Best PlacesLove Field Area, Dallas, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Love Field Area, 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.
Love Field Area, Dallas ranks 4,156th 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 Love Field Area, 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.
Love Field Area, Dallas' strengths and weaknesses
Where Love Field Area, Dallas ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$883 a month, better than 78% of neighborhoods
- Short commute21.2 minutes each way, better than 72% of neighborhoods
Where Love Field Area, Dallas ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 24% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Love Field Area, Dallas
A household needs to earn about $114,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Love Field Area, Dallas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $57,745, 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 Love Field Area, Dallas' effective rate of 1.39%, 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 Love Field Area, Dallas
Love Field Area, Dallas runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Love Field Area, Dallas.
Who works in Love Field Area, Dallas, and how
Work in Love Field Area, Dallas centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Love Field Area, Dallas
Love Field Area, Dallas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 84% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 88% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Love Field Area, Dallas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Love Field Area, Dallas, month by month
Love Field Area, Dallas sees roughly 117 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 Love Field Area, Dallas
Dallas Love Field sits about 1 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 Love Field Area, Dallas
Schools across Love Field Area, Dallas average a C, better than 30% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Obadiah Knight ElB− · 42% proficient
- Stephen C Foster ElC · 31% proficient
- Julian T Saldivar ElC · 31% proficient
Top middle schools
- D A Hulcy Steam MiddleC− · 31% proficient
- Francisco Pancho Medrano J HC− · 28% proficient
- Thomas J Rusk MiddleD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- North Dallas H SC · 31% proficient
- Thomas Jefferson H SC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Love Field Area, Dallas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Love Field Area, 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 Love Field Area, Dallas against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Love Field Area, Dallas
Is Love Field Area, Dallas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Love Field Area, Dallas ranks 4,156th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state finances, low taxes, and a strong job market, 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 Love Field Area, Dallas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $402,440. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $57,745 median income, cost of living beats 24% of neighborhoods.
Is Love Field Area, Dallas safe?
Yes, Love Field Area, Dallas is safer than 67% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $432 per resident a year.
Compare Love Field Area, Dallas with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Love Field Area, Dallas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Love Field Area, 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.
Love Field Area, Dallas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Love Field Area, Dallas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Love Field Area, Dallas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Love Field Area, Dallas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Love Field Area, Dallas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Love Field Area, 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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