Lantana, Texas

Area Profile

12,766 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Lantana, in Denton County.

73out of 100
Area Score
Top 7% of 4,196 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 14 sources
OpportunityTop 14% of 4,199 cities measured76
SchoolsTop 15% of 4,162 cities measured78
GrowthTop 17% of 4,224 cities measured68
Housing affordabilityTop 12% of 4,218 cities measured80
Climate3,162nd of 4,225 cities measured63
Physical resilienceTop 43% of 4,226 cities measured65
AccessTop 32% of 4,226 cities measured97
Economic stabilityTop 14% of 4,226 cities measured74
The quick read

Lantana ranks in the top 14% of cities measured for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 4.3% and median household income of $199,489. The unemployment rate is published for Denton County, TX, which contains Lantana, rather than for Lantana alone.

Public schools test above most of the state: 61% of students met the mathematics standard, placing the area in the top 15% of published profiles for schools. Math proficiency is published for Denton County, TX, which contains Lantana, rather than for Lantana alone.

9,355 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, within 12% of the prior year — steady rather than turning. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Denton County, TX, which contains Lantana, rather than for Lantana alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
12,766
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$199,489
Top 1% nationally
Density
5,488/sq mi
2.3 sq mi of land
Median age
39.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Texas
Nearest major airport
AFW
14 mi · Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance
Median home value
$587,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Denton County, TX, which contains Lantana, is 4.3%, lower than in 51% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment across Denton County, TX, which contains Lantana, fell 0.2% over the past year, to 585,030 employed residents.

75% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 98% of measured US cities.

Median household income of $199,489 is higher than in 99% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsDenton County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$101,30782nd percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftDenton County, TX’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$86,70973rd percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$36,0822024 ACS 5-Year$199,489Top 1%of 29,2232024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$5,7732024 ACS 5-Year$66,969Top 7%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±0.6%2024 ACS 5-Year0.7%Top 9%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±3.6 min2024 ACS 5-Year32.1 minBottom 25%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±7%2024 ACS 5-Year74.9%Top 2%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±9%2024 ACS 5-Year59.4%12th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentDenton County, TX’s figureJuly 2026585,030Top 13%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Denton County, TX’s figureJuly 2026+4.4%Top 8%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Denton County, TX’s figureJuly 2026−0.2%Top 37%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceDenton County, TX’s figureJuly 2026611,34087th percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year74.1%Bottom 37%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$70,630Top 45%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Median annual wageDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$51,440Top 48%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±0.4%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Denton County, TX’s figureJuly 2026+0.3%Bottom 29%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateDenton County, TX’s figureJuly 20264.3%Top 49%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year27.5%93rd percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

2021202220232024205k178k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $199,489 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers128,380$28,070
General and Operations Managers125,090$111,010
Stockers and Order Fillers111,100$37,590
Retail Salespersons100,340$33,400
Customer Service Representatives96,930$44,990
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand81,940$38,510

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes city-level labor data only for places of 25,000 or more. This is the figure for Denton County, TX, which contains this city.

61% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 60% in reading, across the schools here that reported results. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Denton County, TX, which contains Lantana, rather than for Lantana alone.

There are 14.6 students for every full-time teacher, fewer than in most measured places. The student-teacher ratio is published for Denton County, TX, which contains Lantana, rather than for Lantana alone.

Public schools
—
Students per teacher
14.6
Math proficiency
61.0%
Top 19% in Texas
Reading proficiency
59.6%
Top 17% in Texas

The proficiency and staffing figures above are for Denton County, TX: too few schools in Lantana reported a usable figure on their own to weight one honestly.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Texas’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 2% above the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 102.5, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division is up 35% over five years, and up 0.5% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,931, below the $3,458 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,931 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $77,200 a year, about 39% of the median household income here of $199,489.

The typical renter household here spends 27% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $3,458 a month.

