Flower Mound, TX: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Flower Mound is an incorporated town located in Denton and Tarrant counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Located northwest of Dallas and northeast of Fort Worth adjacent to Grapevine Lake, the town derives its name from a prominent 12.5-acre (5.1 ha) mound located in the center of town. After settlers used the site for religious camps during the 1840s, the area around Flower Mound was first permanently inhabited in the 1850s; however, residents did not incorporate until 1961. Although an effort to create a planned community failed in the early 1970s, Flower Mound's population increased substantially when Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport opened to the south in 1974. As of the 2020 Unit…

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How Flower Mound ranks

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#11Best schools in TX #18Fewest uninsured in TX #21Most active in TX All TX rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code75022, 75027, 75028

Area code972

Living in Flower Mound

Housing in Flower Mound

$605K≈ same as a year ago Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Flower Mound home is worth about $605,000, about the same as a year ago, 102% above the Texas typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market22

Sale-to-list98.5%

Sold in May107

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Safety in Flower Mound

A⁻

Safety Grade A-

Flower Mound reports less crime per resident than 81% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000

Flower Mound 0.4

Texas 3.5

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Flower Mound 5.6

Texas 18.1

U.S. 15.5

Natural hazards: ModerateMostly inland flooding · higher than 48% of U.S. communitiesDetails →

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Health in Flower Mound

A

Health Grade A

Healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.

Compared with Texas

15better than TX·1worse

of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 10 are too close to call.

Conditions 6▲ 1▼ 5 close Habits 3▲ 1 close Care 3▲ 4 close Mind 3▲ 0 close

BetterToo close to callWorse

What stands out

7.2%Fewer uninsured adultsTX 19.1% · better 6.4%Fewer older adults who have lost all their teethTX 12.5% · better 7.4%More adults who have had cancerTX 6.1% · worse

Care nearby

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower MoundFlower Mound · 2.6 mi · ER

Healthy Family Services of TexasLewisville · 6.3 mi · sliding-scale fees

Primary careNo shortage

DentalNo shortage

Mental healthShortage · county-wide

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Schools in Flower Mound

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B⁺

School Grade B+

The public schools Flower Mound’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 74% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#11Best public schoolsof 583 in TX

DistrictLEWISVILLE ISDSchools27

Argyle South ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 783 students Wellington El A+Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 731 students Prairie Trail El AElementary · Grades PK–5 · 672 students Bluebonnet El A+Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 668 students Marjory Vickery El C+Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 635 students Liberty El A+Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 574 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.

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