Best PlacesDoon, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Doon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Doon ranks 8,032nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on good schools by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Doon
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.
Doon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Doon ranks high
- School gradeA+, better than 98% of towns
- Short commute16.5 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Doon ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 33% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 37% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Doon
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Doon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,894, 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 Doon's effective rate of 0.92%, 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 Doon
Doon runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Doon.
Who works in Doon, and how
Work in Doon centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Doon
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Doon.
What the weather is like in Doon, month by month
Doon sees roughly 127 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 27, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27° | 18° | 11° |
| April | 59° | 45° | 35° |
| July | 83° | 72° | 62° |
| October | 62° | 49° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Doon
The nearest airport, Joe Foss Field, is about 33 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 138 miles away.
The best schools in and around Doon
Schools across Doon average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central Lyon Elementary SchoolA+ · 83% proficient
- West Lyon Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Rock Valley Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Lyon Junior High SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Rock Valley Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
Top high schools
- West Lyon High SchoolA+ · 86% proficient
- Central Lyon Secondary SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Sioux Center High SchoolA · 69% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Doon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Doon 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 Doon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Doon
Is Doon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Doon ranks 8,032nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on good schools, short commutes, and state finances, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Doon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $221,749. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $70,894 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Doon safe?
Yes, Doon is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $174 per resident a year.
Compare Doon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Doon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Doon 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.
Doon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Doon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Doon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Doon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Doon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Doon 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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