ALLEN
Location: 25 miles north of Dallas, off US. 75
Population: 17, 650
Square Miles: 28. 5
Median Income: $44, 314
Education: 5 elementary; 1 junior high: 1 high school
ADDISON
Location: Belt Line Road at the Dallas North Tollway
Population: 9, 150
Square Miles: 4. 5
Median Income: $55, 049
Education: students attend Dallas or Carrollton/Farmers Branch schools
ARLINGTON
Location: 15 miles west of Dallas and east of Fort Worth, just off I-30 and I-20
Population: 259, 300
Square Miles: 95, 78
Median Income: $40, 150
Education: 35 elmentary; 9 junior high; 4 high schools; 1 university (The University of Texas at Arlington)
BALCH SPRINGS
Location: on either side of I-635, just south and west of Mesquite
Population: 18, 000
Square Miles: 9
Median Income: not available
Education: either Mesquite ISD or Dallas ISD
CARROLLTON
Location: north of Farmers Branch, off I-35E
Population: 80, 100
Square Miles: 34
Median Income: $47, 758
Education: 18 elementary; 4 junior high; 1 intermediate; 2 high schools (Carrollton/Farmers Branch School
District)
CEDAR HILL
Locatione: 19 miles southwest of downtown, bordered by Dun-canville and DeSoto on the north and east and Joe
Pool Lake on the west
Population: I8, 850
Square Miles: 39
Median lncome: $43, 057
Education: 5 elementary: I middle school; 2 intermediate; 1 high school
COLLEYVILLE
Location: 5 miles due west of D/FW Airport and south ofSouthlake
Population: 12, 650
Square Miles: 12
Median Income: $39, 000
Education: 3 elementary; 1 middle school; 1 junior high; 1 high school (Grapevine/Colleyville ISD)
THE COLONY
Location: between Lewisville and Plano, north of Highway 121
Population: 19, 300
Square Miles: 12. 1
Median Income: $45, 800
Education: 5 elementary; 2 middle schools; 1 high school (Lewisville ISD)
COPPELL
Location: northwest Dallas County, north of I-635 and 5 miles west of I-35
Population: 16, 000
Square Miles: 12. 5
Median Income: $46, 678
Education: 3 elementary; 1 junior high; I intermediate; I high school
DESOTO
Location: 15 miles south of downtown Dallas, at the southwest corner of the I-35/I-20 junction, next to
Lancaster
Population: 31,400
Square Miles: 21. 5
Median Income: $43, 057
Education: 5 elementary; 2 junior high; 2 intermediate; 1 high school
DUNCANVILLE
Location: southwest Dallas County, between I-20 and U. S. 67
Population: 36, 950
Square Miles: 12
Median Income: $43, 057
Education: 7 elementary; 2 junior high; 2 intermediate; 1 high school at two campuses
FARMERS BRANCH
Location: just north of 1-635 on either side of I-35E
Population: 24, 200
Square Miles: 12. 5
Median Income: $43, 605
Education: (Farmers Branch and Carrollton share schools) 18 elementary; 4 junior high; 1 intermediate; 2 high
schools; 2 colleges (Brookhaven Community College. Dallas Christian College)
FLOWER MOUND
Location: north of Lake Grapevine, west of Lewisville and northwest of Dallas
Population: 16, 950
Square Miles: 35
Median Income: $55, 313
Education: 3 elementary; 1 junior high; 1 high school (Lewisville lSD)
FRISCO
Location: 5 miles north of intersection of Highway 121 and Preston Road, 10 miles north of Plano
Population: 6, 700
Square Miles: 69
Median Income: $34, 000
Education: 2 elementary: 1 middle school; 1 high school
GARLAND
Location: northwest of I-635 between I-30 and U. S. 75
Population: 183, 650
Square Miles: 57
Median Income: $35, 600
Education: 37 elementary; 11 junior high; 6 high schools
GRAND PRAIRIE
Location: on either side of I-30, between Loop 12 and Highway 160
Population: 101, 550
Square Miles: 64. 28
