Best PlacesDeWitt, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around DeWitt, 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.
DeWitt ranks 2,982nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in DeWitt
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.
DeWitt's strengths and weaknesses
Where DeWitt ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- School gradeA, better than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
Where DeWitt ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 36% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 41% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in DeWitt
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median DeWitt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $104,032, 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 DeWitt's effective rate of 1.52%, 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 DeWitt
DeWitt's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for DeWitt.
Who works in DeWitt, and how
Work in DeWitt centers on manufacturing and retail trade. 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 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in DeWitt
DeWitt has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of DeWitt and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in DeWitt, month by month
DeWitt sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 15° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 64° |
| October | 65° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of DeWitt
The nearest airport, Quad Cities International, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Chicago O'Hare International, about 136 miles away.
The best schools in and around DeWitt
Schools across DeWitt average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ekstrand Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Northeast Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Central Dewitt Middle SchoolA+ · 79% proficient
- Central Dewitt Intermediate SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- Central Dewitt High SchoolA · 77% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every DeWitt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
DeWitt 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 DeWitt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in DeWitt
Is DeWitt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, DeWitt ranks 2,982nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, walkability, and good schools, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is DeWitt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $260,917. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $104,032 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is DeWitt safe?
Yes, DeWitt is safer than 57% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $281 per resident a year.
Compare DeWitt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to DeWitt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in DeWitt 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.
DeWitt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for DeWitt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in DeWitt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of DeWitt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in DeWitt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
DeWitt 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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