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Highland Park is a big small town of 8,773 people in Dallas County, Texas. It's about 3 miles from Dallas, TX. Summer highs average 97°F and winter highs 58°F, with about 2 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $2k a month.
8,773people
$2.0MTypical home
$1,940/moRent
97° / 58°Summer / winter
2"Snow
269Sunny days
83Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,773
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,911 people per sq mi
- 3 mi to Dallas, TX
- 3 mi to Dallas, TX
- 1 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $1,940/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 97°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 68°F)
- 269 sunny days a year (134 totally clear)
- 96 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 83 days a year with rain or snow
- 2" of snow a year
- Snow days are rare
- 22 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (111 per 100k)
- Above-average property crime (2,453 per 100k)
People
- Median age 45
- 36% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 85% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 3 mi to DAL airport
- 3 mi to DAL (major hub)
- 4 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 532 ft
- 237 mi to the ocean
- 65 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 106 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4,108 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 291 bars within 25 mi
- 1,558 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 30 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 51 museums within 25 mi
- 31 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 32% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Dallas County: D+22 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk