Dallas vs Richardson

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

Dallas and Richardson 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 118,269 in Richardson). Richardson has the higher median household income ($96,257 vs $67,760 in Dallas). Richardson has the higher median home value ($405,600 vs $295,300 in Dallas).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Richardson
Population	1,299,553	118,269
Median age	33.4 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,760	$96,257
Median home value	$295,300	$405,600
Median gross rent	$1,403	$1,825
Housing units	584,643	47,827
Homeownership rate	42.4%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Richardson
Population	1,330,612 → 1,299,553 (-2.3%)	116,432 → 118,269 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$52,580 → $67,760 (+28.9%)	$85,678 → $96,257 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $295,300 (+57.0%)	$274,200 → $405,600 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,403 (+33.4%)	$1,403 → $1,825 (+30.1%)

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

Richardson

Population

116,432118,269

Median household income

$85,678$96,257

Median home value

$274,200$405,600

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas	Richardson
Under 5	7.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	13.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.4%
75 and over	4.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Richardson
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	49.7%
Black or African American	23.4%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.6%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	41.9%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Richardson
No high school diploma	19.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	21.5%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Richardson
Drove alone	68.5%	63.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	6.6%
Public transit	2.3%	2.4%
Walked	2.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.0%	23.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Richardson
1-unit, detached	41.7%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	10.6%
20 or more units	26.9%	25.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Richardson
Poverty rate	17.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1980	1985