About Southlake

Southlake is a medium-sized town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 21,076 people and just one neighborhood, Southlake is the 118th largest community in Texas.

Southlake is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.73% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Southlake is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Southlake who work in management occupations (27.46%), sales jobs (14.37%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.92%).

Also of interest is that Southlake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Southlake is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Southlake is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Southlake really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Southlake perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Southlake, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.25 minutes every day commuting to work.

Southlake is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 97.7% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Southlake.

Southlake Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Southlake is a pretty powerful place. 58.71% of the adults in Southlake have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Southlake in 2000 was $47,472, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $189,888 for a family of four. However, Southlake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Southlake home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Southlake is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Southlake include German, English, Irish, Italian, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Southlake is English. Some people also speak Spanish.