Dallas vs Grand Prairie

A side-by-side comparison of Dallas and Grand Prairie: population, income, housing, and more.

Dallas and Grand Prairie are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dallas has the higher population (1,299,553 vs 198,564 in Grand Prairie). Grand Prairie has the higher median household income ($78,889 vs $67,760 in Dallas). Dallas has the higher median home value ($295,300 vs $272,200 in Grand Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Grand Prairie
Population	1,299,553	198,564
Median age	33.4 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,760	$78,889
Median home value	$295,300	$272,200
Median gross rent	$1,403	$1,470
Housing units	584,643	70,407
Homeownership rate	42.4%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Grand Prairie
Population	1,330,612 → 1,299,553 (-2.3%)	192,565 → 198,564 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$52,580 → $67,760 (+28.9%)	$67,388 → $78,889 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $295,300 (+57.0%)	$162,400 → $272,200 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,403 (+33.4%)	$1,091 → $1,470 (+34.7%)

Dallas

Population

1,330,6121,299,553

Median household income

$52,580$67,760

Median home value

$188,100$295,300

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,403

Grand Prairie

Population

192,565198,564

Median household income

$67,388$78,889

Median home value

$162,400$272,200

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,470

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas	Grand Prairie
Under 5	7.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.2%
75 and over	4.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Grand Prairie
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	20.1%
Black or African American	23.4%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	41.9%	47.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Grand Prairie
No high school diploma	19.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	21.5%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Grand Prairie
Drove alone	68.5%	75.6%
Carpooled	11.4%	11.0%
Public transit	2.3%	0.1%
Walked	2.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	11.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Grand Prairie
1-unit, detached	41.7%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	12.1%
20 or more units	26.9%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Grand Prairie
Poverty rate	17.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1980	1991