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Living In Colleyville TX

This page provides guidance for anyone who is thinking about moving to Colleyville and wants to make an objective assessment of what living in Colleyville in 2018 is like. Colleyville livability factors are presented along with descriptions, pictures and maps of moderately priced Colleyville homes that currently are for sale. At the bottom of this page are links to authoritative sources that provide additional, more general information about living in Colleyville.

Colleyville livability factors

2018 best Dallas suburbs rank: 14

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	2018 STAAR scores above TEA achievement standard: 90.1%
	2016 crime incidence / 1000 residents: 6.0
	2017 median home sale price: $552,000
	2016 residences owner occupied: 95.7%
	2016 median household income: $162,183
	2016 population: 26,152
	2012 - 2016 population growth: 8.5%

Colleyville public schools rank tenth among 2018 Dallas suburbs with best public schools and its principal high schools, Colleyville Heritage High School and Grapevine High School, rank fourteenth and twenty-third among the 2018 best open enrollment high schools in the DFW metroplex. Colleyville also has the fourth highest percentage of owner occupied homes of all Dallas suburbs and the fourth lowest overall crime rate. Some of the ways Colleyville is different from and similar to other DFW cities and towns are shown on these best Dallas suburbs and about Dallas suburbs pages.

Colleyville is located in northeast Tarrant County, approximately 27 miles northwest of downtown Dallas and 16 miles northeast of downtown Fort Worth. As the DFW metroplex continues to grow and becomes more densely populated, Colleyville's proximity to DFW International Airport, the Las Colinas business center and both downtown Dallas and downtown Fort Worth is likely to make Colleyville residential real estate even more desirable than it is now for people who need to commute frequently to and from these areas.

Local schools

Most school age children who reside in Colleyville are eligible to attend Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District schools ... all or part of eleven subdivisions located in northwest Colleyville are served by the Keller Independent School District ... eight subdivisions in south central Colleyville are served by the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District ... students living in a small part of one neighborhood attend Carroll Independent School District

Click on this Colleyville schools link for TEA STAAR scores, student population by grade, and other information for all Colleyville public schools. Performance information for other DFW metroplex school districts is available on this best Dallas Fort Worth school districts page and performance information for other public schools in the Dallas area is provided on these DFW high schools, DFW middle schools and DFW elementary schools pages.

Private schools located near Colleyville are identified on this north Dallas suburbs private schools page.

Neighborhoods

A big reason living in Colleyville is considered so desirable is its terrific neighborhoods. Click on this Colleyville neighborhoods link for profiles that describe some of the best and most popular of these neighborhoods. Other great north Dallas area neighborhoods are identified on this best DFW neighborhoods page.

Recent home sales

On average, prices of Colleyville MLS-listed pre-owned single-family homes sold during 2017 increased 10.5 percent over the prices of comparable homes sold in 2014 ... 2017 median sales price was $552,000 ... home prices generally ranged from about $210,000 to $1.9 million ... average size of houses sold was 3,810 square feet, average square foot price was $158.90 and average house age was 23.0 years ... homes sold during 2017 averaged 54 days on market

Colleyville new home construction

There currently is a moderate amount of new home construction occurring in Colleyville. Click on this new construction homes link to see all new Colleyville homes that currently are listed for sale. Links to neighborhood profiles for some of the subdivisions in which these new homes are being built are provided below.

• Creekside
• Heron Pond
• Somerset Manor
• The Legacy
• The Preservation

I frequently am asked by folks who have never bought a new construction home if they should be assisted by a buyer’s agent when selecting a builder and when negotiating their new home purchase. Most of the time my answers are "Yes" and "Yes."

Commutes

Approximately 12 miles and 21 minutes drive time without traffic from central Colleyville to DFW International Airport passenger terminals ... 19 miles and 23 minutes to the Las Colinas business center ... 16 miles and 21 minutes to downtown Fort Worth

Commute time and distance information for additional destinations, and for other DFW metroplex cities and towns, is provided on this average DFW commute distances and times page.

Community amenities/activities

One of the outstanding things about living in Colleyville is its exceptional community amenities.

• Colleyville youth sports associations
• Colleyville senior center
• Colleyville parks and facilities
• Colleyville Public Library
• Timarron Country Club
• Colleyville restaurants
  
  

Demographics

2016 estimated population 26,152 ... population density 1,978 residents per square mile ... 2016 annual median household income $162,183 ... 95.7 percent of Colleyville residential real estate units owner occupied

Additional demographic information about Colleyville and similar information about other DFW cities and towns are available by clicking on this more about DFW suburbs link.

Nearby shopping centers

• Village at Colleyville
• Southlake Town Square
• Shops of Southlake
• North East Mall
  
  

Property taxes

Students living in Colleyville attend schools operated by four separate school districts. Since each of these school districts have different tax rates, Colleyville real estate property tax rates for 2017 are 2.21 percent to 2.46 percent of tax appraisal value. A description of how Texas property taxes are calculated and paid, along with 2017 property tax rates for other DFW cities and towns, are available by clicking on this DFW property tax rates link.

Cities/towns near Colleyville

					from Colleyville
city/town	best cities/towns rank	2016 population	2017 median house price	2016 median household income	miles	direction
Bedford	44	49,528	$240,000	$62,701	3	south
Euless	51	54,769	$225,000	$58,608	9	southeast
Grapevine	39	51,971	$341,000	$81,571	6	northeast
Hurst	42	39,160	$215,000	$55,807	5	south
Keller	8	46,846	$392,500	$122,292	8	northwest
North Richland Hills	47	69,798	$231,000	$63,537	6	southwest
Southlake	2	30,991	$700,000	$189,432	6	north

Note: Best cities/towns rank derived from analysis presented on best Dallas suburbs page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, North Texas Real Estate Information Systems Inc. and Google Maps.

Moderately priced homes for sale in Colleyville

Key to understanding what living in Colleyville is like is knowing about Colleyville housing. Shown below is a typical website presentation of currently listed homes that are more or less in the middle of the Colleyville single-family homes price range. A similar presentation of all currently listed Colleyville single-family homes and links to pages showing various selections of these homes are available on this Colleyville homes for sale page.

The default display order of the property listings shown below is number of days listed, but other sort orders can be selected. The property display also can be easily changed from the default grid display to a detailed list display. If you are viewing this page on a mobile device, a map that shows the location of the selected properties can be displayed by clicking on the map icon.

More about living in Colleyville

• City of Colleyville, Texas
• Colleyville Chamber of Commerce
• Texas State Historical Association Online: Colleyville, TX
• U.S. Census Bureau Fact Sheet: Colleyville, Texas
  
  

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