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Little Elm, TX

45,124 Population
18.1 square miles 2,497.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35 ±0.1

Economics

$39,359 ±$2,267 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $38,609 ±$203
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $34,255 ±$134
$101,693 ±$5,109 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $76,916 ±$464
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $67,321 ±$214

7.5% ±3.1% (3,356  ±1,378) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 10.9% 812,025 (±0.2% / ±14,322)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 14% 3,965,117 (±0.1% / ±39,408)

36.7 minutes ±1.6 (724,990  ±57,110) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.2 94,216,656 (±0.1 / ±572,387)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

15,579 ±672 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,693,107 ±4,793
  • Texas: 10,239,341 ±15,384
2.9 ±0.1 (45,124  ±52) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,465,338 (±0 / ±3,148)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,293,548

6.3% ±2.1% (827  ±285) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 105,554 (±0.2% / ±2,927)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 5.7% 401,736 (±0.1% / ±6,321)

Housing

16,239 ±657 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,899,352 ±1,213
  • Texas: 11,433,880 ±1,306

$293,200 ±$9,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $255,600 ±$1,033
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $202,600 ±$599

15.1% ±2.7% (6,754  ±1,224.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 14.7% 1,095,117 (±0.2% / ±16,351.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 14.9% 4,237,650 (±0.1% / ±32,280)

Social

91.6% ±5.3% (26,392  ±1,664) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 86.6% 4,243,892 (±0.4% / ±18,483)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 84.8% 15,793,288 (±0.2% / ±39,237.5)
39.8% ±3.5% (11,468  ±1,043.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 36.8% 1,802,987 (±0.2% / ±11,758.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 31.5% 5,871,195 (±0.1% / ±25,404.1)

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

17.3% ±2.7% (7,782  ±1,222) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 18.7% 1,408,836 (±0.2% / ±11,441)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 17% 4,904,169 (±0.1% / ±24,977)

6.2% ±1.2% (1,998  ±388) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 6% 332,416 (±0.1% / ±4,909)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.7% 1,426,641 (±0.1% / ±10,418)
1,998 Total veterans ±388 1,795 Male ±379 203 Female ±137

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