Lake Dallas vs Paloma Creek South

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

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

Paloma Creek South has the higher population (8,797 vs 7,761 in Lake Dallas). Paloma Creek South has the higher median household income ($137,585 vs $74,241 in Lake Dallas). Paloma Creek South has the higher median home value ($342,800 vs $245,100 in Lake Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Dallas	Paloma Creek South
Population	7,761	8,797
Median age	40.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,241	$137,585
Median home value	$245,100	$342,800
Median gross rent	$1,507	$2,366
Housing units	3,147	2,944
Homeownership rate	71.3%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	46.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Dallas	Paloma Creek South
Population	8,016 → 7,761 (-3.2%)	7,986 → 8,797 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$64,073 → $74,241 (+15.9%)	$113,117 → $137,585 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$166,100 → $245,100 (+47.6%)	$246,100 → $342,800 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,507 (+33.0%)	$1,833 → $2,366 (+29.1%)

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

Paloma Creek South

Population

7,9868,797

Median household income

$113,117$137,585

Median home value

$246,100$342,800

Median gross rent

$1,833$2,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Dallas	Paloma Creek South
Under 5	5.3%	9.5%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	18.3%
35 to 44	17.4%	19.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.7%	5.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.0%
75 and over	4.1%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Dallas	Paloma Creek South
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	35.0%
Black or African American	7.6%	37.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Dallas	Paloma Creek South
No high school diploma	19.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	24.0%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Dallas	Paloma Creek South
Drove alone	82.1%	59.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	29.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Dallas	Paloma Creek South
1-unit, detached	63.8%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Dallas	Paloma Creek South
Poverty rate	2.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.63	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1999	2011