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Grand Prairie, TX

194,522 Population
72.3 square miles 2,692.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,086 ±$1,961 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $36,274 ±$389
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Texas: $32,267 ±$223
$66,097 ±$3,241 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $72,265 ±$610
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $64,034 ±$500

10.7% ±2.8% (20,672  ±5,480) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.5% 782,288 (±0.4% / ±31,373)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.6% 3,865,010 (±0.3% / ±70,183)

28.7 minutes ±0.6 (2,665,510  ±78,285) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.3 95,392,380 (±0.1 / ±416,048)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.4 322,657,055 (±0.1 / ±882,432)

Families

62,030 ±2,570 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,635,017 ±10,740
  • Texas: 9,985,126 ±25,440
3.1 ±0.1 (194,115  ±369) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,489,445 (±0 / ±6,565)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,395,188 (±0)

5.8% ±2.2% (3,016  ±1,140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.4% 103,531 (±0.3% / ±6,223)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 5.5% 390,925 (±0.2% / ±12,308)

Housing

67,103 ±2,874 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,878,819 ±2,314
  • Texas: 11,283,892 ±954

$208,200 ±$8,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $253,900 ±$2,512
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $200,400 ±$1,201

11.7% ±2.1% (22,238  ±3,973.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.7% 1,096,909 (±0.5% / ±35,160.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 15% 4,294,700 (±0.2% / ±64,565.9)

Social

82.6% ±3.9% (98,951  ±6,194.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 86.6% 4,270,431 (±0.7% / ±35,528.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 84.7% 15,890,162 (±0.4% / ±75,187)
26.3% ±2.3% (31,559  ±3,055.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 36.3% 1,788,138 (±0.4% / ±21,938)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 30.8% 5,776,533 (±0.2% / ±42,322.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

22.6% ±2.4% (43,993  ±4,619) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19.2% 1,454,626 (±0.4% / ±26,848)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,951,156 (±0.2% / ±53,285)

5.4% ±1% (7,338  ±1,368) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.8% 325,634 (±0.2% / ±9,412)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,405,059 (±0.1% / ±15,978)
7,338 Total veterans ±1,368 6,273 Male ±1,122 1,065 Female ±623

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