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Denton Independent School District, TX

260,397 Population
162.5 square miles 1,602.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Denton County: 37.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,219 ±$2,064 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Denton County: $52,973 ±$1,454
  • a little higher than the amount in Texas: $39,775 ±$250
$87,906 ±$5,508 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Denton County: $106,695 ±$4,040
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $75,780 ±$472

11% ±1.9% (27,672  ±4,869) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Denton County: 6% † 59,506 (±0.7% / ±6,732)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 13.7% 4,086,851 (±0.3% / ±75,298)

28.4 minutes ±1.2 (3,154,310  ±245,910) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Denton County: 28.8 12,513,365 (±0.7 / ±431,056)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 27.2 347,514,080 (±0.1 / ±2,192,679)

Families

94,435 ±4,299 Number of households
  • Denton County: 370,503 ±2,884
  • Texas: 11,260,645 ±19,354
2.7 ±0.2 (250,392  ±10,615) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Denton County: 2.7 995,553 (±0 / ±341)
  • about the same as the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,898,096

4.4% ±1.5% (3,165  ±1,121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Denton County: 4.2% † 11,095 (±0.7% / ±1,920)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.5% 417,167 (±0.2% / ±13,744)

Housing

100,380 ±4,170 Number of housing units
  • Denton County: 390,775 ±150
  • Texas: 12,394,809 ±3,110

$415,700 ±$16,889 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Denton County: $460,300 ±$7,074
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Texas: $296,900 ±$1,483

20% ±2.3% (51,492  ±6,309.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Denton County: 15.7% 156,498 (±1.2% / ±11,638.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 14.1% 4,240,926 (±0.2% / ±65,092.7)

Social

95% ±2.4% (157,646  ±7,824.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Denton County: 94.1% 645,418 (±2.1% / ±14,188.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86.3% 17,292,906 (±0.4% / ±73,530.8)
46% ±2.1% (76,254  ±4,811.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Denton County: 49.7% 341,241 (±1.4% / ±9,483.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Texas: 34.2% 6,858,406 (±0.2% / ±45,043.8)

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

11.4% ±1.5% (29,671  ±4,130) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Denton County: 18.1% 181,915
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 17.9% 5,455,292

6.2% ±1.2% (12,677  ±2,394) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Denton County: 6.1% 46,922 (±0.6% / ±4,333)
  • about the same as the rate in Texas: 6.1% 1,394,897 (±0.1% / ±21,106)
12,677 Total veterans ±2,394 10,440 Male ±2,031 2,237 Female ±854

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