Dallas County vs Tarrant County

A side-by-side comparison of Dallas County and Tarrant County: population, income, housing, and more.

Dallas County and Tarrant County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dallas County has the higher population (2,603,816 vs 2,135,743 in Tarrant County). Tarrant County has the higher median household income ($81,905 vs $74,149 in Dallas County). Tarrant County has the higher median home value ($294,100 vs $277,900 in Dallas County).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas County	Tarrant County
Population	2,603,816	2,135,743
Median age	34.0 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,149	$81,905
Median home value	$277,900	$294,100
Median gross rent	$1,469	$1,447
Housing units	1,053,471	827,874
Homeownership rate	50.8%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas County	Tarrant County
Population	2,606,868 → 2,603,816 (-0.1%)	2,049,770 → 2,135,743 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$59,607 → $74,149 (+24.4%)	$67,700 → $81,905 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$174,900 → $277,900 (+58.9%)	$188,500 → $294,100 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,105 → $1,469 (+32.9%)	$1,095 → $1,447 (+32.1%)

Dallas County

Population

2,606,8682,603,816

Median household income

$59,607$74,149

Median home value

$174,900$277,900

Median gross rent

$1,105$1,469

Tarrant County

Population

2,049,7702,135,743

Median household income

$67,700$81,905

Median home value

$188,500$294,100

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,447

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas County	Tarrant County
Under 5	6.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	7.5%
75 and over	4.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas County	Tarrant County
White (non-Hispanic)	27.1%	43.2%
Black or African American	22.2%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	6.8%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	40.8%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas County	Tarrant County
No high school diploma	18.3%	12.9%
High school graduate	22.5%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas County	Tarrant County
Drove alone	70.4%	73.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.4%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.9%	13.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas County	Tarrant County
1-unit, detached	52.1%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	13.5%
20 or more units	20.6%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Dallas County	Tarrant County
Poverty rate	14.0%	10.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1982	1989