Best PlacesDix Hills, NY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dix Hills, 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.
Dix Hills ranks 93rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dix Hills
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.
Dix Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Dix Hills ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 99% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of cities
- Household income$222,837 median, better than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 97% of cities
Where Dix Hills ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 3% of cities
- Short commute36.8 minutes each way, better than only 3% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 11% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Dix Hills
A household needs to earn about $283,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dix Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $222,837, 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 Dix Hills' effective rate of 1.87%, 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 Dix Hills
Dix Hills runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dix Hills.
Who works in Dix Hills, and how
Work in Dix Hills centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Dix Hills
The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Dix Hills, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dix Hills, month by month
Dix Hills sees roughly 75 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 26° |
| April | 62° | 51° | 42° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 69° |
| October | 69° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Dix Hills
The nearest airport, Long Island MacArthur, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is John F Kennedy International, about 26 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dix Hills
Schools across Dix Hills average an A+, better than 99% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Vanderbilt Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Paumanok Elementary SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Signal Hill Elementary SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
Top middle schools
- Candlewood Middle SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- West Hollow Middle SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Commack Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Half Hollow Hills High School WestA+ · 99% proficient
- Commack High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
- Elwood/john Glenn High SchoolA+ · 98% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dix Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dix Hills 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 Dix Hills against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Dix Hills suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 99% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Dix Hills
Is Dix Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dix Hills ranks 93rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on good schools, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on walkability and long commutes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dix Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $944,012. The overall cost of living runs about 30% above the national average. Set against a $222,837 median income, cost of living beats 99% of cities.
Is Dix Hills safe?
Yes, Dix Hills is safer than 86% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $208 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Dix Hills?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 44 with lows near 26. That works out to about 75 pleasant days a year, more than 37% of cities.
Is Dix Hills good for families?
Schools beat 100% of cities, crime safety beats 86%, and childcare runs $1,476 a month.
Compare Dix Hills with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dix Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dix Hills 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.
Dix Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dix Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dix Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dix Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dix Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dix Hills 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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