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Little Elm, TX

49,792 Population
18.1 square miles 2,756.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 34.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,510 ±$2,000 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $36,368 ±$178
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $32,177 ±$121
$94,446 ±$6,959 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $72,882 ±$399
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $63,826 ±$218

8.2% ±3.2% (4,068  ±1,604) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 11.1% 817,556 (±0.2% / ±12,167)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 14.2% 3,984,260 (±0.1% / ±39,546)

37.6 minutes ±1.8 (857,275  ±68,993) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.4 96,497,835 (±0.1 / ±502,076)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.6 329,257,250 (±0.1 / ±1,084,687)

Families

15,942 ±686 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,615,579 ±5,469
  • Texas: 9,906,070 ±18,881
3.1 ±0.1 (49,792  ±146) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,370,028 (±0 / ±2,201)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,039,855 (±0)

4.5% ±1.9% (662  ±284) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 105,149 (±0.2% / ±3,114)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.6% 396,357 (±0.1% / ±6,274)

Housing

16,506 ±673 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,821,032 ±912
  • Texas: 11,112,975 ±3,353

$270,600 ±$9,074 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $236,200 ±$1,002
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $187,200 ±$597

15.6% ±2.9% (7,693  ±1,429.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 15.3% 1,123,061 (±0.2% / ±16,601.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 15.3% 4,311,981 (±0.1% / ±29,217.6)

Social

91.4% ±5.7% (28,803  ±1,961.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 86.2% 4,166,960 (±0.4% / ±17,528.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 84.4% 15,565,117 (±0.2% / ±37,477.2)
38.8% ±3.7% (12,213  ±1,197.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 36% 1,739,330 (±0.2% / ±10,747.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 30.7% 5,662,178 (±0.1% / ±23,301.1)

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

17.5% ±3% (8,708  ±1,474) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 18.5% 1,376,117 (±0.1% / ±10,732)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 16.8% 4,822,952 (±0.1% / ±26,828)

5.7% ±1.3% (2,001  ±464) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 6.1% 334,467 (±0.1% / ±5,167)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 6.8% 1,435,527 (±0.1% / ±11,744)
2,001 Total veterans ±464 1,800 Male ±421 201 Female ±127

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