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Little Elm, TX

51,426 Population
18.5 square miles 2,777.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$45,708 ±$2,630 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $44,447 ±$239
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$116,036 ±$5,746 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $87,155 ±$524
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

9% ±3.4% (4,616  ±1,725) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.6% 813,280 (±0.2% / ±15,012)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

35.4 minutes ±3.5 (694,430  ±44,521) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28 92,664,670 (±0.1 / ±504,659)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

17,604 ±615 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,825,878 ±4,240
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.9 ±0.1 (51,426  ±54) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,717,080
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

7% ±2.2% (985  ±311) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 108,624 (±0.2% / ±3,136)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 413,078 (±0.1% / ±6,578)

Housing

18,359 ±640 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 3,030,663 ±579
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$390,300 ±$16,268 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $330,300 ±$1,213
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

14.1% ±2.6% (7,176  ±1,318) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14% 1,081,801 (±0.2% / ±16,614.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

91.8% ±4.6% (29,992  ±1,694.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 87.3% 4,466,150 (±0.4% / ±18,768.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
40.6% ±2.9% (13,278  ±1,015.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 38.5% 1,968,490 (±0.2% / ±12,332.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

18.8% ±2.2% (9,657  ±1,149) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 19% 1,484,398
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

6.2% ±1.3% (2,228  ±466) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.6% 324,151 (±0.1% / ±4,900)
  • a little less than the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
2,228 Total veterans ±466 2,000 Male ±424 228 Female ±109

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