Highland Village vs Little Elm

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

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

Little Elm has the higher population (51,426 vs 16,004 in Highland Village). Highland Village has the higher median household income ($164,459 vs $116,036 in Little Elm). Highland Village has the higher median home value ($493,400 vs $390,300 in Little Elm).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Village	Little Elm
Population	16,004	51,426
Median age	43.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$164,459	$116,036
Median home value	$493,400	$390,300
Median gross rent	$2,434	$1,900
Housing units	5,545	18,359
Homeownership rate	92.5%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Village	Little Elm
Population	16,519 → 16,004 (-3.1%)	45,967 → 51,426 (+11.9%)
Median household income	$147,222 → $164,459 (+11.7%)	$98,803 → $116,036 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$360,600 → $493,400 (+36.8%)	$255,200 → $390,300 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,933 → $2,434 (+25.9%)	$1,660 → $1,900 (+14.5%)

Highland Village

Population

16,51916,004

Median household income

$147,222$164,459

Median home value

$360,600$493,400

Median gross rent

$1,933$2,434

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)

	Highland Village	Little Elm
Under 5	4.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.3%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	20.2%
45 to 54	17.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	4.4%
75 and over	4.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Village	Little Elm
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	42.7%
Black or African American	4.7%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	21.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Village	Little Elm
No high school diploma	2.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	11.0%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Village	Little Elm
Drove alone	66.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	24.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Village	Little Elm
1-unit, detached	95.3%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.3%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Highland Village	Little Elm
Poverty rate	2.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1993	2010