Best Places75208, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 75208, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
75208 ranks 5,854th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 75208
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
75208's strengths and weaknesses
Where 75208 ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 97% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of zip codes
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 91% of zip codes
Where 75208 ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 20% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 75208
A household needs to earn about $134,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 75208 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,677, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 75208's effective rate of 1.23%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 75208
75208 runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 75208.
Who works in 75208, and how
Work in 75208 centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in 75208
75208 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 68% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 75208 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 75208, month by month
75208 sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of 75208
Dallas Love Field sits about 7 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 75208
Schools across 75208 average a C−, better than 28% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Winnetka ElB− · 44% proficient
- Margaret B Henderson ElB− · 42% proficient
- Arturo Salazar ElC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rosemont UpperB− · 42% proficient
- W E Greiner Exploratory Arts AcademyC+ · 37% proficient
- D A Hulcy Steam MiddleC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Trinidad Garza Early College At Mt ViewA+ · 83% proficient
- W H Adamson H SC · 32% proficient
- Sunset H SC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 75208 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
75208 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 75208 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 75208 suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 19% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 75208
Is 75208 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 75208 ranks 5,854th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on walkability, biking, and transit, and lowest on thin health care access and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 75208 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $483,998. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $97,677 median income, cost of living beats 77% of zip codes.
Is 75208 safe?
75208 is safer than 44% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $391 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 75208?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 38. That works out to about 119 pleasant days a year, more than 75% of zip codes.
Is 75208 good for families?
Schools beat 28% of zip codes, crime safety beats 44%, and childcare runs $883 a month.
Compare 75208 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 75208. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 75208 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
75208 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 75208: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 75208: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 75208: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 75208: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
75208 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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