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Little Elm, TX

42,889 Population
17.8 square miles 2,406.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 34.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Texas: 34.4 ±0.2

Economics

$34,533 ±$1,937 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $33,897 ±$151
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $30,143 ±$102
$95,377 ±$5,577 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $66,982 ±$327
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $59,570 ±$209

6.3% ±2.5% (2,687  ±1,070) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 12.6% 903,397 (±0.2% / ±13,980)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 15.5% 4,213,938 (±0.1% / ±34,547)

37.5 minutes ±2.6 (771,890  ±63,629) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 28.3 95,392,380 (±0.1 / ±416,048)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.4 322,657,055 (±0.1 / ±882,432)

Families

13,622 ±453 Number of households
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,536,055 ±5,465
  • Texas: 9,553,046 ±18,343
3.2 ±0.1 (42,889  ±66) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,172,115 (±0 / ±2,103)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.9 27,285,450 (±0)

4% ±1.3% (473  ±155) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 5.7% 106,675 (±0.1% / ±2,531)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 5.8% 399,095 (±0.1% / ±5,260)

Housing

14,073 ±495 Number of housing units
  • the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 2,744,543 ±776
  • Texas: 10,769,900 ±694

$233,700 ±$8,200 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: $193,100 ±$749
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $161,700 ±$339

16.7% ±3.4% (7,111  ±1,450.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 16.1% 1,150,480 (±0.2% / ±12,990.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 15.9% 4,378,563 (±0.1% / ±31,324.7)

Social

93.1% ±4.6% (24,774  ±1,406.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 85.2% 3,978,810 (±0.3% / ±14,210.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 83.2% 14,821,927 (±0.2% / ±33,018.4)
42.4% ±3.4% (11,276  ±961.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 34.4% 1,605,043 (±0.2% / ±8,632.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 29.3% 5,219,469 (±0.1% / ±18,638.3)

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

19.1% ±3% (8,196  ±1,304) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 18.3% 1,328,417 (±0.1% / ±9,335)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 17% 4,736,692 (±0.1% / ±22,601)

6.3% ±1.1% (1,876  ±337) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area: 6.5% 344,898 (±0.1% / ±4,073)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 7.2% 1,474,232 (±0.1% / ±9,622)
1,876 Total veterans ±337 1,746 Male ±331 130 Female ±106

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