Best PlacesDalhart, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dalhart, 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.
Dalhart ranks 24,548th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dalhart
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.
Dalhart's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dalhart ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.2 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 92% of towns
Where Dalhart ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 8% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dalhart
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dalhart home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $68,813, 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 Dalhart's effective rate of 1.29%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dalhart
Dalhart runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dalhart.
Who works in Dalhart, and how
Work in Dalhart centers on transportation & warehousing and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Dalhart
Dalhart has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Dalhart and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dalhart, month by month
Dalhart sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52° | 35° | 21° |
| April | 74° | 55° | 39° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 64° |
| October | 76° | 57° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Dalhart
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 74 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 241 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dalhart
Schools across Dalhart average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mary Allen ElC · 35% proficient
- Dalhart IntC− · 28% proficient
- Cactus ElD− · 15% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dalhart J HB · 46% proficient
- Stratford J HC+ · 37% proficient
- Sunray MiddleC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Stratford H SB+ · 57% proficient
- Dalhart H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Sunray H SB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dalhart school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dalhart 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 Dalhart against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dalhart
Is Dalhart a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dalhart ranks 24,548th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, short commutes, and walkability, and lowest on thin health care access and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dalhart expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $197,239. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $68,813 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Dalhart safe?
Dalhart is safer than 9% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $702 per resident a year.
Compare Dalhart with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dalhart. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dalhart 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.
Dalhart detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dalhart: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dalhart: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dalhart: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dalhart: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dalhart 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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