Best PlacesGrand Prairie, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grand Prairie, 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.
Grand Prairie ranks 267th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It does not top any single list, but it lands above the national middle on a strong job market and low taxes. The weaker spots are civic engagement, biking, and property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Grand Prairie
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.
The best areas in Grand Prairie
The parts of Grand Prairie, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the city.
Southeast Arlington
Local pay stretches further, more adults hold degrees, and incomes run higher.
North Westchester Meadows
More households have young kids and it is quieter.
North Arlington
Prices have run up more and crime runs higher.
Indian Hills
Fewer residents vote and health care is harder to reach.
East Arlington
Schools score lower.
Southwest Dallas
Homes cost less, though health outcomes score lower.
Bear Creek
Grand Prairie shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 4% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Grand Prairie's strengths and weaknesses
Grand Prairie lands in the middle because its strengths and weaknesses roughly balance. A strong job market, low taxes, and state finances are the strongest pieces, though none of them is exceptional.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Civic engagement, biking, and property taxes hold the score down. The detail is below, and the map is where it turns into a choice of neighborhood rather than just a place.
Where Grand Prairie ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 85% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 84% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 84% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 74% of cities
Where Grand Prairie ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of cities
- BikingBetter than only 10% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than only 12% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Grand Prairie
A household needs to earn about $81,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grand Prairie home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,845, 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 Grand Prairie's effective rate of 1.55%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie.
Who works in Grand Prairie, and how
Work in Grand Prairie centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Grand Prairie
Grand Prairie has more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Grand Prairie and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Grand Prairie, month by month
Grand Prairie sees roughly 138 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 47° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 66° | 57° |
| July | 96° | 86° | 77° |
| October | 80° | 69° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Grand Prairie
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 14 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 41.3 million passengers in 2025, with 289 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Grand Prairie
Schools across Grand Prairie average a C, better than 31% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- School For The Highly GiftedA+ · 93% proficient
- Anna May Daulton ElA · 66% proficient
- Cora Spencer ElA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Walnut Grove MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Mary Lillard I SA− · 57% proficient
- Cedar Hill Collegiate AcademyB+ · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Tccse Early College H S At TimberviewA+ · 85% proficient
- Trinidad Garza Early College At Mt ViewA+ · 83% proficient
- Grand Prairie Collegiate InstituteA · 76% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grand Prairie school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grand Prairie 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 Grand Prairie against the other 444 cities.
Who Grand Prairie suits
Families
Schools land around the 31st percentile and crime safety beats 56%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 13% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Grand Prairie
Is Grand Prairie a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grand Prairie ranks 267th of 445 cities. It scores highest on a strong job market, low taxes, and state finances, and lowest on civic engagement and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grand Prairie expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $282,755. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $88,845 median income, cost of living beats 67% of cities.
Is Grand Prairie safe?
Yes, Grand Prairie is safer than 56% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $442 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Grand Prairie?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 39. That works out to about 138 pleasant days a year, more than 68% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Grand Prairie?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Southeast Arlington, North Westchester Meadows, and North Arlington. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Grand Prairie good for families?
Schools beat 31% of cities, crime safety beats 56%, and childcare runs $891 a month.
Is Grand Prairie good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 67% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 61% of cities. About 13% of workers already work from home.
Compare Grand Prairie with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grand Prairie. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grand Prairie 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.
Grand Prairie detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grand Prairie: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grand Prairie: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grand Prairie: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grand Prairie: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grand Prairie 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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