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of West Orange’s workers commute out
The average commute for its 1,369 working residents takes 19.6 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
Most working residents leave West Orange for work: only 3% work in town. 23% of West Orange residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in West Orange fell to 613 in 2023, 130 fewer than in 2013.
| West Orange | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.4% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in West Orange
January nights average 42.5°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.4°. The Orange 9 N weather station, 10 miles away, records that about 74 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 95% of Texas places with climate records.
West Orange has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
| West Orange | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 43°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Spindletop and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around West Orange. Close and well known come first.
19 mi LandmarkSpindletop
17 mi National PreserveBig Thicket National Preserve228K visitors a year2 mi MuseumStark Museum of Art19 mi MuseumSpindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
20 mi MuseumEdison Museum
20 mi MuseumArt Museum of Southeast TexasPhoto credits
Spindletop: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Thicket National Preserve: NPS, Public domain · Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edison Museum: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Art Museum of Southeast Texas: R. Rothenberger, CC BY 3.0
Everything we know about West Orange
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of West Orange
About 3 of every 100 West Orange residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
97% of working residents leave West Orange for work
Where West Orange’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About West Orange
City in Texas, United States
West Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,459 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 3,443 tabulated in 2010. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- Area code
- 409
West Orange’s neighbors
One town shares a border with West Orange.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Orange | #615 | D− | B+ | C− | D | D |
| Orange | #610 | D− | C+ | C | C− | D |
Questions about West Orange
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is West Orange, TX a good place to live?
West Orange grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns and #615 of 640 in Texas. It grades D for health, C− for safety and D for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a D.
Is West Orange, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.