Carrollton, TX real estate and demographic information

About Carrollton

Carrollton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 122,640 people and 29 constituent neighborhoods, Carrollton is the 24th largest community in Texas.

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

Carrollton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Carrollton is a city of sales and office workers, professionals and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Carrollton who work in office and administrative support (14.91%), sales jobs (14.12%) and management occupations (12.49%).

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

Because of many things, Carrollton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Carrollton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Carrollton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Carrollton’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Carrollton Information and Demographics

The population of Carrollton is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.07% of adults in Carrollton have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Carrollton in 2010 was $31,481, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,924 for a family of four. However, Carrollton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Carrollton is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Carrollton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Carrollton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Carrollton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.98% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Carrollton include German, English and Irish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Carrollton's cultural character, accounting for 24.72% of the city’s population.

The languages spoken by people in Carrollton are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Carrollton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean and Urdu.