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About Cedar Hill
City in Texas, United StatesCedar Hill is a city in Dallas and Ellis counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located approximately 16 miles (26 km) southwest of downtown Dallas and is situated along the eastern shore of Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park. Per the 2020 United States census, the population was 49,148. Cedar Hill is a suburb of the city of Dallas and is part of the Best Southwest area, which includes the nearby cities of DeSoto, Duncanville, and Lancaster. Early in its history, Cedar Hill lay along a branch of the Chisholm Trail and served as the temporary county seat of Dallas County. In 1856, a tornado swept through the town, killing nine people and destroying most of its buildings. The seat of…
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Housing in Cedar Hill
The typical Cedar Hill home is worth about $313,000, down 1.1% in a year, close to the Texas typical home.
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Safety in Cedar Hill
Safety Grade C+
Cedar Hill reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 63% report less.
Schools in Cedar Hill
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The public schools Cedar Hill’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 71% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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