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Texas·Dallas County
379 tracts·1.3M people·$321K median·3,903/mi²
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Dallas is $320,700 (Census ACS 2020–2024) — 0.7× the US median of $458,812.
Dallas has 1,307,930 residents across 351 census tracts and 116 named neighborhoods (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median age is 33.4; the population is 42.6% Hispanic or Latino, 27.6% White, 22.9% Black, 3.8% Asian, 2.6% Multiracial and 0.5% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 38.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 16.7% (Census ACS 2020–2024).
MICHAEL M BOONE EL (90%), BRENTFIELD EL (87%) and GEORGE B DEALEY MONTESSORI ACADEMY (87%) lead the elementary schools; WILLIAM B TRAVIS VANGUARD ACAD OF ACADEMICALLY TAG (98%), SUDIE L WILLIAMS TALENTED AND GIFTED ACADEMY (97%) and SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED & GIFTED IN PLEASANT GROVE (89%) lead the middle schools; SCHOOL FOR THE TALENTED AND GIFTED (100%), SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (99%) and DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE H S (98%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,472/month, 7% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
The median household income in Dallas is $70,518 a year, 18% below the US median (Census ACS 2020–2024).
In Dallas, median rent is $1,472/month and the median home value is $320,700 (Census ACS 2020–2024).
Dallas reported 6.7 violent crimes and 40.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 95°F; winter lows average 38°F; there are 86 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 39 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Dallas are tornado (100), hail (98) and heat wave (62), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.07g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Dallas, 1.9% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).