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Luxury Real Estate · Southlake · Westlake · DFW
Call 1-817-994-9630 North Texas Enclave, Park Cities
The Best Enclaves of Highland Park
Four miles north of downtown Dallas, Highland Park is a 2.2-square-mile independent city that has held its position as one of North Texas's most established addresses for over a century. For buyers evaluating the $1.5M+ tier, this isn't a neighborhood you shop for a house in. It's an Enclave you match your life to first.
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The land was purchased by Philadelphia investors in 1889 and developed starting in 1906 by John S. Armstrong; the city incorporated in 1913 specifically to remain independent of Dallas as the larger city grew around it. That independence still shapes daily life today. Highland Park runs its own combined police, fire, and EMS department, part of why the city has one of the lowest crime rates in the Metroplex.
Because Highland Park is fully built out at just over two square miles, inventory here behaves differently than in North DFW's growth suburbs: there is no new construction on raw land, only resales, teardown-rebuilds, and the occasional estate transition. That scarcity is the market's defining feature, and it's exactly why buyers need a strategy in place before they start touring, not after.
Use the menu above to jump straight to the pocket of the city, home, or history you're most curious about, from signature Enclaves and today's MLS activity to the century of history that makes Highland Park what it is.
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We don't just find you a listing in Highland Park. We match you to the right pocket of the city first, then protect that decision at every step. Our Lifestyle Audit, Asset Protection Protocol, and Market Velocity Check are built specifically for a scarcity market like this one, where the right property may not come around twice.
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First through Fourth Sections, the original 1900s-era development anchored around Armstrong Parkway and Beverly Drive, home to the city's largest and most architecturally significant estates.
A slightly newer section of the city offering somewhat more accessible entry points while remaining inside the Highland Park boundary.
Estate lots built along the creek corridors, prized for mature tree canopy and larger setbacks than the interior grid streets.
Established subdivisions closer to the University Park line, generally a step down in price from the Armstrong Parkway corridor while still fully inside HPISD boundaries.
The most walkable pocket of the city, built around the 1931 Highland Park Village shopping center, the first shopping center of its kind in the United States.
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Highland Park's amenity base centers on walkable, historic retail and old-money recreation rather than big-box convenience: Highland Park Village's Mediterranean Spanish-style shops and restaurants, the Dallas Country Club, and Lakeside Park along Turtle Creek.
The city's small footprint means most of daily life (schools, shopping, dining, parks) happens within a few minutes' drive, a genuine contrast to the drive-everywhere pattern more common in North DFW's growth suburbs.
Highland Park Village, the first shopping center of its kind in the U.S. (1931)
Lakeside Park along Turtle Creek
Dallas Country Club
Local events, dining, and community moments
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Highland Park will never add another Enclave. Every listing here is a resale, a renovation, or a teardown-rebuild, which means the buyers who move fastest aren't the ones refreshing the MLS the most, they're the ones who finished their Lifestyle Audit before a listing ever surfaced. We position clients ahead of the search, not in a race to react to it.
A portion of western Highland Park addresses fall under Dallas ISD rather than HPISD, and that boundary runs block by block in places, not by neighborhood name. For a family whose Lifestyle Audit prioritizes the district itself, this is exactly the kind of detail our Asset Protection Protocol is built to confirm before a tour, not after an offer.
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The land was purchased by Philadelphia investors in 1889, with development beginning in earnest in 1906 under former meatpacking businessman John S. Armstrong. Highland Park officially incorporated on November 29, 1913, when the population was roughly 500, a deliberate move to remain independent of Dallas as the larger city expanded around it. W. A. Fraser served as the city's first mayor.
In 1931, developers Hugh Prather Sr. and Edgar Flippen opened Highland Park Village at Preston Road and Mockingbird Lane, widely credited as the first shopping center of its kind in the United States. Architects Marion F. Fooshee and James B. Cheek traveled to Spain, California, and Mexico researching the design before settling on the Mediterranean Spanish style still visible today.
Highland Park runs its own combined police, fire, and EMS department rather than relying on Dallas, part of why the city consistently reports one of the lowest crime rates in the Metroplex. That same independence extends to Highland Park ISD, the city's own school district.
At just 2.2 square miles and fully developed, Highland Park's housing stock is now defined by resales, renovations, and teardown-rebuilds rather than new construction on raw land, a different rhythm than North DFW's growth suburbs, and one buyers should understand before they start touring.
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Schools
Highland Park is served by Highland Park ISD (HPISD), an eight-campus district (five elementary schools, McCulloch Intermediate, Highland Park Middle School, and Highland Park High School) currently ranked No. 1 among Texas's 5A/6A public school districts. A smaller portion of western Highland Park addresses fall under Dallas ISD rather than HPISD. Because that boundary runs block by block in places, we confirm the exact zoned school for any specific property before you tour, not after.
Market Snapshot
Highland Park's inventory is defined by scarcity rather than volume. With the city fully built out, listings tend to be estate transitions, generational sales, or teardown-rebuild opportunities rather than new subdivisions coming online. That dynamic rewards buyers who move decisively and sellers who position a property correctly the first time, since there's rarely a second wave of comparable inventory waiting behind it.
The DPG Difference
We don't just find you a listing in Highland Park. We match you to the right pocket of the city first, then protect that decision at every step.
We map your priorities (walkability vs. estate acreage, Armstrong Parkway prestige vs. an accessible entry point, HPISD vs. Dallas ISD boundary) before we ever start touring.
An on-site field team vets each property's condition, critical in a market built on century-old housing stock, where deferred maintenance varies block by block.
A real-time read on what's actually available versus what's likely to sit, so your offer strategy is built on current conditions, not assumptions.
Confident, decisive action once the right property in the right Enclave surfaces, because in Highland Park, it may not surface twice.
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