Best PlacesWest End Historic District, Dallas, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around West End Historic District, 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.
West End Historic District, Dallas ranks 1,063rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on walkability by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in West End Historic District, 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.
West End Historic District, Dallas' strengths and weaknesses
Where West End Historic District, Dallas ranks high
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
Where West End Historic District, Dallas ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in West End Historic District, Dallas
A household needs to earn about $319,000 a year to comfortably buy the median West End Historic District, Dallas home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,480, 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 West End Historic District, Dallas' effective rate of 1.67%, 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 West End Historic District, Dallas
West End Historic District, Dallas runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for West End Historic District, Dallas.
Who works in West End Historic District, Dallas, and how
Work in West End Historic District, Dallas centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 47%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in West End Historic District, Dallas
West End Historic District, Dallas has more restaurants and bars per resident than 98% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 94% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of West End Historic District, Dallas and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in West End Historic District, Dallas, month by month
West End Historic District, 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 West End Historic District, Dallas
Dallas Love Field sits about 5 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 West End Historic District, Dallas
Schools across West End Historic District, Dallas average a C−, better than 28% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Personalized Learning Preparatory At Sam HoustonC+ · 38% proficient
- Dr Martin Luther King Jr Arts AcademyC− · 30% proficient
- Esperanza Medrano ElD+ · 24% proficient
Top middle schools
- D A Hulcy Steam MiddleC− · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Dr Wright L Lassiter Jr Early College H SA+ · 88% proficient
- North Dallas H SC · 31% proficient
- James Madison H SD− · 15% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every West End Historic District, Dallas school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
West End Historic District, 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 West End Historic District, Dallas against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in West End Historic District, Dallas
Is West End Historic District, Dallas a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, West End Historic District, Dallas ranks 1,063rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on walkability, transit, and a strong job market, 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 West End Historic District, Dallas expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,092,003. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $104,480 median income, cost of living beats 81% of neighborhoods.
Is West End Historic District, Dallas safe?
West End Historic District, Dallas is safer than 27% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $716 per resident a year.
Compare West End Historic District, Dallas with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to West End Historic District, Dallas. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in West End Historic District, 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.
West End Historic District, Dallas detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for West End Historic District, Dallas: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in West End Historic District, Dallas: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of West End Historic District, Dallas: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in West End Historic District, Dallas: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
West End Historic District, 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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