Best PlacesDixie, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dixie, 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.
Dixie ranks 29,850th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. State infrastructure pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on fast internet.
The best neighborhoods in Dixie
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.
Dixie's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dixie ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 86% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 83% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 82% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 81% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 74% of towns
Where Dixie ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 3% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dixie
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dixie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $81,070, 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 Dixie's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Dixie
Dixie'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 Dixie.
Who works in Dixie, and how
Work in Dixie centers on health care & social and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Dixie
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dixie.
What the weather is like in Dixie, month by month
Dixie sees roughly 98 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 57° |
| July | 95° | 85° | 77° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Dixie
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 177 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dixie
Schools across Dixie average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Kingston Elementary SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Herndon Magnet SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Benton Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Benton Intermediate SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Benton Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Donnie Bickham Middle SchoolD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Benton High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- North Caddo High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- Northwood High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dixie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dixie 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 Dixie against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dixie
Is Dixie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dixie ranks 29,850th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, cell coverage, and low property taxes, and lowest on state infrastructure and car insurance costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dixie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $246,700. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $81,070 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Dixie safe?
Dixie is safer than 32% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $465 per resident a year.
Compare Dixie with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dixie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dixie 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.
Dixie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dixie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dixie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dixie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dixie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dixie 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.