Cedar Hill

Population & Demographics

Cedar Hill, TX

Cedar Hill is home to 48,879 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 25,492 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
48,879
people
Population

48,879 residents

Median age 35.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Cedar Hill population & demographics

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

Population
48,879
Median age
35.7yrs
Median household income
$101,909
Median home value
$302,700
Median gross rent
$1,993/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
35.8%
Poverty rate
10.0%

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 Cedar Hill

How Cedar Hill 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).

Black53.9%
Hispanic or Latino24.2%
White15.8%
Two or more races3.7%
Asian1.8%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Cedar Hill

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 Cedar Hill.

Cedar Hill at a glance
Employed Residents
25,492
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
17.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
4.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Dallas
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Cedar Hill 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 Cedar Hill 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

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

Cedar Hill

25,492 commutes, one dot at a time

Cedar Hill

Where 25,492 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Cedar Hill, by worker count.

1Dallas17.1 mi8,066
2Arlington12.8 mi1,742
3Irving18.7 mi1,600
4Fort Worth25.7 mi1,242
5Cedar Hill0.0 mi1,233
6Grand Prairie9.2 mi1,031
7Plano34.0 mi684
8Duncanville4.5 mi553

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Cedar Hill.

1Dallas17.1 mi1,767
2Cedar Hill0.0 mi1,233
3Arlington12.8 mi878
4Fort Worth25.7 mi693
5Grand Prairie9.2 mi692
6DeSoto4.8 mi437
7Midlothian8.4 mi380
8Duncanville4.5 mi305

Top industries

The sectors that employ Cedar Hill’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%)
RTRetail Trade27.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services20.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance9.4%
EDEducational Services9.0%
MFManufacturing7.5%
COConstruction7.2%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.3%
PAPublic Administration3.3%
WSWholesale Trade2.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Cedar Hill

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

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

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