Southlake, Texas Town Square with brick shopping district at evening

Tarrant County

Living in Southlake, Texas

Fort Worth-side luxury with legendary schools.

Population

~32,000

Median home

$1.1M

Median income

$240K

Property tax

~1.9% effective

Primary ISD

Carroll ISD (top statewide)

Commute

25–35 min to downtown Dallas · 20 min to downtown Fort Worth

Southlake sits on the Fort Worth side of the metroplex and delivers what many consider the strongest school district in Texas: Carroll ISD. It's the western-side answer to Prosper — smaller, more established, and pricier per square foot.

Southlake is essentially built out. Inventory is limited, prices are among the highest in DFW, and the Southlake Town Square is a genuine walkable retail and dining destination.

Carroll ISD is small — just one high school (Carroll Senior HS) — and consistently ranks at the top of Texas academic and athletic conversations.

The city is closer to DFW International, Alliance Airport, and the Fort Worth corporate corridor than the Dallas-side northern suburbs.

Neighborhoods & communities

Timarron

Golf-course master-planned, established, family heavy.

Estates of Southlake

Custom luxury, gated, larger lots.

Carillon

European-inspired, custom homes, gated.

Clariden Ranch

Rural feel inside Southlake, equestrian friendly.

Southlake Town Square adjacent

Walkable to retail and dining.

Schools

Carroll ISD is single-high-school (Carroll Senior HS) and consistently ranked top-3 in Texas.
The district's small footprint means every home in Southlake feeds the same high school — no zoning research required.
Athletics (especially football) are a genuine identity marker of the community.

The pros

One of the strongest school districts in Texas
Southlake Town Square is legitimately walkable retail
Closer to DFW airport and Fort Worth-side employers
Established, cohesive community identity

The considerations

Highest median price points in DFW luxury suburbs
Limited inventory — competition is real
Longer commute to Dallas-side employers (Legacy, Uptown)
Housing stock skews late-1990s to 2000s custom

Who Southlake is right for

Executives at Fort Worth-side or DFW-airport corporate campuses
Legacy buyers with a $1M+ budget
Families locked in on Carroll ISD
Households valuing a cohesive small-city feel

A weekend in Southlake

Southlake weekends are Saturday morning at the Town Square, a Carroll Dragons game in the fall, dinner at Truluck's, and a Sunday drive out to Grapevine for wine. It's DFW's most concentrated luxury-suburban lifestyle.

Frequently asked

Southlake or Prosper?

Different sides of the metroplex, different lifestyles. Southlake is more established, closer to Fort Worth and DFW airport, and pricier per square foot. Prosper is newer, closer to Dallas-side employers, and generally more available inventory.

Is Carroll ISD really that different?

It's a small, high-performing, athletically dominant single-high-school district. The community identity around it is unusually strong. For families where school culture matters as much as academics, it's a genuine differentiator.