Denton vs Flower Mound

A side-by-side comparison of Denton and Flower Mound: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Denton has the higher population (146,987 vs 77,886 in Flower Mound). Flower Mound has the higher median household income ($157,737 vs $73,719 in Denton). Flower Mound has the higher median home value ($514,100 vs $325,700 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Flower Mound
Population	146,987	77,886
Median age	31.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,719	$157,737
Median home value	$325,700	$514,100
Median gross rent	$1,344	$2,221
Housing units	57,824	28,479
Homeownership rate	49.2%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	64.3%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Flower Mound
Population	136,195 → 146,987 (+7.9%)	76,555 → 77,886 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$60,018 → $73,719 (+22.8%)	$137,285 → $157,737 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $325,700 (+48.9%)	$361,900 → $514,100 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,344 (+24.2%)	$1,731 → $2,221 (+28.3%)

Denton

Population

136,195146,987

Median household income

$60,018$73,719

Median home value

$218,800$325,700

Median gross rent

$1,082$1,344

Flower Mound

Population

76,55577,886

Median household income

$137,285$157,737

Median home value

$361,900$514,100

Median gross rent

$1,731$2,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Flower Mound
Under 5	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	19.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	7.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	18.2%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.3%
75 and over	5.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Flower Mound
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	66.1%
Black or African American	11.5%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Flower Mound
No high school diploma	7.8%	2.5%
High school graduate	20.3%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	42.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Flower Mound
Drove alone	69.3%	65.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	27.2%
Other means	1.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Flower Mound
1-unit, detached	55.2%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	13.6%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Flower Mound
Poverty rate	15.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1995	1997