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Dallas County (South)--DeSoto & Lancaster Cities PUMA, TX

115,551 Population
63.7 square miles 1,814 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,324 ±$2,989 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$75,963 ±$10,193 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.3% ±3.5% (14,101  ±4,103) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

30.1 minutes ±0.7 (1,445,520  ±74,079) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

41,510 ±2,858 Number of households
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.2 (114,818  ±5,740) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.9% ±2.4% (734  ±628) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

44,205 ±3,127 Number of housing units
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$305,600 ±$16,379 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12% ±3.5% (13,789  ±4,078.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.8% ±5.9% (74,413  ±6,198.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.5% ±3.9% (21,681  ±3,362.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

20.1% ±3% (22,338  ±3,327.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 35.1% 9,913,836 (±0.1% / ±38,273.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

6.7% ±2.3% (7,766  ±2,650) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8% ±2% (7,211  ±1,872) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,211 Total veterans ±1,872 6,197 Male ±1,751 1,014 Female ±587

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