Best PlacesFive Mile Creek, Dallas, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Five Mile Creek, Dallas, 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.
Five Mile Creek, Dallas ranks 5,111th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Five Mile Creek, 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.
Five Mile Creek, Dallas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Five Mile Creek, Dallas ranks high
- Short commute17.1 minutes each way, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- 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
- Tree shadeBetter than 73% of neighborhoods
Where Five Mile Creek, Dallas ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Household income$42,597 median, better than only 5% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Five Mile Creek, Dallas
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Five Mile Creek, Dallas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $42,597, 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 Five Mile Creek, Dallas' effective rate of 1.44%, 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 Five Mile Creek, Dallas
Five Mile Creek, 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 Five Mile Creek, Dallas.
Who works in Five Mile Creek, Dallas, and how
Work in Five Mile Creek, Dallas centers on hospitality & food and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Five Mile Creek, Dallas
Five Mile Creek, Dallas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Five Mile Creek, Dallas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Five Mile Creek, Dallas, month by month
Five Mile Creek, Dallas sees roughly 120 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 47° | 38° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 56° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 76° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 59° |
Flying in and out of Five Mile Creek, Dallas
Dallas Love Field sits about 10 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 Five Mile Creek, Dallas
Schools across Five Mile Creek, Dallas average a C+, better than 56% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Cedar Hill Collegiate PrepB · 47% proficient
- Mark Twain School For The Talented And GiftedC− · 25% proficient
- Barbara Jordan ElD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cedar Hill Collegiate AcademyB+ · 52% proficient
- D A Hulcy Steam MiddleC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Kathlyn Joy Gilliam Collegiate AcademyA− · 60% proficient
- Cedar Hill H SC− · 28% proficient
- Justin F Kimball H SD+ · 24% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Five Mile Creek, Dallas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Five Mile Creek, 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 Five Mile Creek, Dallas against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Five Mile Creek, Dallas
Is Five Mile Creek, Dallas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Five Mile Creek, Dallas ranks 5,111th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on short commutes, state finances, and low taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Five Mile Creek, Dallas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $325,000. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $42,597 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Five Mile Creek, Dallas safe?
Yes, Five Mile Creek, Dallas is safer than 64% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $461 per resident a year.
Compare Five Mile Creek, Dallas with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Five Mile Creek, Dallas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Five Mile Creek, 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.
Five Mile Creek, Dallas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Five Mile Creek, Dallas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Five Mile Creek, Dallas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Five Mile Creek, Dallas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Five Mile Creek, Dallas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Five Mile Creek, 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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