Best PlacesDills, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dills, 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.
Dills ranks 30,602nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dills
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.
Dills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Dills ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 79% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 79% of towns
Where Dills ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dills
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $78,474, 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 Dills' effective rate of 0.57%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Dills
Dills runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dills.
Who works in Dills, and how
Work in Dills centers on retail trade and public administration. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 1%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Dills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dills.
What the weather is like in Dills, month by month
Dills sees roughly 116 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 63, with lows near 42. The comfortable stretch runs February through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63° | 51° | 42° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 56° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 73° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Dills
The nearest airport, Valdosta Regional, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Jacksonville International, about 125 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dills
Schools across Dills average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top high schools
- Lawton Chiles High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Madison County High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Thomasville High SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dills 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 Dills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dills
Is Dills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dills ranks 30,602nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on car insurance costs and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $292,247. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $78,474 median income, cost of living beats 63% of towns.
Is Dills safe?
Dills is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $251 per resident a year.
Compare Dills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dills 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.
Dills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dills 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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