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Little Elm, TX
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Little Elm profile


Living in Little Elm



Little Elm is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 58,496 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Little Elm is the 75th largest community in Texas. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Little Elm, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Little Elm, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Little Elm’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Little Elm does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $116,036.00.

Little Elm real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Little Elm house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Little Elm has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Little Elm telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 24.70% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Little Elm, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.02 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

The education level of Little Elm ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Little Elm, 40.63% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Little Elm in 2022 was $45,708, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,832 for a family of four. However, Little Elm contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Little Elm is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Little Elm home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Little Elm residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Little Elm also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.06% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Little Elm include German, English, Irish, French, and African.

In addition, Little Elm has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.78%).

The most common language spoken in Little Elm is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.