One downside of living in Lake Dallas, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.46 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Lake Dallas does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Lake Dallas is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.02% of adults 25 and older in the city 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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Lake Dallas's cultural character, accounting for 17.17% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Lake Dallas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
