Best PlacesDime Box, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dime Box, 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.
Dime Box ranks 37,572nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Dime Box
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.
Dime Box's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dime Box ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 143 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 81% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 78% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 71% of towns
Where Dime Box ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 20% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dime Box
A household needs to earn about $42,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dime Box home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $64,676, 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 Dime Box's effective rate of 0.81%, 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 Dime Box
Dime Box runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dime Box.
Who works in Dime Box, and how
Work in Dime Box centers on construction and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Dime Box
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dime Box.
What the weather is like in Dime Box, month by month
Dime Box sees roughly 143 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 62, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62° | 50° | 41° |
| April | 79° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 70° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Dime Box
The nearest airport, Easterwood Field, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Austin-Bergstrom International, about 52 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dime Box
Schools across Dime Box average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lexington ElB+ · 51% proficient
- Giddings IntC+ · 37% proficient
- Giddings ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caldwell J HB+ · 50% proficient
- Lexington MiddleB− · 43% proficient
- Caldwell IntC+ · 35% proficient
Top high schools
- Giddings H SA · 68% proficient
- Caldwell H SB+ · 52% proficient
- Lexington H SB · 47% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dime Box school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dime Box 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 Dime Box against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dime Box
Is Dime Box a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dime Box ranks 37,572nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and state finances, and lowest on summer heat and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dime Box expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $161,358. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $64,676 median income, cost of living beats 35% of towns.
Is Dime Box safe?
Dime Box is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $531 per resident a year.
Compare Dime Box with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dime Box. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dime Box 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.
Dime Box detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dime Box: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dime Box: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dime Box: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dime Box: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dime Box 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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