
The neighborhood’s location, which provides easy access to much of the rest of Dallas.
This neighborhood, composed of several residential developments that banded together in the late 1970s, retains the calm of its former life as a pecan orchard. It offers long-time residents and young families a quiet yet close-knit community.
The neighborhood’s location, which provides easy access to much of the rest of Dallas.
The narrow alleys make it difficult for garbage trucks to get by without making ruts in the dirt that in turn become muddy messes.
Residents are proud of the “old-time” community feel of the neighborhood.
Merriman Park/University Manor residents boast of the neighborhood’s keen sense of community and of how it’s a great place to raise families.
It sits within the forested upland of White Rock Lake.
Keller’s, nearby along Northwest Highway, has served neighborhood residents for decades.
The 2016 population of Merriman Park - University Manor is estimated to be 2,275. That’s a change of +0.4% in the last five years. Over the next five years, the population is projected to change by +2.5%.
The number of households is 1,119, a change of +0.7% in the last five years. In the next five years, the number of households is projected to change +2.7%.
The average household size is 2.03.
The median household income is $61,537 and, of the entire population age 16 and over, 34.7% aren’t in the labor force. 15.4% of families live below the poverty line.
Among those employed, 8.6% are blue-collar workers, 76.7% are white-collar workers, and 14.7% are occupied as service industry or farm workers.
The average commute time for workers who live in this area is 30.0 minutes. The average number of vehicles per household is 1.5.
42.6% of Merriman Park - University Manor homes are detached, single-family houses. The median owner-occupied home value is $269,951
54.7% of the homes are owner-occupied. The average length of residence among residents in owner-occupied homes is 16.2 years, while the average renter has been in the same home 6.8 years.
The median year the area’s housing units were built is 1970.
Merriman Park - University Manor includes portions of these policebeats: 215, 247
Throughout thosebeats during 2014, there were:
Aggravated Assaults (non-family violence) | 11 |
Aggravated Assaults (family violence) | 9 |
Business Burglaries | 20 |
Home Burglaries | 50 |
Motor-Vehicle Burglaries | 87 |
Auto Thefts | 25 |
Business Robberies | 4 |
Robberies of Individuals | 21 |
Shoplifting Incidents | 213 |
Other Thefts | 75 |
Murders | 0 |
Rapes | 2 |
Dallas ISD Emmett Conrad High School | 56 |
Dallas ISD L.L. Hotchkiss Elementary | 55 |
Dallas ISD Sam Tasby Middle School | 51 |