In Dallas-Fort Worth Metro, 95% of Mostly Upper-Income Areas Are Dominated by White Households Share of census tracts in which majority of households are headed by annual incomes of at least $113 000 Whites include only non Hispanics Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2006 2010 American Community
Our analysis found that, in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and Houston metros, 37% of low-income households (those that take in less than 67% of the metro area’s median annual household income, for example less than $38,000 in Dallas) are located in census tracts in which at least half of households are low-income. Residential concentration among upper-income households (defined as making at least 200% of the metro area’s median household income, for example at least $113,000 in Dallas) is also high in Texas. Houston and Dallas topped the charts among the 10 largest metropolitan areas, with 24% and 23%, respectively, of upper-income households lying in census tracts that were at least half upper-income.
Of the 306 majority lower-income census tracts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, 83% are predominantly non-white. Meanwhile, 95% of the 108 majority upper-income tracts are predominantly non-Hispanic white. Majority middle- and mixed-income tracts that are predominantly non-Hispanic white account for 52% of the Dallas metropolitan tracts, located mostly in suburban areas.
In Dallas-Fort Worth Metro, 95% of Mostly Upper-Income  | Areas Are Dominated by White Households  | Share of census tracts in which majority of households are headed by  | WHITES NON-WHITES  | Majority upper-income  | 95%  | Majority middle- or mixed-income  | 76  | 24  | Majority lower-income  | 83  | 17  | Note: In Dallas lower -income households are defined as those with annual  | incomes of less than $38 000 in 2010; upper-income households are those with  | annual incomes of at least $113 000 Whites include only non Hispanics  | Non-whites include Hispanics.  | Source: Pew Research Center tabulations of 2006 2010 American Community  | Survey (ACS) 5-year files  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 