Comprising the area east of U.S. Highway 75 and north of Northwest Highway, Northeast Dallas is dominated by the family-friendly Lake Highlands neighborhood (with its well-regarded Richardson ISD schools). But on the west side of White Rock Creek, you’ll find both the Village (a huge apartment community originally conceived as the center of the city’s singles life) and Vickery Meadow, an ethnically diverse neighborhood known for housing immigrants and refugees.
The 2023 population of Northeast Dallas is estimated to be 3,384.
48.5% of residents are male, 51.5% are female. The median age is 43.5.
83.1% of the Northeast Dallas population are White, 2.3% are Black, 7.4% are Asian, and 1.2% identify as some other race. 7.2% are of Hispanic heritage.
Among adult residents, 25.7% have earned a master's degree, 8.2% have a professional school degree, 2.4% have a doctorate, and 36.8% have a bachelor’s degree.
The number of households is 1217. The average household size is 2.78.
The median household income is $179,271.
97% of residents are employed and 2% are unemployed. 706 are not in the labor force.
The average commute time for workers who live in this area is 29 minutes.
95.2% of Northeast Dallas homes are detached, single-family houses. The median owner-occupied home value is $631,200
95% of the homes are owner-occupied. The average length of residence among residents in owner-occupied homes is 11.5 years.
The median year the area’s housing units were built is 1965.
Northeast Dallas includes portions of these police sectors: 210, 230, 240, 250
Throughout those sectors from 2017 to 2023, there were:
| Aggravated Assaults (non-family violence) | 6 |
| Aggravated Assaults (family violence) | 2 |
| Business Burglaries | 24 |
| Home Burglaries | 24 |
| Motor-Vehicle Burglaries | 96 |
| Auto Thefts | 20 |
| Business Robberies | 7 |
| Robberies of Individuals | 8 |
| Shoplifting Incidents | 37 |
| Murders | 0 |
