Flower Mound vs Little Elm

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

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

Flower Mound has the higher population (77,886 vs 51,426 in Little Elm). Flower Mound has the higher median household income ($157,737 vs $116,036 in Little Elm). Flower Mound has the higher median home value ($514,100 vs $390,300 in Little Elm).

Population, income & housing

	Flower Mound	Little Elm
Population	77,886	51,426
Median age	43.0 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$157,737	$116,036
Median home value	$514,100	$390,300
Median gross rent	$2,221	$1,900
Housing units	28,479	18,359
Homeownership rate	82.3%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.3%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flower Mound	Little Elm
Population	76,555 → 77,886 (+1.7%)	45,967 → 51,426 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$137,285 → $157,737 (+14.9%)	$98,803 → $116,036 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$361,900 → $514,100 (+42.1%)	$255,200 → $390,300 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,731 → $2,221 (+28.3%)	$1,660 → $1,900 (+14.5%)

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

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)

	Flower Mound	Little Elm
Under 5	4.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	7.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	20.2%
45 to 54	18.2%	15.9%
55 to 64	15.9%	9.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	4.4%
75 and over	3.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flower Mound	Little Elm
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	42.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	13.4%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flower Mound	Little Elm
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	11.0%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	42.6%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flower Mound	Little Elm
Drove alone	65.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.2%	24.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flower Mound	Little Elm
1-unit, detached	85.5%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	7.2%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Flower Mound	Little Elm
Poverty rate	4.0%	9.0%
Average household size	2.79	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1997	2010