Best PlacesEagle Ford, Dallas, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eagle Ford, Dallas, 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.
Eagle Ford, Dallas ranks 4,169th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Civic engagement pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on state finances.
The best neighborhoods in Eagle Ford, Dallas
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.
Eagle Ford, Dallas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Eagle Ford, Dallas ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$883 a month, better than 78% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 71% of neighborhoods
Where Eagle Ford, Dallas ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- School gradeD+, better than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Eagle Ford, Dallas
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagle Ford, Dallas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,490, 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 Eagle Ford, Dallas' effective rate of 1.04%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Eagle Ford, Dallas
Eagle Ford, Dallas runs younger 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 Eagle Ford, Dallas.
Who works in Eagle Ford, Dallas, and how
Work in Eagle Ford, Dallas centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Eagle Ford, Dallas
Eagle Ford, Dallas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 84% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eagle Ford, Dallas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eagle Ford, Dallas, month by month
Eagle Ford, Dallas sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March, April, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 78° | 67° | 58° |
| July | 97° | 87° | 79° |
| October | 82° | 70° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Eagle Ford, Dallas
Dallas Love Field sits about 5 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 8.2 million passengers in 2025, with 91 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Eagle Ford, Dallas
Schools across Eagle Ford, Dallas average a D+, better than 20% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hogg New Tech CenterC · 35% proficient
- Jesus Moroles Expressive Arts VanguardC− · 25% proficient
- Arcadia Park ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Dallas Environmental Science AcademyA · 66% proficient
- D A Hulcy Steam MiddleC− · 31% proficient
- Bowie MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- W H Adamson H SC · 32% proficient
- Nimitz H SC · 31% proficient
- Sunset H SC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagle Ford, Dallas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagle Ford, Dallas 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 Eagle Ford, Dallas against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Eagle Ford, Dallas suits
Families
Schools land around the 20th percentile and crime safety beats 76%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 10% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Eagle Ford, Dallas
Is Eagle Ford, Dallas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagle Ford, Dallas ranks 4,169th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Eagle Ford, Dallas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $317,583. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $65,490 median income, cost of living beats 33% of neighborhoods.
Is Eagle Ford, Dallas safe?
Yes, Eagle Ford, Dallas is safer than 76% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $375 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Eagle Ford, Dallas?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 38. That works out to about 118 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of neighborhoods.
Is Eagle Ford, Dallas good for families?
Schools beat 20% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 76%, and childcare runs $883 a month.
Compare Eagle Ford, Dallas with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagle Ford, Dallas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagle Ford, Dallas 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.
Eagle Ford, Dallas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagle Ford, Dallas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagle Ford, Dallas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagle Ford, Dallas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagle Ford, Dallas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagle Ford, Dallas 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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