Is Highland Village a good place to live?
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Its strongest subject is incomes: the median household earns $160K. Overall, Highland Village earns an A−: better than 80% of U.S. towns, and 37th of 640 in Texas. It is strong on health as well: it is healthier than 93% of U.S. towns. The trade-off is cost of living — the typical home is worth about $583K, 6.5 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Pilot Knoll Park, at 115 acres. The town’s midpoint rent is $2,429 a month, where Texas’ towns sit at $1,206 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. 30% of the land locally is conserved, above both Texas’ towns (1.9%) and U.S. towns (4.3%).
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · OpenStreetMap · USGS PAD-US.
What makes Highland Village stand out
Where Highland Village beats most towns.
7 miles of trails in Highland Village
29.8% of the town is conserved land, across 14 parks and preserves.
How Highland Village grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Highland Village is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 97% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 8%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Highland Village: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Highland Village, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Highland Village.
Highland Village has less food insecurity than most of Texas, fares better on crime within Texas than nationally and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns.
For cost of living, Highland Village earns a D
At 6.5 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $583K) costs more against local pay than in 92% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $8,390, against $4,232 across Texas, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Highland Village: 92% of households are owner-occupiers. A typical home locally is worth about $583,000, up 0.5% in a year, 97% above the Texas typical home. A home in Highland Village typically sold within 41 days of listing.
| Highland Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,429 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 92% | 69% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools in Highland Village beat 75% of Texas districts
Its public schools are run by Lewisville ISD. Of its 5 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. 4 public schools serve Highland Village, with 2,173 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briarhill MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 801 | A |
| McAuliffe ElTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 511 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Protected land: nearly a quarter of Highland Village
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #3 of 642 in Texas.
6.6 miles of trail wind through 14 parks and preserves. In Highland Village, the density of trails is 1.0 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wichita Forest Park | 1 mi | 25 |
| 2. Unity Park | 0.6 mi | 35 |
| 3. Pilot Knoll Park | 0.4 mi | 115 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For health, Highland Village earns an A
Its widest gap with Texas is food insecurity: 7% of its 12,032 adults worry about having enough food, against 19.3% statewide. Against the 2,186 U.S. towns with household incomes like Highland Village’s, it is healthier than 58%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Highland Village, 13% say their health is fair or poor. On the CDC’s 31 measures, Highland Village is ahead of Texas on 20 and behind on 3.
| Highland Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 30% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Highland Village | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 19.3% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7% | 19.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Highland Village has 0.6 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Jobs based here grew from 2,854 in 2013 to 4,875. 30.1% of workers work from home, against 14.4% across Texas.
The top destinations are Dallas (16%), Flower Mound (9%) and Irving (7%). For most workers, Highland Village is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. Employers in Highland Village added 2,021 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 4,875. In Highland Village, 30% of workers do their job from home.
| Highland Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 30% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Median household income | $160,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.8% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 8.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Highland Village is safer than seven in ten U.S. towns, by crime per resident
At 11.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 84% of Texas’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 7 reported in 2025, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
For Highland Village, the violent offense rate is 0.4 per 1,000 residents. The property crime rate locally is 6.8 per 1,000 residents.
| Highland Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 6.8 per 1,000 residents | 10.7 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
In Highland Village, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 95.8°, hotter than in 97% of U.S. towns; January nights average 34.6°.
Highland Village’s typical July afternoon high is 96°F. Snow almost never falls.
| Highland Village | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 96°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 37°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Highland Village, mostly tornadoes
Expected losses in Highland Village break down as 39% from tornadoes and 38% from inland flooding. Federal aid has come to Highland Village households in 4 declared disasters; the latest was in 2024. Since 1981, Highland Village has seen 14 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
AT&T Stadium and 77 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Highland Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life Field
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
23 mi Theme parkSix Flags Over Texas
15 mi Theme parkUniversal Kids ResortPhoto credits
AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0 · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Six Flags Over Texas: Chris Hagerman from New Port Richey, FL, US, CC BY 2.0 · Universal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0
.jpg){kind=link}
Everything we know about Highland Village
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Highland Village
About 4 of every 100 Highland Village residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
96% of working residents leave Highland Village for work
Where Highland Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Highland Village
Enclave city in Texas, United States
Highland Village is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States. It is a suburb of Dallas and Fort Worth, located on the south side of the far western branch of Lewisville Lake. As of the 2020 United States census the city's population was 15,899.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 6.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 554 ft
- Area code
- 972
Highland Village’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Highland Village.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Village | #37 | A− | D | B+ | A− | A |
| Lewisville | #194 | B− | D | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Copper Canyon | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Flower Mound | #22 | A− | D | A− | A− | A |
Copper Canyon has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Copper Canyon reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Highland Village with a neighbor →
Questions about Highland Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Highland Village, TX a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Highland Village grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #37 of 640 in Texas. It grades A for health, B+ for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.