Duncanville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 35,989 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Duncanville is the 67th largest community in Texas.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Duncanville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Duncanville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Duncanville who work in office and administrative support jobs (21.10%), sales jobs (10.98%), and management occupations (10.63%).

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

Because of many things, Duncanville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Duncanville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Duncanville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One notable thing about Duncanville is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Duncanville is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 96.9% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Duncanville Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Duncanville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 27.49% of adults in Duncanville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Duncanville in 2000 was $22,924, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,696 for a family of four.

Duncanville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Duncanville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Duncanville is White, followed by African-American. Duncanville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.59% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Duncanville include English, German, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Duncanville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.