One downside of living in Lake Dallas is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lake Dallas, the average commute to work is 30.46 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Lake Dallas doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Lake Dallas who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.02% of adults in Lake Dallas have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Lake Dallas in 2022 was $34,390, which is upper middle income relative to Texas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $137,560 for a family of four. However, Lake Dallas contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lake Dallas is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Dallas home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Dallas residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lake Dallas also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 35.46% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Dallas include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scottish.
In addition, Lake Dallas has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.17%).
The most common language spoken in Lake Dallas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
