Where to live if you work at DFW Airport
Every DFW area we cover, sorted by drive time to DFW Airport, with typical home values and school districts.
Published 2026-10-22 · 5 min read · Source: Drive times: OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM), off-peak, measured 2026-10-21. Home values: Zillow Home Value Index by ZIP, September 2026. School districts: Dallas Real Estate Internet area profiles.
DFW Airport is one of the region's biggest job sites, and its location between Dallas and Fort Worth puts both sides of the metro within reach. Below, every area we cover is sorted by its off-peak drive time to DFW Airport, with typical home values and school districts so you can weigh the trade-offs at a glance.
Drive times are off-peak estimates from each area's center (OpenStreetMap routing, measured October 2026). Rush hour is often much longer, so test-drive your commute at the time you'd actually make it.
About 20 minutes or less
- Grapevine: about 15 min (7 mi). Typical home values $545K (by ZIP). Schools: Grapevine-Colleyville ISD.
- Las Colinas: about 19 min (11 mi). Typical home values $455K to $632K (by ZIP). Schools: Irving ISD, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (parts).
20 to 35 minutes
- Carrollton: about 25 min (16 mi). Typical home values $343K to $516K (by ZIP). Schools: Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Lewisville ISD.
- Design District & Medical District / Love Field: about 25 min (17 mi). Typical home values $272K to $1.07M (by ZIP). Schools: Dallas ISD.
- Flower Mound: about 26 min (13 mi). Typical home values $525K to $761K (by ZIP). Schools: Lewisville ISD, Argyle ISD (parts).
- Arlington: about 27 min (16 mi). Typical home values $230K to $380K (by ZIP). Schools: Arlington ISD, Mansfield ISD (parts).
- Uptown & Victory Park: about 29 min (20 mi). Typical home values $415K to $972K (by ZIP). Schools: Dallas ISD.
- Addison: about 30 min (19 mi). Typical home values $480K (by ZIP). Schools: Dallas ISD.
- The Colony: about 30 min (20 mi). Typical home values $478K (by ZIP). Schools: Lewisville ISD.
- Deep Ellum & Downtown Dallas: about 30 min (21 mi). Typical home values $262K to $972K (by ZIP). Schools: Dallas ISD.
- Far North Dallas: about 31 min (20 mi). Typical home values $456K to $623K (by ZIP). Schools: Plano ISD (parts), Richardson ISD (parts).
- Knox-Henderson & Oak Lawn: about 31 min (20 mi). Typical home values $415K to $2.13M (by ZIP). Schools: Dallas ISD.
- Preston Hollow: about 32 min (24 mi). Typical home values $743K to $2.08M (by ZIP). Schools: Dallas ISD.
- Oak Cliff & Bishop Arts: about 33 min (23 mi). Typical home values $199K to $411K (by ZIP). Schools: Dallas ISD.
- Highland Park & University Park: about 33 min (22 mi). Typical home values $2.08M to $2.13M (by ZIP). Schools: Highland Park ISD, Dallas ISD (small part of Highland Park).
- Richardson: about 34 min (23 mi). Typical home values $384K to $547K (by ZIP). Schools: Richardson ISD, Plano ISD (north Richardson).
- Fort Worth: about 35 min (24 mi). Typical home values $184K to $686K (by ZIP). Schools: Fort Worth ISD, Keller ISD (parts).
- Lower Greenville & M Streets: about 35 min (23 mi). Typical home values $606K to $839K (by ZIP). Schools: Dallas ISD.
- Downtown Fort Worth & Sundance Square: about 35 min (24 mi). Typical home values $267K (by ZIP). Schools: Fort Worth ISD.
35 to 45 minutes
- Lake Highlands: about 36 min (25 mi). Typical home values $293K to $631K (by ZIP). Schools: Richardson ISD, Dallas ISD (parts).
- Frisco: about 37 min (26 mi). Typical home values $555K to $658K (by ZIP). Schools: Frisco ISD, Prosper ISD (parts).
- West Plano: about 37 min (25 mi). Typical home values $546K to $738K (by ZIP). Schools: Plano ISD.
- Near Southside & Magnolia: about 38 min (26 mi). Typical home values $184K to $209K (by ZIP). Schools: Fort Worth ISD.
- West 7th & Cultural District / Arlington Heights: about 38 min (26 mi). Typical home values $361K (by ZIP). Schools: Fort Worth ISD.
- East Dallas & Lakewood/White Rock: about 39 min (24 mi). Typical home values $372K to $839K (by ZIP). Schools: Dallas ISD.
- Downtown & East Plano: about 40 min (29 mi). Typical home values $362K to $456K (by ZIP). Schools: Plano ISD.
- TCU & Berkeley: about 41 min (29 mi). Typical home values $209K to $686K (by ZIP). Schools: Fort Worth ISD.
- Little Elm: about 42 min (27 mi). Typical home values $391K (by ZIP). Schools: Little Elm ISD, Denton ISD (parts).
- Garland: about 43 min (28 mi). Typical home values $240K to $335K (by ZIP). Schools: Garland ISD.
How to narrow it down
- Decide your real limit first. A 25-minute off-peak drive can be 40 minutes at 8 a.m.
- Check the toll roads on your route. The Dallas North Tollway, President George Bush Turnpike and SH 121 save time but add up over a year (see our Toll roads 101 guide).
- Price the whole payment, not just the house. Property tax rates differ by city and school district, and some newer neighborhoods add MUD or PID taxes.
- School districts follow addresses, not city lines. Verify the exact school zone for any home you like.
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