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Little Elm, TX

54,820 Population
18.5 square miles 2,960.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$48,310 ±$2,927 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $45,949 ±$264
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $40,752 ±$159
$119,219 ±$8,047 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $90,275 ±$491
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $78,476 ±$263

9% ±3.1% (4,925  ±1,711) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 825,217 (±0.2% / ±14,724)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,074,940 (±0.1% / ±38,425)

34.6 minutes ±3.6 (699,245  ±49,812) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 27.9 92,503,450 (±0.1 / ±507,287)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

18,883 ±663 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,891,725 ±5,313
  • Texas: 10,992,816 ±15,813
2.9 ±0.1 (54,820  ±67) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,891,743 (±0 / ±970)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,571,696

4.9% ±1.7% (730  ±251) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 110,097 (±0.2% / ±3,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 417,420 (±0.1% / ±5,681)

Housing

19,778 ±692 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,096,731 ±1,158
  • Texas: 12,128,515 ±1,574

$420,700 ±$11,723 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $359,500 ±$1,198
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $283,800 ±$738

13.6% ±2.4% (7,386  ±1,306.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 13.8% 1,085,700 (±0.2% / ±17,142.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 14% 4,185,730 (±0.1% / ±31,449.6)

Social

93.7% ±4.9% (33,253  ±1,929.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.6% 4,599,783 (±0.4% / ±19,177.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86% 16,951,277 (±0.2% / ±43,005)
44.2% ±3.4% (15,682  ±1,249.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 39.4% 2,067,948 (±0.2% / ±12,244)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 33.8% 6,669,107 (±0.1% / ±27,455.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

19.5% ±2.3% (10,712  ±1,272) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.4% 1,550,131
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.6% 5,302,466

5.7% ±1.3% (2,264  ±530) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 325,572 (±0.1% / ±4,454)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.2% 1,402,357 (±0.1% / ±10,216)
2,264 Total veterans ±530 2,058 Male ±491 206 Female ±119

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