City safety & data profile

Grand PrairieTX

Grand Prairie, TX is a 188K-resident city in Dallas County with a median household income of $81,619.

Dallas County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Grand Prairie, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Grand Prairie has a population larger than 97% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $295,500.

Data updated 2026-09-03

188K
Population (place)
Top 3%
By size
$81,619
Median income (place)
$295,500
Median home (place)
12.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Grand Prairie

Grand Prairie posts a median household income higher than 51% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 49%
by median income, US cities

Where Grand Prairie income ranks nationally

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

$81,619 Top 49% higher than 51% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Grand Prairie $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

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

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

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

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

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

The quick read

Reading Grand Prairie, TX beyond the headline numbers

Grand Prairie sits inside Dallas County, Texas, at roughly 32.75°N, -97.00°W. Population 187,809, $81,619 median household income. Median home value $295,500, median rent $1,629. Poverty rate 12.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Grand Prairie, TX stands at 12.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Grand Prairie costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

12.7% of Grand Prairie 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: 22.3% in Grand Prairie, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Grand Prairie workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Grand Prairie's median age is 34.4 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Grand Prairie 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)
187,809
Grand Prairie · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$81,619
-9% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$295,500
-29% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Dallas County): Grand Prairie'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 Grand Prairie, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,629/mo
Poverty Rate
12.1%
Unemployment 5.2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 30%
Work From Home 12.7%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 26%
African American 25.4%
Asian 7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
38.6%
Obesity
35.8%
High Blood Pressure
31.9%
Physical Inactivity
31.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
22.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.1%
Current Smoking
12.9%
Diabetes
12.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 52.7%
Annual Checkup 73.7%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.9%
Stroke
3.1%

What alerts and safety updates affect Grand Prairie?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Grand Prairie right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-GRAND-PRAIRIE · Grand Prairie

Grand Prairie: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Grand Prairie; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Grand Prairie, TX?
Grand Prairie, TX has a population of 187,809 people, located in Dallas County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Grand Prairie?
The median household income in Grand Prairie, TX is $81,619 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 12.1%.
What is the median home value in Grand Prairie?
The median home value in Grand Prairie, TX is $295,500. Median rent is $1,629/month.
What are the top health concerns in Grand Prairie?
The top health indicators in Grand Prairie include Short Sleep Duration (38.6%), Obesity (35.8%), High Blood Pressure (31.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Grand Prairie?
The median age in Grand Prairie, TX is 34.4 years. 30% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Grand Prairie, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (12.1% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($81,619 here).

Compare Grand Prairie with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Grand Prairie's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Grand Prairie area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Grand Prairie against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Dallas County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.