Best PlacesDawn, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dawn, 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.
Dawn ranks 29,681st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dawn
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.
Dawn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dawn ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 129 pleasant days a year, better than 85% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 84% of towns
- Short commute21.1 minutes each way, better than 84% of towns
Where Dawn ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dawn
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dawn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $69,238, 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 Dawn's effective rate of 1.24%, 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 Dawn
Dawn runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dawn.
Who works in Dawn, and how
Work in Dawn centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dawn
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dawn.
What the weather is like in Dawn, month by month
Dawn sees roughly 129 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 55, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55° | 38° | 24° |
| April | 77° | 58° | 42° |
| July | 96° | 81° | 67° |
| October | 77° | 60° | 46° |
Flying in and out of Dawn
The nearest airport, Rick Husband Amarillo International, is about 38 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Albuquerque International Sunport, about 248 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dawn
Schools across Dawn average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Reeves-hinger ElA · 65% proficient
- Aikman ElB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canyon IntA · 59% proficient
- Hereford J HC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Canyon H SA · 70% proficient
- Hereford H SC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dawn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dawn 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 Dawn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dawn
Is Dawn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dawn ranks 29,681st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, cell coverage, and the weather, and lowest on tree cover and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dawn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $200,680. The overall cost of living runs about 25% below the national average. Set against a $69,238 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Dawn safe?
Dawn is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $430 per resident a year.
Compare Dawn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dawn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dawn 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.
Dawn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dawn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dawn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dawn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dawn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dawn 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.