Living in Design District & Medical District / Love Field, Dallas
The Design District grew from warehouses into showrooms, galleries, restaurants and apartments along the Trinity levee. Beyond it, the Southwestern Medical District and Love Field form a major job and travel hub.
Getting around
Downtown is minutes away on I-35E or DART Green/Orange, which also serve the Medical District and Love Field. North job centers are reached via the Tollway or I-35E.
- Downtown Dallas ~9 min 4 mi
- Legacy West (Plano) ~28 min 20 mi
- DFW Airport ~25 min 17 mi
- Downtown Fort Worth ~38 min 33 mi
Off-peak drive estimates from OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM), measured from each area's center on 2026-10-21. Rush hour is often much longer.
2025 property tax rates
| Location | City | School district | County | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Dallas (Dallas County, Dallas ISD) | 0.6988 | 0.9938 | 0.5341 | 2.2267% |
2025 tax rates per $100 of value, from Republic Title's 2025 DFW Area Tax Rates (compiled from county appraisal districts). County column includes county, community college and hospital districts where they apply. Excludes MUD/PID and special districts, and is before homestead exemptions.
Strengths
- Close to Downtown and the hospitals
- DART and TRE access
- Near Love Field
Tradeoffs
- Airport and freeway noise in places
- Mostly rental and condo housing in the core
- Limited grocery and daily retail in pockets
Nearby
Dallas Market Center, Trinity Strand Trail, Dallas Love Field, Frontiers of Flight Museum, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Parkland Memorial Hospital
Development watch
Children's Health and UT Southwestern broke ground in 2024 on a $5 billion pediatric campus at Harry Hines and Mockingbird. Love Field expects to start a terminal and concourse expansion in 2027, and Hi Line Square is planned in the Design District. Verify current timelines.
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