A median home at $587,500 costs 2.9 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $199,704, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Cost of living
102.5

Prices here run about 2% above the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
26.6%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.9×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,931
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$3,458
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$587,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Lantana’s median household income of $199,489, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Area’s figure2023102.5Bottom 42%of 3,7002023
Home price change (1 year)the Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2+0.5%11th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2+35.4%28th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2+92.5%49th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.72024 ACS 5-Year2.9Bottom 36%of 26,8152024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year93.8%85th percentileof 31,7172024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±5162024 ACS 5-Year3,94286th percentileof 32,1772024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,648Bottom 35%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$2,431Bottom 37%of 4,072FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,931Bottom 35%of 4,072FY2026
Median gross rent ±$4922024 ACS 5-Year$3,458Bottom 1%of 23,1202024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$49,1882024 ACS 5-Year$587,50092nd percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes2024 ACS 5-Year$10,000+—2024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$44,0092024 ACS 5-Year$199,704Top 2%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±9%2024 ACS 5-Year26.6%Top 40%of 22,9502024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±232024 ACS 5-Year01st percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 31,7692024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±232024 ACS 5-Year01st percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

68/ 100
Top 17% of 4,224 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Federal tax returns show Denton County, which contains Lantana, gained about 1.7% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $101,307, above the $86,709 of households that moved out.

At 9.6 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US cities. The permit rate is published for Denton County, TX, which contains Lantana, rather than for Lantana alone.

Units permitted
9,355
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
9.6
Top 13% nationally
Year over year
−12%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
29.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
+1.7%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
33%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$101,307
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$86,709
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Dallas County, TX 17,244 people · 21% of arrivals
  2. Collin County, TX 14,821 people · 18% of arrivals
  3. Tarrant County, TX 9,875 people · 12% of arrivals
  4. Harris County, TX 1,181 people · 1.5% of arrivals
  5. Los Angeles County, CA 1,010 people · 1.3% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Collin County, TX 13,738 people · 21% of departures
  2. Dallas County, TX 10,827 people · 16% of departures
  3. Tarrant County, TX 8,325 people · 13% of departures
  4. Wise County, TX 1,280 people · 1.9% of departures
  5. Grayson County, TX 1,140 people · 1.7% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Denton County, TX. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Census Bureau's Building Permits Survey lists only jurisdictions that issue their own permits, and Lantana, TX is not one. This is the figure for Denton County, TX, which contains this city.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 96°F and January a low of 32°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 35.6 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 47, in the Good band, and about 28 days a year pass 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station DENTON MUNI AP, 9.1 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.5"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year872024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals35.6"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals32°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals96°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals51991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year282024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year472024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals41°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
47
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
87
90th percentile index
Days above 100
28
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

65 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, inland flooding and hail, with tornado alone responsible for 41% of it. Tornado and inland flooding are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.

HailHigh
Cold waveModerate
Winter weatherModerate
LightningModerate

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, heat wave, ice storm, inland flooding, wildfire, strong wind, earthquake, hurricane, landslide, drought, tsunami, volcanic activity, coastal flooding, avalanche.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Denton County records 2.2 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 9.4 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 7.8 per 100,000 residents in Denton County.

Homicide
2.2
per 100,000 residents
Firearm deaths, all intents
9.4
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
7.8
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
11.8
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Lantana (Denton County) rather than Lantana itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. Either no municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — or its department did not report every month of the year. Either way there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Perot Fld/Fort Worth Alliance at 14 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year96.2%Top 19%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle14 miTop 38%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle5Top 45%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year2.4%Top 21%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Perot Fld/Fort Worth AllianceAFW14 mi11,125 ft
Dallas-Fort Worth IntlDFW14 mi13,401 ft
Dallas Love FldDAL23 mi8,800 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
DallasDallas County1,307,93060Dallas vs Lantana
Fort WorthTarrant County963,19462Fort Worth vs Lantana
ArlingtonTarrant County397,74261Arlington vs Lantana
PlanoCollin County290,59470
IrvingDallas County256,49259
GarlandDallas County246,84458
FriscoCollin County219,30475
McKinneyCollin County210,60072
Grand PrairieDallas County201,88362
DentonDenton County152,86667
MesquiteDallas County149,29956
CarrolltonDenton County133,74065

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.