Heartland

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Heartland is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) located in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Heartland had a population of 8,509. It was founded in 2006. The 2,000 acre master-planned community is located 25 miles east of Downtown Dallas and is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. In 2009, Heartland was awarded community of the year by The Homebuilders Association of Greater Dallas.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Heartland, TX from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Nearby places in Texas

• Balch Springs
  9.9 mi away · pop. 27,255
• Kaufman
  10.1 mi away
• Hutchins
  14.9 mi away
• Grays Prairie
  15 mi away
• Cottonwood
  15.6 mi away · pop. 254
• Ferris
  15.8 mi away · pop. 3,238
• Bristol
  17 mi away
• Fate
  19.1 mi away · pop. 22,884
• Lancaster
  19.2 mi away · pop. 41,275
• Bear Creek Ranch
  19.6 mi away
• Kemp
  21.3 mi away · pop. 1,302
• Garrett
  23.6 mi away

Browse all places in Texas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Heartland

Fortune hunter

Suzy Spencer · 2005

Texas heartland

Jim Bones · 1975

Return to the heartland

Lawrence Clark Powell · 1987

Texas tough

Robert Perkinson · 2009

Ancient Cuzco

Brian S. Bauer · 2004

See No Evil, Speak No Evil

Ross McSwain · 2008

Guidebook to Amtrak's(r) Texas Eagle : Chicago to San Antonio: (Also Covers the Heartland Flyer: Ft. Worth to Oklahoma City)

Eva Hoffman · 2023

Country turnrows

Jim Steiert · 2005

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Hydra, Bosque, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 90 mi
• Wildfire Ross, Palo Pinto, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 110 mi
• Wildfire Atoka Lake, Atoka, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 122 mi
• Wildfire Rio Escondido, Hamilton, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 127 mi
• Wildfire Tram Trail, Pushmataha, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 128 mi
• Wildfire Buck Creek, Pushmataha, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-25 · 134 mi
• Wildfire PINTO, Stephens, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-09-08 · 137 mi
• Wildfire Bufford Creek, Stephens, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-10 · 138 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).