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City of Southlake - Fast Facts
Demograhics
March 1, 2014 population est. of 27,425
Projected build-out of 34,118 *City of Southlake
Population by age:
Under 10 years old 14.37%
20-64 years old 57.51%
65 years and older 6.64% *Texas Site Search
2013 average people per household 3.22 *US Census
2013 median household income of $174,179 *Texas Site Search
2013 average home sales price of $643,334 *Hexter-Fair
68% of residents 25 years and older have a bachelor’s degree or higher *Texas Site Search
Top 10 Employers
Sabre Holdings - 3,000
Carroll ISD - 1,123
Verizon Wireless - 637
Gateway Church - 570
Keller Williams - 487
Central Market - 360
City of Southlake - 337
Hilton Southlake - 245
Costco - 200
Forest Park Medical Center - 200
*City of Southlake
Financial Status
City Bond Ratings - “AAA” from Standard and Poor’s Fitch
Fiscal Year 13-14 Assessed Property Value totals $6.65B
Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Sales Tax totals $22,732,602
8.25% total sales tax rate - includes 0.5% for parks
and 0.5% for crime control district
*City of Southlake
Top 10 Taxpayers
Verizon Wireless
Town Square Ventures LP
Southlake Town Square Grand Avenue LP
Southlake Land Holdings LP
Wyndham Properties LTD
Carroll/1709 LTD
Sabre Headquarters LLC
Southlake Hilton
Forest Park Medical Center
Inland Western Southlake Corners
Labor Force & Economic Base
Labor pool from Southlake:
Within 5 miles - 58,665
Within 10 miles - 239,533
Within 20 miles - 1,345,630
Employment by occupation:
30.77% Managerial/Professional
10.71% Service Occupations
29.24% Sales & Offi ce
15.36% Construction/Maintenance
11.82% Production/Transportation
Source - Texas Site Search
Approximately 1,500 businesses and non-profit organizations and over 9.5M commercial *City of Southlake
Texas is a “Right-to-Work” state
Texas has no state personal income tax
Transportation
Major highways are S.H. 114 and F.M. 1709
S.H. 114 connects I-35W and I-35E
Airports:
DFW International-DFWAirport.com
*Fourth busiest airport in the world, over 60M passengers in 2013
*Generates $31.6B annually for North Texas economy
*Access to every major city in the continental US within four hours
*Home to American Airlines hub
Fort Worth Alliance Airport-AllianceTexas.com
*The nation’s first industrial airport
*Provides 37,000 area jobs
*Part of a 18,000-acre mixed-use, master planned development
*Houses more than 365 companies
*Airports Website
Health Care / Hospitals
Children’s Medical Center Southlake Specialty Care Center
(817) 730-5437 - Childrens.com
Outpatient Pediatric Center; 42 Providers
Cook Children’s Urgent Care & Pediatric Specialties
(682) 885-6000 - CookChildrens.org
30 Exam Rooms; Mix of Providers
Forest Park Medical Center Southlake
(817) 865-4400 - ForestParkSouthlake.com
54 Beds; 200 Medical Staff
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital
(817) 748-8700 - TexasHealthSouthlake.com
16 Overnight Suites; 144 Medical Staff
Baylor Medical Center - Grapevine
(817) 481-1588 - BaylorHealth.com
256 Beds; 800 Medical Staff
Baylor Medical Center - Trophy Club
(817) 837-4600 - TC-MC.com
20 Beds; 225 Medical Staff
Quality Schools
Served by 4 Public School Districts (in order of land area served)
Carroll ISD - 5A (78%)
Texas Education Agency Rated: Met Standards
K-12 Attendance: 7,800
99% Graduation Rate
(817) 949-7080 - SouthlakeCarroll.edu
Northwest ISD* - 5A (10%)
Texas Education Agency Rated: Met Standards
K-12 Attendance: 17,752
93% Graduation Rate
(817) 215-0000 - NISDTX.org
Keller ISD* - 5A (7%)
Texas Education Agency Rated: Met Standards
K-12 Attendance: 33,000
94% Graduation Rate
(817) 744-1000 - KellerISD.net
Grapevine / Colleyville ISD* - 5A (5%)
Texas Education Agency Rated: Met Standards
K-12 Attendance: 13,366
95% Graduation Rate
(817) 251-5200 - GCISD-k12.org
*Freeport Exemption offered
Four Montessori schools (private)
Universities TCU, UNT, UTA, UTD, TCC
*Texas Education Agency & School Websites
Sewer and Water (City of Southlake)
(817) 748-8082 - CityofSouthlake.com
Electricity
Power to Choose
(866) 797-4839 - PowertoChoose.org
Telephone:
Verizon
(800) 837-4966 - Verizon.com
SBC / AT&T
(800) 288-2020 - ATT.com
Utilities
Cable / Satellite:
Charter Communications
(888) 438-2427 - Charter.com
Direct TV
(877) 916-5137 - Cable.tv/Direct.tv/
Verizon FiOs
(800) 837-4966 - Verizon.com
Solid Waste and Recycling:
Republic Waste Services
(817) 317-2424 - RepublicServices.com
Parks & Recreation
1400 Main Street, Suite 210 (817) 748-8019 SouthlakeParksandRec.com
577 acres of natural park areas - 3 natural areas/ open space
Over 628 acres of park land - 11 community parks
14 neighborhood parks
Five lakes within 30 minutes
Convenient access to many cultural and entertainment facilities and activities
Bob Jones Nature Center and Preserve, 19 court
Southlake Tennis Center, Southlake Senior Activities Center
Annual special events include:
Art in the Square, Easter in the Park, Stars and
Stripes, Oktoberfest, Summer Kick- Off , Green
Fest Southlake, Home for the Holiday Tree
Lighting at Town Square and Master works Concerts
Variety of youth sport leagues including basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, swimming, tennis, soccer, lacrosse and football, as well as recreational classes for all ages *City of Southlake
Public Library
1400 Main Street, Suite 130 (817) 748-8243 SouthlakeLibrary.com
Books, Downloadable eBooks, eAudio and eMagazines, DVDs, Magazines, CDs, Books on CD, Online Research Databases, Online Searchable Catalog, and Digital Libraries
Special programs for all ages
Meeting & study rooms, interlibrary loan, computer stations and internet access Southlake resident library cards are free.
*City of Southlake
VISITORS GUIDE (PDF VIEW/DOWNLOAD LINK)
RESIDENT RESOURCES
Contacts
Economic Development & Tourism
Director - Shannon Hamons
1400 Main Street, Suite 300
(817) 748-8039
SouthlakeBusinesses.com
SouthlakeSites.com
VisitSouthlakeTexas.com
Chamber of Commerce
President - Mark Guilbert
1501 Corporate Circle, Suite 100
Southlake, TX 76092
(817) 481-8200
SouthlakeChamber.com