Median Income: $32, 707
Education: 19 elementary; 6 middle schools; 2 high schools (Arlington/Grand Prairie ISD)
GRAPEVINE
Location: just north of D/FW Airport
Population: 28, 800
Square Miles: 35. 75
Median Income: $46, 221
Education: 6 elementary; 1 junior high; 2 middle schools; 1 high school
HURST-EULESS-BEDFORD (HEB)
Location: three cities surrounding Highways 183 and 121, just southwest of D/FW Airport
Population: 121, 650
Square Miles: 36. 8
Median Income: $42, 277 (Hurst); $34, 565 (Euless); $41, 810 (Bedford): $39, 814 (HEB)
Education: 18 elementary; 5 junior high: 2 high schools(HEBISD); Tarrant County Junior College
IRVING
Location: west of I-35 off Highway 183
Population: 161, 650
Square Miles: 67. 7
Median Income: $35500
Education: 17 elementary; 6 junior high; 3 high schools; 2 colleges (University of Dallas, North Lake
Community College)
KELLER
Location: 17 miles north of Fort Worth between D/FW Airport and I-35W
Population: 13, 200
Square Miles: 18. 17
Median Income: $43, 715
Education: 5 elementary; 2 middle schools; 2 intermediate; 1 high school
LANCASTER
Location: 12 miles south of downtown Dallas, bordered by I-35 to the west. I-20 to the north, and Wilmer
Hutchins to the east.
Population: 22, 150
Square Miles: 29. 25
Median Income: $43, 057
Education: 5 elementary; 1 junior high; 1 intermediate; 1 high school: 1 community college (Cedar Valley
Community College)
LAS COLINAS
Location: east of D/FW airport, bordered by I-635 to the north and Highway 183 to the south
Population: 25, 000
Square Miles: 26
Median Income: $44, 000
Education: Farmers Branch, Carrollton, or Irving schools
LEWISVILLE
Location: off I-35E just north of Coppell
Population: 46, 800
Square Miles: 36
Median Income: $45, 814
Education: 16 elementary; 7 junior high: 3 high schools
MCKINNEY
Location: off U. S. 75 at Highway 121
Population: 22, 850
Square Miles: 43. 9
Median Income: not available
Education: 6 elementary; 1 junior high; 2 middle schools; 1 high school; 1 college (Collin County Community
College)
MESQUITE
Location: off I-30 at I-635
Population: 104, 600
Square Miles: 42 Median
Income: $38, 953
Education: 25 elementary; 6 middle schools; 4 high schools; 1 community college (Eastfield Community
College)
PLANO
Location: U. S. 75, due north of Richardson
Population: 131, 850
Square Miles: 71. 4
Median Income: $56, 947
Education: 24 elementary; 8 middle schools; 4 high schools; 2 senior high schools: 1 college (Collin County
Community College)
RICHARDSON
Location: U. S. 75, due north of Dallas
Population: 75, 650
Square Miles: 28. 2
Median Income: $55, 956
Education: 36 elementary; 9 junior high; 4 high schools; 2 colleges (The University of Texas at Dallas,
Richland Community College)
ROCKWALL
Location: north of I-30E on Lake Ray Hubbard
Population: 10, 750
Square Miles: 14
Median Income: $24, 750
Education: 4 elementary; 2 junior high; 1 high school
ROWLETT
Location: north of I-30E on Lake Kay Hubbard
Population: 21, 750
Square Miles: 18. 5
Median Income: $56, 144
Education: 4 elementary; 1 junior high; 1 high school(Garland School District)
SOUTHLAKE
Location: north of Highway 114, midway between Dallas and Fort Worth
Population: 6, 650
Square Miles: 23
Median Income: $75, 000
Education: 2 elementary; 1 middle school: 1 high school
TROPHY CLUB
Location: north of Southlake off Highway 114 on Lake Grapevine
Population: 4, 450
Square Miles: 4. 4
Median Income: $75, 000
Education: North West Independent School District
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