
This East Dallas neighborhood features reasonably priced homes — it’s not impossible to buy for under $200,000 — with ready access to White Rock Lake. Recent efforts from the newly formed Greater Casa View Alliance are working to expand and enhance both the area’s residential and commercial development.
That it’s the norm to know their neighbors in this friendly community with quick access to White Rock Lake and its environs.
The neighborhood’s Dallas ISD schools have a ways to improve before garnering the approval and loyalty of most residents.
Casa View has one of the largest selections in the U.S. of midcentury modern homes designed by architect Cliff May.
Affordable homes for under $200,000 can still be found in this corner of East Dallas.
Cotillion Park is situated near Dallas Athletic Club, near the neighborhood’s eastern edge.
Casa View Park can be found near Casa View Elementary.
The housing stock across the neighborhood varies widely, including some impressively sprawling homes.
The 2016 population of Casa View is estimated to be 36,853. That’s a change of +6.1% in the last five years. Over the next five years, the population is projected to change by +5.7%.
The number of households is 12,320, a change of +5.4% in the last five years. In the next five years, the number of households is projected to change +5.5%.
The average household size is 2.97.
The median household income is $42,997 and, of the entire population age 16 and over, 32.1% aren’t in the labor force. 19.8% of families live below the poverty line.
Among those employed, 29.3% are blue-collar workers, 39.8% are white-collar workers, and 30.9% are occupied as service industry or farm workers.
The average commute time for workers who live in this area is 33.0 minutes. The average number of vehicles per household is 1.70.
67.4% of Casa View homes are detached, single-family houses. The median owner-occupied home value is $111,251
55.7% of the homes are owner-occupied. The average length of residence among residents in owner-occupied homes is 18.5 years, while the average renter has been in the same home 7.0 years.
The median year the area’s housing units were built is 1963.
Casa View includes portions of these police beats: 225 ,226, 227, 228, 232, 233, 235
Throughout those beats during 2014, there were:
Aggravated Assaults (non-family violence) | 58 |
Aggravated Assaults (family violence) | 52 |
Business Burglaries | 139 |
Home Burglaries | 363 |
Motor-Vehicle Burglaries | 541 |
Auto Thefts | 119 |
Business Robberies | 15 |
Robberies of Individuals | 112 |
Shoplifting Incidents | 84 |
Other Thefts | 275 |
Murders | 3 |
Rapes | 26 |
Dallas ISD Bryan Adams High School | 71 |
Dallas ISD Casa View Elementary | 79 |
Dallas ISD Charles A. Gill Elementary | 77 |
Dallas ISD Edwin J. Kiest Elementary | 70 |
Dallas ISD Larry G. Smith Elementary | 75 |
Dallas ISD Reinhardt Elementary | 75 |
Dallas ISD Robert T. Hill Middle School | 61 |
Dallas ISD W.H. Gaston Middle School | 65 |