Little Elm

Population & Demographics

Little Elm, TX

Little Elm is home to 54,820 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 27,547 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
54,820
people
Population

54,820 residents

Median age 35.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Little Elm population & demographics

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

Population
54,820
Median age
35.4yrs
Median household income
$119,219
Median home value
$420,700
Median gross rent
$1,953/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
44.2%
Poverty rate
9.0%

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 Little Elm

How Little Elm 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).

White41.3%
Black21.3%
Hispanic or Latino19.8%
Asian10.9%
Two or more races5.9%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Little Elm

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 Little Elm.

Little Elm at a glance
Employed Residents
27,547
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
15.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
3.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
27.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Dallas
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Little Elm 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 Little Elm 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

31 / 100

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

Little Elm

27,547 commutes, one dot at a time

Little Elm

Where 27,547 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Little Elm, by worker count.

1Dallas27.2 mi4,000
2Plano13.1 mi3,333
3Frisco5.6 mi3,079
4Irving22.4 mi1,535
5Fort Worth38.0 mi1,077
6Little Elm0.0 mi947
7Denton12.6 mi941
8Carrollton13.0 mi927

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Little Elm.

1Little Elm0.0 mi947
2Frisco5.6 mi486
3Denton12.6 mi295
4Dallas27.2 mi268
5Plano13.1 mi244
6McKinney13.8 mi226
7Fort Worth38.0 mi151
8The Colony6.4 mi150

Top industries

The sectors that employ Little Elm’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%)
EDEducational Services17.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services17.9%
RTRetail Trade12.6%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.7%
PAPublic Administration7.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance7.5%
COConstruction4.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.5%
FIFinance and Insurance3.8%
Connectivity

Internet options for Little Elm

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

9 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps93%
5 Gbps93%
8 Gbps44%
See all internet providers in Little Elm

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