Best PlacesLake Dallas, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake 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.
Lake Dallas ranks 21,542nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lake 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.
Lake Dallas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Dallas ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 87% of towns
Where Lake Dallas ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Dallas
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Dallas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $74,876; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Lake Dallas' effective rate of 1.58%, 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 Lake Dallas
Lake Dallas runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lake Dallas.
Who works in Lake Dallas, and how
Work in Lake Dallas centers on retail trade and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Lake Dallas
Lake Dallas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 71% of towns and more parkland per resident than 98% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Lake Dallas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lake Dallas, month by month
Lake Dallas sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 57, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57° | 44° | 33° |
| April | 77° | 64° | 53° |
| July | 97° | 86° | 75° |
| October | 81° | 67° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Lake Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 16 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 Lake Dallas
Schools across Lake Dallas average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Shady Shores ElC− · 29% proficient
- Oak Point ElC− · 28% proficient
- Lake Dallas ElC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- Jerry R Walker MiddleB− · 41% proficient
- Lake Dallas MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Delay MiddleD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Lake Dallas H SB · 49% proficient
- Little Elm H SB− · 45% proficient
- Lewisville H SC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Dallas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake 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 Lake Dallas against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Dallas
Is Lake Dallas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Dallas ranks 21,542nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and low taxes, and lowest on thin health care access and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Dallas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $270,812. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $74,876 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Lake Dallas safe?
Lake Dallas is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $374 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Dallas with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Dallas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake 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.
Lake Dallas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Dallas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Dallas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Dallas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Dallas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.