Dallas Neighborhood Guide

Dallas

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Welcome to Dallas

Big D. Ninth-largest city in the United States. Top of the heap in the country’s fourth-largest metropolitan area. Where America’s Team was born. Namesake of a wildly popular television drama that bequeathed the city its own theme song.

Don’t let Dallas’ iconic imagery mislead you into picturing the place as a homogenous patchwork of concrete and steel affixed atop the edge of the southern plains. Each of the city’s distinct neighborhoods has its own story to tell, and it’s our privilege to tell them all.

The Rebirth of Dallas

Wick Allison

Population

1,291,213

Median Owner-Occupied Home Value

$161,598

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Central Dallas, East Dallas, Far North Dallas, North Dallas, Northeast Dallas, Oak Cliff, Northwest Dallas, Park Cities, Southeast Dallas, Southwest Dallas, West Dallas

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Central Dallas

East Dallas

Far North Dallas

North Dallas

Northeast Dallas

Oak Cliff

Northwest Dallas

Park Cities

Southeast Dallas

Southwest Dallas

Regions of Dallas

What the Locals Say

The Cliches

Big. Big Hair. Big Cars. Big Egos. Country music lovin’, beer-swillin’, two-steppin’. J.R. Ewing and ruthless oil men. Ladies who lunch between Botox sessions. Cowboys and longhorns and buckin’ broncos.

The Reality

Country music has its fans here, and we do love a good craft brew or a night at the Round-Up, but Dallas today is better understood as a great American city striving to make itself even greater, a place so enamored of business innovation that the word “entrepreneur” is often spoken in tones of hushed reverence.

The Future

Dallas has grand plans. Always seems to have grand plans. The central dispute now is over transportation — whether more highway lanes through the central core are necessary to accommodate the new residents flooding into the metropolitan area. Will the city embrace greater density or subsidize suburban sprawl?

