Little Elm, Texas demographics

Little Elm, TX demographics: median age 35.4; 44.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Little Elm city, Texas · Incorporated city · GEOID 4843012. The survey estimates a population of 54,820 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Little Elm is 35.4 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.1 years. There are 18,883 households (±663). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	35.4 ±1.1	35.6 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 54,820
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Under 18	15,330 ±1,259	28.0% ±2.3 pp	25.0%	22.0%
18–34	11,607 ±1,180	21.2% ±2.2 pp	24.2%	22.8%
35–64	23,791 ±1,544	43.4% ±2.8 pp	37.4%	38.0%
65 and older	4,092 ±571	7.5% ±1.0 pp	13.4%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 54,820
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Male	28,171 ±960	51.4% ±1.8 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	26,649 ±954	48.6% ±1.7 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 54,820
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
White alone	24,381 ±2,129	44.5% ±3.9 pp	48.5%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	11,816 ±1,647	21.6% ±3.0 pp	12.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,185 ±837 · low precision	2.2% ±1.5 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.9%
Asian alone	6,029 ±1,426	11.0% ±2.6 pp	5.6%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	22 ±38 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	3,231 ±753	5.9% ±1.4 pp	9.3%	7.1%
Two or more races	8,156 ±1,631	14.9% ±3.0 pp	23.5%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 54,820
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	43,946 ±1,369	80.2% ±2.5 pp	60.3%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10,874 ±1,357	19.8% ±2.5 pp	39.7%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 18,883
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Married-couple family	11,015 ±723	58.3% ±3.2 pp	48.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,280 ±466	6.8% ±2.5 pp	5.4%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,449 ±532	13.0% ±2.8 pp	13.4%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,252 ±520	17.2% ±2.7 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	887 ±294	4.7% ±1.5 pp	6.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 18,883
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Households with people under 18	9,452 ±556	50.1% ±2.4 pp	34.7%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	9,431 ±857	49.9% ±4.2 pp	65.3%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 18,883
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,252 ±520	17.2% ±2.7 pp	26.2%	28.7%
Two-person households	5,605 ±847	29.7% ±4.4 pp	31.4%	33.8%
Three-person households	4,123 ±764	21.8% ±4.0 pp	16.3%	15.3%
Four-person households	3,614 ±609	19.1% ±3.2 pp	14.2%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,374 ±326	7.3% ±1.7 pp	7.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	615 ±220	3.3% ±1.2 pp	2.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	300 ±180 · low precision	1.6% ±0.9 pp · low precision	1.7%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 54,820
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Native	44,108 ±1,281	80.5% ±2.3 pp	82.4%	85.9%
Foreign born	10,712 ±1,272	19.5% ±2.3 pp	17.6%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 51,328
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
English only	35,734 ±1,937	69.6% ±3.7 pp	64.9%	77.7%
Spanish	7,981 ±1,322	15.5% ±2.6 pp	28.1%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	44 ±53 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	54 ±43 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	285 ±171 · low precision	0.6% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,142 ±476	2.2% ±0.9 pp	1.7%	2.0%
Korean	224 ±184 · low precision	0.4% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	403 ±287 · low precision	0.8% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.7%	1.1%
Vietnamese	221 ±163 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	117 ±101 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	3,058 ±1,272	6.0% ±2.5 pp	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	506 ±333 · low precision	1.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,559 ±596	3.0% ±1.2 pp	0.7%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 35,473
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	2,220 ±508	6.3% ±1.4 pp	14.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	7,572 ±1,177	21.3% ±3.3 pp	24.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	6,643 ±915	18.7% ±2.5 pp	20.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	3,356 ±623	9.5% ±1.7 pp	7.7%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	9,892 ±1,058	27.9% ±2.9 pp	21.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5,790 ±864	16.3% ±2.4 pp	12.3%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 54,232
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Texas	U.S.
Same house	46,846 ±1,310	86.4% ±2.4 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	2,419 ±720	4.5% ±1.3 pp	7.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	3,229 ±927	6.0% ±1.7 pp	3.9%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,159 ±474	2.1% ±0.9 pp	2.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	579 ±325 · low precision	1.1% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.8%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

11.6% of Little Elm residents (±1.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 17.1% in Texas and 8.4% nationally. 98.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Little Elm	Texas	U.S.	Compared with Texas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	11.6% ±1.9 pp	17.1%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	98.3% ±0.6 pp	91.4%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.7% ±1.3 pp	6.2%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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