
It’s no secret that the public schools are the prime attraction for families moving to the neighborhood. Living within the LBJ Freeway loop but not having to send your children to the weaker Dallas ISD campuses has advantages.
Constituting most of Northeast Dallas, the sprawling Lake Highlands neighborhood is a collection of dozens of subdivisions bound together by their support for Richardson ISD schools. There’s a perfect corner for nearly anyone interested in comfortable, relatively affordable family living with quick access to big city amenities, plus abundant parkland and trails leading to nearby White Rock Lake.
It’s no secret that the public schools are the prime attraction for families moving to the neighborhood. Living within the LBJ Freeway loop but not having to send your children to the weaker Dallas ISD campuses has advantages.
Having first been announced in 2007, and after the city has already sunk millions in infrastructure in support of it, the Lake Highlands Town Center at the intersection of Skillman Street and Walnut Hill Lane still hasn’t come close to living up to the promise of the renderings on which it was publicly sold.
The primary tension in the neighborhood has long been between multifamily developments — including some that too-long neglected by out-of-town ownership — and single-family homeowners. In recent years, some of these complexes have been razed.
Trees are abundant and mature.
Many neighborhood homes were built in the late 1950s.
Moss Farm Estates, developed in the ’70s, offers updated amenities and generous square footage.
Lake Highlands feels somehow familiar and comfortable in a time-tested, organic, welcoming way.
The school is the neighborhood, and the neighborhood is the school.
The neighborhood boasts a family-friendly atmosphere throughout.
New houses are rapidly replacing old ones. However, these new additions are often modern and unique.
The 2016 population of Lake Highlands is estimated to be 87,860. That’s a change of +4.6% in the last five years. Over the next five years, the population is projected to change by +4.8%.
The number of households is 36,682, a change of +4.2% in the last five years. In the next five years, the number of households is projected to change +4.8%.
The average household size is 2.38.
The median household income is $44,539 and, of the entire population age 16 and over, 32.7% aren’t in the labor force. 18.0% of families live below the poverty line.
Among those employed, 19.9% are blue-collar workers, 61.6% are white-collar workers, and 18.5% are occupied as service industry or farm workers.
The average commute time for workers who live in this area is 29.0 minutes. The average number of vehicles per household is 1.4.
31.8% of Lake Highlands homes are detached, single-family houses. The median owner-occupied home value is $266,181
39.7% of the homes are owner-occupied. The average length of residence among residents in owner-occupied homes is 16.6 years, while the average renter has been in the same home 6.7 years.
The median year the area’s housing units were built is 1977.
Lake Highlands includes portions of these police beats: 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258
Throughout those beats during 2014, there were:
Aggravated Assaults (non-family violence) | 156 |
Aggravated Assaults (family violence) | 110 |
Business Burglaries | 155 |
Home Burglaries | 646 |
Motor-Vehicle Burglaries | 808 |
Auto Thefts | 365 |
Business Robberies | 54 |
Robberies of Individuals | 302 |
Shoplifting Incidents | 429 |
Other Thefts | 511 |
Murders | 9 |
Rapes | 44 |
Richardson ISD Aikin Elementary | 68 |
Richardson ISD Audelia Creek Elementary | 63 |
Richardson ISD Forest Meadow Junior High School | 72 |
Richardson ISD Forestridge Elementary | 71 |
Dallas ISD Highland Meadows Elementary | 64 |
Richardson ISD L.V. Berkner High School | 75 |
Richardson ISD Lake Highlands Elementary | 81 |
Richardson ISD Lake Highlands Freshman Center | 79 |
Richardson ISD Lake Highlands High School | 73 |
Richardson ISD Lake Highlands Junior High School | 82 |
Richardson ISD Liberty Junior High School | 79 |
Richardson ISD Merriman Park Elementary | 78 |
Richardson ISD Moss Haven Elementary | 90 |
Richardson ISD Northlake Elementary | 65 |
Richardson ISD Skyview Elementary | 64 |
Richardson ISD Stults Road Elementary | 71 |
Richardson ISD Thurgood Thomas C. Marshall Elementary | 56 |
Richardson ISD Wallace Elementary | 80 |
Richardson ISD White Rock Elementary | 93 |