Grand Prairie

Population & Demographics

Grand Prairie, TX

Grand Prairie is home to 201,883 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 97,158 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
201,883
people
Population

201,883 residents

Median age 34.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Grand Prairie population & demographics

Who lives in Grand Prairie — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
201,883
Median age
34.4yrs
Median household income
$81,619
Median home value
$295,500
Median gross rent
$1,629/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
30.0%
Poverty rate
12.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Grand Prairie

How Grand Prairie breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino46.6%
Black24.8%
White18.7%
Asian6.9%
Two or more races2.4%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Grand Prairie

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Grand Prairie.

Grand Prairie at a glance
Employed Residents
97,158
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
15.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
11.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
12.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Dallas
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Grand Prairie proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Grand Prairie commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

49 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Grand Prairie

97,158 commutes, one dot at a time

Grand Prairie

Where 97,158 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Grand Prairie, by worker count.

1Dallas15.0 mi19,674
2Arlington5.8 mi12,245
3Grand Prairie0.0 mi11,467
4Fort Worth18.7 mi9,885
5Irving11.1 mi8,428
6Grapevine16.3 mi2,356
7Mansfield10.5 mi1,777
8Plano28.8 mi1,705

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Grand Prairie.

1Grand Prairie0.0 mi11,467
2Arlington5.8 mi11,088
3Dallas15.0 mi9,119
4Fort Worth18.7 mi8,794
5Irving11.1 mi3,184
6Mansfield10.5 mi1,701
7Cedar Hill9.2 mi1,031
8Euless10.6 mi950

Top industries

The sectors that employ Grand Prairie’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing17.8%
RTRetail Trade11.9%
WSWholesale Trade11.0%
COConstruction10.3%
TRTransportation and Warehousing8.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.8%
EDEducational Services7.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.6%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance5.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Grand Prairie

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Grand Prairie

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