Best PlacesCedar Hill, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Hill, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cedar Hill ranks 1,088th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. A weak job market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Hill
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.
Cedar Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Hill ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of cities
- QuietBetter than 82% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 127 pleasant days a year, better than 72% of cities
- Cheap childcare$882 a month, better than 70% of cities
Where Cedar Hill ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 14% of cities
- Short commute31.4 minutes each way, better than only 17% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 18% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Hill
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $102,388, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Cedar Hill's effective rate of 1.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cedar Hill
Cedar Hill runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cedar Hill.
Who works in Cedar Hill, and how
Work in Cedar Hill centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cedar Hill
Cedar Hill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of cities and more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cedar Hill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cedar Hill, month by month
Cedar Hill sees roughly 127 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 Cedar Hill
Dallas Love Field sits about 18 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 Cedar Hill
Schools across Cedar Hill average a C+, better than 43% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Longbranch ElA · 62% proficient
- Cedar Hill Collegiate PrepB · 47% proficient
- T E Baxter ElB · 46% proficient
Top middle schools
- Walnut Grove MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Cedar Hill Collegiate AcademyB+ · 52% proficient
- Frank Seale MiddleB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Cedar Hill Collegiate H SA · 72% proficient
- Midlothian H SB+ · 54% proficient
- Cedar Hill H SC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Hill 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 Cedar Hill against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Cedar Hill suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Cedar Hill
Is Cedar Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Hill ranks 1,088th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on low taxes, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on a weak job market and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $312,323. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $102,388 median income, cost of living beats 70% of cities.
Is Cedar Hill safe?
Cedar Hill is safer than 29% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $451 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cedar Hill?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 38. That works out to about 127 pleasant days a year, more than 72% of cities.
Is Cedar Hill good for families?
Schools beat 43% of cities, crime safety beats 29%, and childcare runs $882 a month.
Compare Cedar Hill with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Hill 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.
Cedar Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Hill 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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