Best PlacesDalworthington Gardens, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dalworthington Gardens, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Dalworthington Gardens ranks 4,067th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dalworthington Gardens
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.
Dalworthington Gardens' strengths and weaknesses
Where Dalworthington Gardens ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$127,123 median, better than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
Where Dalworthington Gardens ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 25% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dalworthington Gardens
A household needs to earn about $167,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dalworthington Gardens home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $127,123, 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 Dalworthington Gardens' effective rate of 1.49%, 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 Dalworthington Gardens
Dalworthington Gardens runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dalworthington Gardens.
Who works in Dalworthington Gardens, and how
Work in Dalworthington Gardens centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dalworthington Gardens
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dalworthington Gardens.
What the weather is like in Dalworthington Gardens, month by month
Dalworthington Gardens sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 60, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 56° |
| July | 98° | 87° | 76° |
| October | 82° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Dalworthington Gardens
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 16 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Dalworthington Gardens
Schools across Dalworthington Gardens average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Arlington Classics Academy -intermediateB · 49% proficient
- Jones Fine Arts / Dual Language AcademyC− · 28% proficient
- Key ElD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Young J HB+ · 49% proficient
- Bailey J HC · 32% proficient
- Gunn J HC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Martin H SB+ · 56% proficient
- Arlington H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dalworthington Gardens school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dalworthington Gardens 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 Dalworthington Gardens against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dalworthington Gardens
Is Dalworthington Gardens a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dalworthington Gardens ranks 4,067th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, high incomes, and big-city access, and lowest on summer heat and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dalworthington Gardens expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $584,795. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $127,123 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Dalworthington Gardens safe?
Dalworthington Gardens is safer than 39% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $399 per resident a year.
Compare Dalworthington Gardens with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dalworthington Gardens. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dalworthington Gardens 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.
Dalworthington Gardens detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dalworthington Gardens: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dalworthington Gardens: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dalworthington Gardens: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dalworthington Gardens: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dalworthington Gardens 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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