Carrollton vs Little Elm

A side-by-side comparison of Carrollton and Little Elm: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carrollton has the higher population (132,741 vs 51,426 in Little Elm). Little Elm has the higher median household income ($116,036 vs $99,115 in Carrollton). Little Elm has the higher median home value ($390,300 vs $353,600 in Carrollton).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollton	Little Elm
Population	132,741	51,426
Median age	38.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$99,115	$116,036
Median home value	$353,600	$390,300
Median gross rent	$1,674	$1,900
Housing units	53,557	18,359
Homeownership rate	58.3%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.3%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollton	Little Elm
Population	135,834 → 132,741 (-2.3%)	45,967 → 51,426 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$78,306 → $99,115 (+26.6%)	$98,803 → $116,036 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$238,300 → $353,600 (+48.4%)	$255,200 → $390,300 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,236 → $1,674 (+35.4%)	$1,660 → $1,900 (+14.5%)

Carrollton

Population

135,834132,741

Median household income

$78,306$99,115

Median home value

$238,300$353,600

Median gross rent

$1,236$1,674

Little Elm

Population

45,96751,426

Median household income

$98,803$116,036

Median home value

$255,200$390,300

Median gross rent

$1,660$1,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollton	Little Elm
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	23.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	20.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	4.4%
75 and over	5.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollton	Little Elm
White (non-Hispanic)	39.2%	42.7%
Black or African American	9.1%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	16.3%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.8%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollton	Little Elm
No high school diploma	10.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	17.8%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollton	Little Elm
Drove alone	69.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	24.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollton	Little Elm
1-unit, detached	59.0%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	14.0%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Carrollton	Little Elm
Poverty rate	6.8%	9.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1988	2010