Balch Springs vs Farmers Branch

A side-by-side comparison of Balch Springs and Farmers Branch: population, income, housing, and more.

Balch Springs and Farmers Branch are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Farmers Branch has the higher population (36,254 vs 27,181 in Balch Springs). Farmers Branch has the higher median household income ($87,702 vs $70,528 in Balch Springs). Farmers Branch has the higher median home value ($322,000 vs $208,200 in Balch Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Balch Springs	Farmers Branch
Population	27,181	36,254
Median age	33.8 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,528	$87,702
Median home value	$208,200	$322,000
Median gross rent	$1,260	$1,820
Housing units	9,337	16,754
Homeownership rate	63.9%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Balch Springs	Farmers Branch
Population	25,190 → 27,181 (+7.9%)	39,039 → 36,254 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$51,446 → $70,528 (+37.1%)	$74,464 → $87,702 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $208,200 (+96.4%)	$196,300 → $322,000 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $1,260 (+19.0%)	$1,378 → $1,820 (+32.1%)

Balch Springs

Population

25,19027,181

Median household income

$51,446$70,528

Median home value

$106,000$208,200

Median gross rent

$1,059$1,260

Farmers Branch

Population

39,03936,254

Median household income

$74,464$87,702

Median home value

$196,300$322,000

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Balch Springs	Farmers Branch
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	22.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.1%
75 and over	2.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Balch Springs	Farmers Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	14.4%	35.3%
Black or African American	33.1%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	51.0%	42.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Balch Springs	Farmers Branch
No high school diploma	29.2%	15.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Balch Springs	Farmers Branch
Drove alone	72.8%	71.7%
Carpooled	17.0%	7.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	17.6%
Other means	0.4%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Balch Springs	Farmers Branch
1-unit, detached	68.5%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	10.5%
20 or more units	9.8%	38.2%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Balch Springs	Farmers Branch
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.0%
Average household size	3.20	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1987	1993