Duncanville vs Farmers Branch

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

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

Duncanville has the higher population (39,879 vs 36,254 in Farmers Branch). Farmers Branch has the higher median household income ($87,702 vs $71,381 in Duncanville). Farmers Branch has the higher median home value ($322,000 vs $239,200 in Duncanville).

Population, income & housing

	Duncanville	Farmers Branch
Population	39,879	36,254
Median age	37.2 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,381	$87,702
Median home value	$239,200	$322,000
Median gross rent	$1,562	$1,820
Housing units	14,272	16,754
Homeownership rate	65.3%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	48.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duncanville	Farmers Branch
Population	39,415 → 39,879 (+1.2%)	39,039 → 36,254 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$56,412 → $71,381 (+26.5%)	$74,464 → $87,702 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $239,200 (+59.9%)	$196,300 → $322,000 (+64.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,562 (+37.0%)	$1,378 → $1,820 (+32.1%)

Duncanville

Population

39,41539,879

Median household income

$56,412$71,381

Median home value

$149,600$239,200

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,562

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)

	Duncanville	Farmers Branch
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	22.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.1%
75 and over	6.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duncanville	Farmers Branch
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	35.3%
Black or African American	30.4%	8.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	11.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	42.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duncanville	Farmers Branch
No high school diploma	18.2%	15.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duncanville	Farmers Branch
Drove alone	75.6%	71.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	17.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duncanville	Farmers Branch
1-unit, detached	72.5%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	38.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Duncanville	Farmers Branch
Poverty rate	9.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1978	1993