Best PlacesDouds, IA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Douds, 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.
Douds ranks 22,956th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and low incomes rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Douds
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.
Douds' strengths and weaknesses
Where Douds ranks high
- Short commute17.1 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 94% of towns
- QuietBetter than 87% of towns
- School gradeA−, better than 86% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 79% of towns
Where Douds ranks low
- Household income$55,456 median, better than only 20% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 20% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Douds
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Douds home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $55,456, 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 Douds' effective rate of 0.74%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Douds
Douds 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 Douds.
Who works in Douds, and how
Work in Douds centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Douds
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Douds.
What the weather is like in Douds, month by month
Douds sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 24° | 17° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 41° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 66° |
| October | 65° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Douds
The nearest airport, Southeast Iowa Regional, is about 50 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is St Louis Lambert International, about 171 miles away.
The best schools in and around Douds
Schools across Douds average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cardinal ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
- Davis County ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Van Buren County Community School District Douds CenterB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Davis County Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Cardinal Junior HighA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Van Buren County Community Middle & High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Davis County Community High SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Douds school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Douds 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 Douds against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Douds
Is Douds a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Douds ranks 22,956th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on low incomes and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Douds expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $257,400. The overall cost of living runs about 18% below the national average. Set against a $55,456 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Douds safe?
Douds is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $395 per resident a year.
Compare Douds with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Douds. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Douds 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.
Douds detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Douds: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Douds: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Douds: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Douds: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Douds 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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