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Denton, TX

158,361 Population
96.9 square miles 1,633.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,697 ±$3,294 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $45,033 ±$492
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$73,051 ±$5,434 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $86,860 ±$1,138
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

15.3% ±2.9% (22,817  ±4,354) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.3% 820,098 (±0.4% / ±31,468)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

24.7 minutes ±0.8 (1,672,075  ±72,700) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28 93,357,384 (±0.1 / ±431,791)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,400,930 (±0.1 / ±1,041,657)

Families

59,711 ±2,736 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,959,385 ±9,165
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.5 ±0.1 (148,399  ±305) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 8,004,502 (±0 / ±3,409)
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 2.7 † 29,898,096 (±49.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.1% ±1.7% (1,870  ±780) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.3% 109,054 (±0.3% / ±6,688)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

64,981 ±2,790 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,172,287 ±1,325
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$380,000 ±$16,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $373,900 ±$2,489
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

21.5% ±2.8% (33,658  ±4,368.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.2% 1,135,146 (±0.4% / ±35,145.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

94.3% ±4.8% (95,002  ±5,997.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.8% 4,695,809 (±0.7% / ±38,980.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
43.8% ±3.3% (44,116  ±3,691.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 40% 2,137,149 (±0.5% / ±25,753.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

10% ±2.1% (15,839  ±3,268) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 20% † 1,620,718 (±1,372.3% / ±31,201)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 17.9% † 5,455,292 (±,325.7% / ±65,136)

6% ±1.3% (7,846  ±1,740) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.3% 323,475 (±0.2% / ±10,473)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
7,846 Total veterans ±1,740 6,220 Male ±1,365 1,626 Female ±754

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