Duncanville vs Rowlett

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

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

Rowlett has the higher population (64,139 vs 39,879 in Duncanville). Rowlett has the higher median household income ($113,600 vs $71,381 in Duncanville). Rowlett has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $239,200 in Duncanville).

Population, income & housing

	Duncanville	Rowlett
Population	39,879	64,139
Median age	37.2 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,381	$113,600
Median home value	$239,200	$342,400
Median gross rent	$1,562	$1,964
Housing units	14,272	22,511
Homeownership rate	65.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duncanville	Rowlett
Population	39,415 → 39,879 (+1.2%)	63,793 → 64,139 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$56,412 → $71,381 (+26.5%)	$101,085 → $113,600 (+12.4%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $239,200 (+59.9%)	$228,800 → $342,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,562 (+37.0%)	$1,627 → $1,964 (+20.7%)

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

Rowlett

Population

63,79364,139

Median household income

$101,085$113,600

Median home value

$228,800$342,400

Median gross rent

$1,627$1,964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duncanville	Rowlett
Under 5	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.6%
75 and over	6.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duncanville	Rowlett
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	46.7%
Black or African American	30.4%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	43.1%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duncanville	Rowlett
No high school diploma	18.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duncanville	Rowlett
Drove alone	75.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	7.2%
Public transit	0.1%	1.4%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	15.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duncanville	Rowlett
1-unit, detached	72.5%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	2.5%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Duncanville	Rowlett
Poverty rate	9.9%	7.2%
Average household size	2.96	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1978	1997