Cedar Hill vs Farmers Branch

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

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

Cedar Hill has the higher population (48,547 vs 36,254 in Farmers Branch). Cedar Hill has the higher median household income ($90,608 vs $87,702 in Farmers Branch). Farmers Branch has the higher median home value ($322,000 vs $273,200 in Cedar Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Hill	Farmers Branch
Population	48,547	36,254
Median age	35.0 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,608	$87,702
Median home value	$273,200	$322,000
Median gross rent	$1,878	$1,820
Housing units	17,029	16,754
Homeownership rate	69.4%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Hill	Farmers Branch
Population	48,560 → 48,547 (-0.0%)	39,039 → 36,254 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$72,463 → $90,608 (+25.0%)	$74,464 → $87,702 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$168,800 → $273,200 (+61.8%)	$196,300 → $322,000 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,374 → $1,878 (+36.7%)	$1,378 → $1,820 (+32.1%)

Cedar Hill

Population

48,56048,547

Median household income

$72,463$90,608

Median home value

$168,800$273,200

Median gross rent

$1,374$1,878

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)

	Cedar Hill	Farmers Branch
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.6%	22.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.1%
75 and over	2.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Hill	Farmers Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	16.2%	35.3%
Black or African American	49.6%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	42.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Hill	Farmers Branch
No high school diploma	9.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	23.2%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Hill	Farmers Branch
Drove alone	74.4%	71.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	17.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Hill	Farmers Branch
1-unit, detached	81.1%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	10.5%
20 or more units	6.0%	38.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Hill	Farmers Branch
Poverty rate	10.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.94	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1994	1993