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Denton, TX

165,986 Population
96.9 square miles 1,712.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,282 ±$2,694 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $46,770 ±$453
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
$80,908 ±$6,071 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $92,733 ±$1,281
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564

14.4% ±3.6% (22,519  ±5,605) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 9.7% 799,450 (±0.4% / ±35,505)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)

24 minutes ±1.4 (1,877,960  ±152,438) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.8 103,813,550 (±0.3 / ±1,262,503)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 27.5 362,382,530 (±0.1 / ±2,293,063)

Families

59,003 ±2,645 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,012,855 ±10,622
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
2.6 ±0.1 (155,986  ±136) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 8,247,304 (±0 / ±1,787)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006

4.3% ±1.9% (2,215  ±1,008) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 4.8% 103,029 (±0.3% / ±7,084)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)

Housing

63,538 ±3,000 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,235,415 ±699
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820

$379,900 ±$18,264 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $389,500 ±$2,489
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780

25.5% ±3.7% (41,899  ±6,133.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 13.9% 1,143,518 (±0.5% / ±37,093.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)

Social

90.9% ±4.7% (92,321  ±5,875.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 88.4% 4,882,742 (±0.7% / ±41,156.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
41.1% ±3.3% (41,759  ±3,664.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 41% 2,265,059 (±0.5% / ±27,548.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)

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

13.8% ±2.6% (22,853  ±4,328) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 20.3% 1,691,268
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477

5% ±1.4% (6,680  ±1,850) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.3% 331,121 (±0.2% / ±11,236)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
6,680 Total veterans ±1,850 5,991 Male ±1,751 689 Female ±520

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