Lake Dallas is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 7,917 people and two associated neighborhoods, Lake Dallas is the 295th largest community in Texas.Lake Dallas is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Dallas is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Dallas who work in office and administrative support (16.15%), management occupations (12.06%), and sales jobs (10.09%). Also of interest is that Lake Dallas has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Lake Dallas telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.50% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Lake Dallas, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.13 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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 education level of Lake Dallas citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.26% of adults in Lake Dallas have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lake Dallas in 2022 was $37,694, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $150,776 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 36.64% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Dallas include German, Irish, English, Other Subsaharan African, and Italian. Lake Dallas also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.43%. The most common language spoken in Lake Dallas is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
