
Only 6 miles out of downtown, Dallas Love Field is the headquarters of Southwest Airlines.
This Northwest Dallas neighborhood takes its name from, and is home to, the city’s airport — which is both a blessing and a challenge to residents. In recent years some formerly troubled corners of the community have seen new investment as the value of real estate conveniently located near downtown, as Love Field is, has soared.
Only 6 miles out of downtown, Dallas Love Field is the headquarters of Southwest Airlines.
Nearby is the Inwood/Love Field DART station.
New investment has brought improvements to the neighborhood’s housing stock.
Escape the hustle of city life at Grauwyler Park.
The 2016 population of Love Field is estimated to be 12,348. That’s a change of +5.8% in the last five years. Over the next five years, the population is projected to change by +5.4%.
The number of households is 4,377, a change of +6.5% in the last five years. In the next five years, the number of households is projected to change +6.0%.
The average household size is 2.8.
The median household income is $49,806 and, of the entire population age 16 and over, 31.1% aren’t in the labor force. 17.0% of families live below the poverty line.
Among those employed, 19.8% are blue-collar workers, 55.7% are white-collar workers, and 24.4% are occupied as service industry or farm workers.
The average commute time for workers who live in this area is 25.0 minutes. The average number of vehicles per household is 1.7.
60.0% of Love Field homes are detached, single-family houses. The median owner-occupied home value is $162,874
52.5% of the homes are owner-occupied. The average length of residence among residents in owner-occupied homes is 18.1 years, while the average renter has been in the same home 6.9 years.
The median year the area’s housing units were built is 1966.
Love Field includes portions of these police beats: 513, 522, 523, 542
Throughout those beats during 2014, there were:
Aggravated Assaults (non-family violence) | 42 |
Aggravated Assaults (family violence) | 18 |
Business Burglaries | 75 |
Home Burglaries | 135 |
Motor-Vehicle Burglaries | 427 |
Auto Thefts | 195 |
Business Robberies | 12 |
Robberies of Individuals | 73 |
Shoplifting Incidents | 66 |
Other Thefts | 189 |
Murders | 1 |
Rapes | 9 |
Dallas ISD Edward H. Cary Middle School | 50 |
Dallas ISD K.B. Polk Elementary (Center for the Academically Talented) | 72 |
Dallas ISD Maple Lawn Elementary | 65 |
Dallas ISD North Dallas High School | 57 |
Dallas ISD Onesimo Hernandez Elementary | 47 |
Dallas ISD Sudie L. Williams Elementary | 73 |
Dallas ISD Thomas J. Rusk Middle School | 47 |
Dallas ISD Thomas Jefferson High School | 58 |