Trying to understand the best tradeoff between weight and aero for a sub-$800 budget road disc wheelset that will replace my heavy OEM wheels for commuting but also longer fun rides with a bit more climbing.

About me and my commute: shade over 145 lbs with a roundtrip commute of 31 miles that I do 2-4 times weekly, half flat and half hilly with ~1400 ft of elevation gain a day, getting faster but currently 15 mph morning and nearing 18 mph avg evening. I don't carry much with me. I'm used to the climbing on my route, so losing wheel weight is more for being able to do longer and hillier rides on the weekends. I have encountered stiff crosswinds but they're rare, whereas headwinds are big factor every 9 out of 10 rides on the flats.

I've seen very reasonably priced Hunt Aero Light wheels coming under 1500g, but they're 24 spokes so I'm not sure they make sense for me. I've also played around with ProWheelBuilder but don't know what I'm doing. It seems if I pick anything inexpensive with a higher spoke count or deeper rims, the weight shoots up very quickly, so I'm stumped about what a good spec would be.