Best PlacesNorthlake, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Northlake, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Northlake ranks 783rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Northlake
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.
Northlake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Northlake ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 97% of towns
Where Northlake ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Northlake
A household needs to earn about $136,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Northlake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $137,981, 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 Northlake'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 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 Northlake
Northlake 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 Northlake.
Who works in Northlake, and how
Work in Northlake centers on retail trade 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 82%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Northlake
Northlake has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Northlake and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Northlake, month by month
Northlake sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 36. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 46° | 36° |
| April | 77° | 66° | 55° |
| July | 98° | 87° | 77° |
| October | 81° | 69° | 58° |
Flying in and out of Northlake
Dallas-Fort Worth International sits about 17 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 Northlake
Schools across Northlake average an A−, better than 86% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hilltop ElA− · 58% proficient
- Wayne A Cox ElB+ · 54% proficient
- Roanoke ElB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Medlin MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- John M Tidwell MiddleA− · 56% proficient
- Ponder J HA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Argyle H SA+ · 82% proficient
- Byron Nelson H SA · 72% proficient
- Northwest H SA− · 63% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Northlake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Northlake 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 Northlake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Northlake
Is Northlake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Northlake ranks 783rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, population health, and few empty homes, and lowest on noise and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Northlake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $472,889. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $137,981 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Northlake safe?
Yes, Northlake is safer than 97% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $175 per resident a year.
Compare Northlake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Northlake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Northlake 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.
Northlake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Northlake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Northlake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Northlake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Northlake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Northlake 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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