Lake Dallas vs Northlake

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Dallas and Northlake: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Dallas and Northlake are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Dallas has the higher population (7,761 vs 7,138 in Northlake). Northlake has the higher median household income ($119,803 vs $74,241 in Lake Dallas). Northlake has the higher median home value ($482,700 vs $245,100 in Lake Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Dallas	Northlake
Population	7,761	7,138
Median age	40.1 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,241	$119,803
Median home value	$245,100	$482,700
Median gross rent	$1,507	$1,671
Housing units	3,147	2,483
Homeownership rate	71.3%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Dallas	Northlake
Population	8,016 → 7,761 (-3.2%)	2,726 → 7,138 (+161.8%)
Median household income	$64,073 → $74,241 (+15.9%)	$91,913 → $119,803 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$166,100 → $245,100 (+47.6%)	$428,700 → $482,700 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,507 (+33.0%)	$1,188 → $1,671 (+40.7%)

Lake Dallas

Population

8,0167,761

Median household income

$64,073$74,241

Median home value

$166,100$245,100

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,507

Northlake

Population

2,7267,138

Median household income

$91,913$119,803

Median home value

$428,700$482,700

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Dallas	Northlake
Under 5	5.3%	12.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	24.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.2%	20.7%
35 to 44	17.4%	17.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	6.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	4.0%
75 and over	4.1%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Dallas	Northlake
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	59.2%
Black or African American	7.6%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Dallas	Northlake
No high school diploma	19.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Dallas	Northlake
Drove alone	82.1%	75.4%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.5%	12.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Dallas	Northlake
1-unit, detached	63.8%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	13.3%
20 or more units	2.8%	28.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Dallas	Northlake
Poverty rate	2.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1999	2014