Lake Dallas vs Savannah

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

Lake Dallas and Savannah 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 6,877 in Savannah). Savannah has the higher median household income ($131,397 vs $74,241 in Lake Dallas). Savannah has the higher median home value ($368,200 vs $245,100 in Lake Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Dallas	Savannah
Population	7,761	6,877
Median age	40.1 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,241	$131,397
Median home value	$245,100	$368,200
Median gross rent	$1,507	$1,875
Housing units	3,147	2,364
Homeownership rate	71.3%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Dallas	Savannah
Population	8,016 → 7,761 (-3.2%)	5,953 → 6,877 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$64,073 → $74,241 (+15.9%)	$103,006 → $131,397 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$166,100 → $245,100 (+47.6%)	$238,700 → $368,200 (+54.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,133 → $1,507 (+33.0%)	$1,733 → $1,875 (+8.2%)

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

Savannah

Population

5,9536,877

Median household income

$103,006$131,397

Median home value

$238,700$368,200

Median gross rent

$1,733$1,875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Dallas	Savannah
Under 5	5.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	26.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	17.4%	18.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	7.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.2%
75 and over	4.1%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Dallas	Savannah
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	59.5%
Black or African American	7.6%	21.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.6%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Dallas	Savannah
No high school diploma	19.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Dallas	Savannah
Drove alone	82.1%	61.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	24.9%
Other means	0.4%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Dallas	Savannah
1-unit, detached	63.8%	97.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Dallas	Savannah
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	28	42
Median year structure built	1999	2008