Denton vs Lewisville

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

Denton and Lewisville 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 128,313 in Lewisville). Lewisville has the higher median household income ($85,002 vs $73,719 in Denton). Lewisville has the higher median home value ($350,200 vs $325,700 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Lewisville
Population	146,987	128,313
Median age	31.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,719	$85,002
Median home value	$325,700	$350,200
Median gross rent	$1,344	$1,572
Housing units	57,824	52,909
Homeownership rate	49.2%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Lewisville
Population	136,195 → 146,987 (+7.9%)	106,386 → 128,313 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$60,018 → $73,719 (+22.8%)	$64,493 → $85,002 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $325,700 (+48.9%)	$209,000 → $350,200 (+67.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,344 (+24.2%)	$1,210 → $1,572 (+29.9%)

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

Lewisville

Population

106,386128,313

Median household income

$64,493$85,002

Median home value

$209,000$350,200

Median gross rent

$1,210$1,572

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Lewisville
Under 5	5.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	17.2%
18 to 24	19.9%	8.6%
25 to 34	18.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.8%
75 and over	5.4%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Lewisville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	39.0%
Black or African American	11.5%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.9%	13.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	29.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Lewisville
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.3%
High school graduate	20.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Lewisville
Drove alone	69.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	3.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.2%	16.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Lewisville
1-unit, detached	55.2%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	20.8%
20 or more units	13.6%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Lewisville
Poverty rate	15.9%	7.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1995	1996