Lake Dallas vs Roanoke

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

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

Roanoke has the higher population (9,947 vs 7,761 in Lake Dallas). Roanoke has the higher median household income ($100,986 vs $74,241 in Lake Dallas). Roanoke has the higher median home value ($454,500 vs $245,100 in Lake Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Dallas	Roanoke
Population	7,761	9,947
Median age	40.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,241	$100,986
Median home value	$245,100	$454,500
Median gross rent	$1,507	$1,814
Housing units	3,147	4,287
Homeownership rate	71.3%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Dallas	Roanoke
Population	8,016 → 7,761 (-3.2%)	8,341 → 9,947 (+19.3%)
Median household income	$64,073 → $74,241 (+15.9%)	$97,833 → $100,986 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$166,100 → $245,100 (+47.6%)	$324,900 → $454,500 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,507 (+33.0%)	$1,288 → $1,814 (+40.8%)

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

Roanoke

Population

8,3419,947

Median household income

$97,833$100,986

Median home value

$324,900$454,500

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Dallas	Roanoke
Under 5	5.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	17.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	18.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	4.0%
75 and over	4.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Dallas	Roanoke
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	59.0%
Black or African American	7.6%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.3%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	21.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Dallas	Roanoke
No high school diploma	19.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	24.0%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Dallas	Roanoke
Drove alone	82.1%	72.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	19.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Dallas	Roanoke
1-unit, detached	63.8%	50.8%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	14.6%
20 or more units	2.8%	22.2%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Dallas	Roanoke
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1999	2007