What is the population of Little Elm city?

Little Elm city has 51,426 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #72 of 1,863 in Texas.

What is the median household income in Little Elm city?

Median household income in Little Elm city is $116,036 a year, 47.7% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Little Elm city?

Median gross rent is $1,900 a month and the median home value is $390,300, so rent absorbs about 19.6% of median household income.

Is Little Elm city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Little Elm city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Little Elm, TX population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Little Elm, Texas (Little Elm, TX — Census place “Little Elm city”) is 51,426 residents, ranking #72 of 1863 places in Texas. Median household income is $116,036, the median home is worth $390,300 and median gross rent runs $1,900 a month. Looking for the Little Elm Texas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Little Elm, TX: 75068.

Population: 51,426Little Elm city residents
Median household income: $116,036Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $390,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,900Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.3%Owner-occupied households

Little Elm ZIP codes (Texas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Little Elm.

The Little Elm TX ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

75068

What the numbers mean in Little Elm city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Little Elm city median would spend about 19.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9% of residents and 68.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Little Elm city, TX in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Little Elm city is a small city in Texas, with 51,426 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #72 of 1,863 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 36 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Little Elm city earn a median of $116,036 a year, 47.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 79% above the $64,654 median for the 1,008 Texas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Little Elm city is valued at $390,300, 28.6% above the national figure and 118% above the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,900 a month, 35.1% above the national figure, or roughly $22,800 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 68.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Little Elm city?: Little Elm city has 51,426 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #72 of 1,863 in Texas.
What is the median household income in Little Elm city?: Median household income in Little Elm city is $116,036 a year, 47.7% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Little Elm city?: Median gross rent is $1,900 a month and the median home value is $390,300, so rent absorbs about 19.6% of median household income.
Is Little Elm city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Little Elm city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Little Elm city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.