Denton vs Little Elm

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

Denton and Little Elm 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 51,426 in Little Elm). Little Elm has the higher median household income ($116,036 vs $73,719 in Denton). Little Elm has the higher median home value ($390,300 vs $325,700 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Little Elm
Population	146,987	51,426
Median age	31.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,719	$116,036
Median home value	$325,700	$390,300
Median gross rent	$1,344	$1,900
Housing units	57,824	18,359
Homeownership rate	49.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.9%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Little Elm
Population	136,195 → 146,987 (+7.9%)	45,967 → 51,426 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$60,018 → $73,719 (+22.8%)	$98,803 → $116,036 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$218,800 → $325,700 (+48.9%)	$255,200 → $390,300 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,344 (+24.2%)	$1,660 → $1,900 (+14.5%)

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

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)

	Denton	Little Elm
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	23.8%
18 to 24	19.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	20.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	4.4%
75 and over	5.4%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Little Elm
White (non-Hispanic)	54.6%	42.7%
Black or African American	11.5%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Little Elm
No high school diploma	7.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	20.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Little Elm
Drove alone	69.3%	66.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	24.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Little Elm
1-unit, detached	55.2%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	13.6%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Little Elm
Poverty rate	15.9%	9.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	25	35
Median year structure built	1995	2010