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Little Elm, TX

45,967 Population
17.8 square miles 2,579.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 34.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 34.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,411 ±$1,717 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $35,278 ±$160
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $31,277 ±$113
$98,803 ±$6,326 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $70,281 ±$312
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $61,874 ±$208

5.1% ±2% (2,314  ±897) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 11.7% 843,711 (±0.2% / ±12,020)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 14.7% 4,072,194 (±0.1% / ±34,216)

36.4 minutes ±2.4 (808,030  ±63,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.5 97,341,240 (±0.1 / ±403,834)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.6 331,801,795 (±0.1 / ±983,868)

Families

14,468 ±597 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,553,470 ±5,426
  • Texas: 9,691,647 ±18,858
3.2 ±0.1 (45,967  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,238,610 (±0 / ±2,512)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,661,312 (±0)

4.7% ±1.8% (598  ±235) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.6% 105,265 (±0.2% / ±2,820)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.7% 398,679 (±0.1% / ±4,907)

Housing

14,954 ±622 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,764,978 ±979
  • Texas: 10,937,026 ±905

$255,200 ±$9,416 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $215,700 ±$779
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $172,500 ±$355

15.6% ±3.7% (7,138  ±1,684.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 15.7% 1,132,975 (±0.2% / ±14,195.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 15.6% 4,358,441 (±0.1% / ±28,790.1)

Social

92.9% ±4.6% (26,789  ±1,528.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 85.6% 4,047,826 (±0.3% / ±15,309.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 83.7% 15,173,595 (±0.2% / ±35,698.2)
43.1% ±3.2% (12,440  ±992.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 35.2% 1,664,280 (±0.2% / ±8,943.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 29.9% 5,420,676 (±0.1% / ±20,956.8)

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

18.7% ±3.2% (8,579  ±1,462) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 18.7% 1,365,622 (±0.1% / ±9,951)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17% 4,814,638 (±0.1% / ±22,758)

6.9% ±1.3% (2,204  ±412) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 6.2% 335,110 (±0.1% / ±4,015)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 7% 1,453,450 (±0.1% / ±10,182)
2,204 Total veterans ±412 1,982 Male ±366 222 Female ±170

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