The Rebirth of Dallas

By Wick Allison

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How Neighborhoods Compare

Neighborhood	Population	Area (Square Miles)	Pop. Density (Per Sq. Mile)	Median Age	Age 18+	Household Income	Median Home Value	% Owner-Occupied	Avg. Commute in Minutes
Bent Tree	10,215	2.59	3944.0	47.8	86.2%	$79,127	$466,614	55.7%	23.0
Bluffview	4,617	1.43	3,228.7	38.9	75.0%	$64,001	$624,068	61.9%	22.0
Casa Linda	4,175	1.46	2859.6	46.3	80.8%	$85,488	$234,502	83.3%	29.0
Central Dallas	148,318	28.7	5,167.9	34.4	83.4%	$53,983	$247,887	25.5%	24.0
Deep Ellum - Expo Park	2,621	0.63	4,160.3	34.0	87.9%	$53,659	$275,131	6.3%	23.0
Design District	1,932	0.97	1,985.6	33.2	96.5%	$80,263	$248,000	2.0%	20.0
Devonshire	1,542	0.54	2,860.9	39.8	72.0%	$158,766	$858,317	83.1%	20.0
Downtown	13,041	2.87	4,543.9	34.6	92.2%	$72,224	$337,404	12.2%	24.0
East Dallas	144,008	29.80	4,832.5	35.8	74.3%	$55,783	$231,335	54.7%	29.0
Eastwood	809	0.26	3,111.5	49.1	81.7%	$92,912	$262,820	94.7%	30.0
Far North Dallas	165,719	24.50	6,764.0	35.3	78.6%	$51,317	$306,287	31.5%	25.0
Forest Hills	2,080	0.66	3,170.7	45.4	73.8%	$119,488	$396,184	92.3%	26.0
Greenway Parks	1,583	0.43	3,681.4	42.6	77.9%	$104,688	$712,517	57.8%	21.0
Highland Park	8,722	2.25	3,876.4	46.1	75.3%	$165,591	$1,000,001	82.4%	19.0
Hillside	1,139	0.32	3,593.1	41.8	79.4%	$76,172	$339,568	78.5%	24.0
Hollywood Heights - Santa Monica	2,067	0.34	6,097.3	37.1	74.7%	$98,079	$393,044	71.7%	26.0
Kiestwood	939	0.26	3,668.0	39.4	76.3%	$65,624	$140,680	86.2%	26.0
Lake Highlands	87,860	14.60	6,017.8	34.7	72.5%	$44,539	$266,181	39.7%	29.0
Lake Park Estates	641	0.17	3,815.5	48.2	81.4%	$95,833	$282,750	92.6%	29.0
Lakewood	15,513	4.88	3,178.9	40.1	75.2%	$87,462	$436,651	64.3%	27.0
Lakewood Heights	2,374	0.37	6,451.1	36.8	72.4%	$94,521	$408,067	65.3%	25.0
Little Forest Hills	1,823	0.39	4,650.5	42.7	79.2%	$79,422	$267,996	75.6%	28.0
Lochwood	4,998	1.23	4,063.4	43.1	78.9%	$64,010	$224,344	80.2%	31.0
Love Field	12,348	4.74	2,605.1	34.7	74.9%	$49,806	$162,874	52.5%	25.0
Lower Greenville	7,706	1.14	6,759.6	35.4	81.0%	$73,273	$347,451	46.5%	25.0
M Streets - Vickery Place	6,212	0.98	6,332.3	36.8	80.8%	$79,409	$368,998	55.0%	22.0
Medical District	3,843	1.42	2,706.3	31.7	85.0%	$44,085	$137,977	7.3%	23.0
Midway Hollow	6,292	1.26	4,993.7	39.7	76.8%	$71,669	$275,966	77.2%	24.0
Mount Auburn	5,871	0.54	10,852.1	29.9	68.3%	$32,751	$107,920	55.8%	28.0
North Dallas	53,101	16.80	3,160.8	45.9	79.2%	$82,970	$589,173	63.4%	23.0
North Oak Cliff	73,206	10.80	6,778.3	31.8	69.8%	$41,722	$125,510	50.5%	30.0
Northaven Park	2,956	1.05	2,815.2	47.2	76.2%	$120,210	$398,864	94.9%	23.0
Northeast Dallas	140,007	21.70	6,451.9	32.7	72.8%	$40,542	$259,708	28.4%	29.0
Northwest Dallas	92,727	28.90	3,208.5	32.5	71.1%	$44,918	$223,836	45.5%	26.0
Northwood Hills - Valley View	10,718	3.58	2,993.9	38.3	74.9%	$94,378	$422,051	65.9%	26.0
Oak Cliff	275,381	72.20	3,814.1	32.3	70.4%	$33,236	$93,983	51.2%	31.0
Oak Lawn	31,933	3.01	10,609.0	38.2	82.9%	$59,680	$307,773	38.1%	22.0
Old East Dallas	37,899	3.92	9,668.1	33.2	77.2%	$42,864	$288,801	20.3%	26.0
Old Lake Highlands	3,838	0.95	4,035.8	43.3	78.5%	$72,524	$269,270	70.0%	27.0
Park Cities	43,690	9.01	4,849.1	36.4	74.4%	$142,338	$1,000,001	73.4%	19.0
Pleasant Grove	58,753	11.30	5,199.4	28.6	66.0%	$37,988	$80,975	68.6%	35.0
Preston Highlands	1,468	0.35	4,242.8	46.2	79.3%	$115,296	$333,960	81.6%	24.0
Preston Hollow	15,536	6.11	2,542.7	50.4	80.0%	$120,858	$767,055	79.5%	21.0
Preston Trail	125	0.18	694.4	59.5	90.4%	$132,692	$594,079	76.2%	23.0
Prestonwood	13,678	2.62	5,220.6	44	78.6%	$84,745	$299,563	71.2%	26.0
Ridgewood Park	775	0.23	3,429.2	40.9	81.9%	$89,362	$306,140	84.7%	25.0
South Dallas/Fair Park	26,898	12	2241.5	36.2	74.4%	$23,647	$66,089	37.1%	34.0
Southeast Dallas	167,167	61.40	2,722.6	29.1	66.6%	$37,233	$85,233	60.6%	34.0
Southwest Dallas	62,203	37.60	1,654.3	28.8	68.3%	$46,683	$121,586	57.0%	30.0
The Peninsula	466	0.15	3,191.8	45.8	78.7%	$81,571	$284,848	81.9%	25.0
University Park	24,130	3.71	6,504.0	27.1	73.7%	$172,170	$1,000,001	75.9%	18.0
Uptown	20,627	1.55	13,307.7	33.3	95.9%	$88,044	$383,521	20.4%	21.0
West Dallas	29,381	16.00	1,836.3	28.2	65.2%	$31,804	$85,770	54.2%	28.0
Wilshire Heights	1,537	0.35	4,442.2	37.1	74.9%	$95,510	$399,896	83.0%	24.0
Casa View	36,853	11.2	3290.4	32.3	70.5%	$42,997	$111,251	55.7%	33.0
Glen Abbey	24	0.15		52.25	91.67%	$87,500	$750,000	35.71%	23.0
Beckley Club Estates

Real Estate Snapshot

% Owner-Occupied Housing

43.5%

Avg. Household Size

2.57

Number of Households

495,057

Dallas Neighborhoods

Sources: Demographic data pulled from Nielsen SiteReports and represents sampling based on most recent U.S. Census estimates. Crime data provided by local police departments. School STAAR exam passing rates from Texas Education Agency.