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“Farmers Branch is centrally located and poised to become the hub and home office for many businesses as new development moves from a vision to a reality over the next few years. Light rail transportation, new housing developments and a very proactive city organization poise Farmers Branch as the new center of the Metroplex and we are ready.”

– Richard Brown, Farmers Branch Chamber of Commerce
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Farmers Branch Snapshot*

 
 
Population/Area  
2009 Population Estimate 28,616*
Total Area 12.1 square miles

Race		  
White 73.4%*
Black or African American 4.8%*
Native American 0.7%*
Asian 4.4%*
Other Races 13.8%*
   

Ethnicity		  
Hispanic origin 45.4%^*
Non Hispanic origin 54.6%^*
   

Age/Education		  
Median Age 37.1 years**
Age 65+ 13.9%**
High School Graduate or
   Higher (age 25+)		 72.8%**
Bachelors Degree or Higher 25.5%**

Households/Housing		  
Average Household Size 2008      2.73 single family/3.02 multi-family(NCTCOG)
Total Housing Units 2010 11,549*
Median House Value 2008 $135,500**
Average House Value 2008 $150,127 (Dallas County Appraisal District)

Income		  
Median Household Income $50,745**
Per Capita Income $25,461**
 
* This information is from the newly released 2010 U.S. Census as found on American Fact Finder. http://factfinder2.census.gov/main.html
 
* *This information is from the 2005-2007 U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS) published in December 2008 unless otherwise noted.  The ACS figures are estimates from samples averaged for a 3-year period, 2005-2007.  The ACS estimate is the middle value of a 90-percent margin of error confidence interval for each estimate.  You can be 90 percent confident that the estimate's margin of error includes the true value.
 
^ The U.S. Census Bureau considers race and Hispanic origin to be two separate and distinct characteristics.  Tabulations are from separate census form questions about race and Hispanic origin in the Decennial Censuses and the American Community Survey (ACS).
 

Demographics Resources

For more information regarding Farmers Branch demographics, please contact the Planning Office at 972.919.2549.