City safety & data profile

DallasTX

Dallas, TX is a 1.3M-resident city in Dallas County with a median household income of $70,518.

Dallas County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Dallas, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Dallas has a population larger than 99% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $320,700, and 19 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

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Data updated 2026-09-03

1.3M
Population (place): Top 1%
By size: $70,518
Median income (place): $320,700
Median home (place): 16.7%
Poverty rate (place)

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The read on Dallas

Dallas posts a median household income higher than 38% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 6 recent safety alerts are on record and 19 hospitals serve the Dallas area.

Bottom 39%
by median income, US cities: 6
safety alerts on record: 19
hospitals in & near Dallas

Where Dallas income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$70,518 Bottom 38% higher than 38% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Houston

2,314,157
San Antonio

1,526,656
Dallas

1,326,087
Fort Worth

1,008,106
Austin

974,447
El Paso

678,815
Arlington

388,125
Corpus Christi

316,239
Plano

283,558
Laredo

256,153

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Southlake

$250,001
University P…

$250,001
West Univers…

$250,001
Bellaire

$244,015
Colleyville

$218,328
Trophy Club

$201,054
Prosper

$195,281
Lakeway

$190,060
Murphy

$175,699
Keller

$174,950

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

The quick read

Reading Dallas, TX beyond the headline numbers

Dallas sits inside Dallas County, Texas, at roughly 32.78°N, -96.81°W. Population 1,326,087, $70,518 median household income. Median home value $320,700, median rent $1,472. Poverty rate 16.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

19 hospitals in/around Dallas, 3.4/5 avg rating, 10 with an ER.

16.7% of Dallas, TX residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Dallas runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

15.8% of Dallas workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 22.7% in Dallas, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Dallas's median age is 33.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Dallas from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)

1,326,087

Dallas · Census Place

Median Income (place)

$70,518

-21% vs avg

Median Home Value (place)

$320,700

-22% vs avg

Median Age (place)

33.4

years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Dallas County): Dallas's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024

Population

2.6M+9%

Median Income

$76,547+55%

Median Home Value

$303,000+136%

Poverty Rate

13.9%-27%

Unemployment

5%-44%

Economics

Economics indicators for Dallas, TX
Indicator	Value
Median Rent	$1,472/mo
Poverty Rate	16.7% +35% vs avg
Unemployment	4.9%
Bachelor's Degree+	38.2%
Work From Home	15.8%
Public Transit	2.1%

Population

White 35%

African American 23.2%

Asian 3.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity

36.8%

Short Sleep Duration

36%

High Blood Pressure

32.4%

Physical Inactivity

31%

Lack of Health Insurance

22.7%

Frequent Mental Distress

17.8%

Binge Drinking

17.4%

Current Smoking

13%

Frequent Physical Distress

12.9%

Diabetes

12.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.4%

Annual Checkup 74.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma

10%

Coronary Heart Disease

5.1%

Stroke

3.3%

Hospitals 19 total

Rating Distribution

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Average Rating

3.4/5

Total Hospitals

With ER

BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEART & VASCULAR HOSPITAL - DALLAS