Best PlacesDixie, WA 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 14,819th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and empty homes are the weak spot.
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
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 87% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 80% of towns
Where Dixie ranks low
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dixie
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dixie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,999, 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 Dixie's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 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 construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
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 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 35° | 28° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 93° | 78° | 62° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Dixie
The nearest airport, Walla Walla Regional, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 199 miles away.
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 14,819th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, an educated workforce, and low taxes, and lowest on empty homes and state infrastructure. 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 $467,367. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $93,999 median income, cost of living beats 69% of towns.
Is Dixie safe?
Yes, Dixie is safer than 67% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $399 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.