LittleElm

Little Elm

As of the census ^GR2 of 2000, there were 3,646 people, 1,210 households, and 965 families residing in the town. The population density was 290.3/km² (751.5/mi²). There were 1,302 housing units at an average density of 103.7/km² (268.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 79.24% White , 2.96% African American , 0.63% Native American , 0.74% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 14.15% from other races , and 2.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.96% of the population.

There were 1,210 households out of which 47.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.1% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.2% were non-families. 15.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.01 and the average family size was 3.34.

In the town the population was spread out with 32.5% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 38.4% from 25 to 44, 15.2% from 45 to 64, and 4.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 104.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $50,281, and the median income for a family was $51,803. Males had a median income of $35,533 versus $26,604 for females. The per capita income for the town was $18,362. About 8.8% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the poverty line , including 17.0% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

The population of Little Elm grew by an estimated 446% between 2000 and 2006, ballooning from 3,646 to 19,925 making the town one of the fastest growing in not only the state of Texas but also the United States .

All of this extra growth has made impacted little elm in many ways. The only problem with the city’s master plan is that they built more houses than the current road infrastructure allowed, currently the only way to get south from Little Elm is to use FM 423 which has two lanes southbound and one lane northbound. This creates a traffic nightmare on the commute back home in the afternoon. Traffic from all the houses has also affected The Colony, TX too. Since little elm was an unknown town in the 90s there was not much demand for retail. Now since all the new housing developments began there is a high demand for grocery stores and general needs items. The only big retail chain that has set foot is CVS/pharmacy which would have never considered coming to a place like little elm, but since there was a half-built Eckerds there they converted it into a CVS. The CVS in Little Elm is the busiest in its district and the number one alcohol selling CVS in the state of Texas. Since CVS arrived next door Wal-Mart has broken ground on a new 24 hour supercenter store. The area is pleasant to live in except the horrible traffic problems. The main road, Eldorado Parkway is mainly a 2-lane road and desperately needs to be expanded to a 6-lane through the city of The Colony until it connects to Highway 121