Southlake, TX
About 30 minutes from downtown Dallas, on the shores of Grapevine Lake, the town of Southlake, TX is one of the most affluent and desirable communities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area. Southlake is proud of its booming small business community and nature preserves, and is considered one of the safest places to live in the country.
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Brief history
The Southlake area was settled as a farming community in the 1840s, but was not officially incorporated until 1956, four years after the construction of Grapevine Lake. After the opening of DFW Regional Airport in 1974, Southlake experienced a major population boom throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. In 2008, the U.S. Census Bureau鈥檚 American Community Survey named Southlake America鈥檚 鈥淩ichest City.鈥
Real estate snapshot
Homes in Southlake are some of the most desirable in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Median home prices in Southlake are much higher than homes in other nearby Dallas-Fort Worth suburbs and have appreciated much more over the past year.
Demographics
People who live in Southlake are some of the most affluent in Texas, with a median household income that鈥檚 roughly four times higher than the state average.
Quality of schools
Homes in Southlake are mostly served by the highly-rated Carroll Independent School District, but some parts of the town are located in the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District.
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