Flying Solo

How many Dallas-Fort Worth millennials live alone? Less than you'd think.

Not too many young people in Dallas live alone.

Photo courtesy of Leaseful

Dallas-Fort Worth is a playground for millennials, with great job opportunities and affordable living. But are they getting the independence they crave?

Zillow recently analyzed which 10 metro areas have the largest concentrations of millennials living alone, and DFW isn't one of them.

A little less than 12 percent of local millennials live solo, compared to a surprising 19 percent who live with their parents. Those who live alone have a median salary of $43,000 and can afford about 6 percent of available homes.

The story is different in Austin, which has one of the highest percentages of millennials living alone, 13.4 percent, but it's a stretch. Millennials flying solo in Austin have a median salary of $40,000 and can afford only 1.5 percent of available homes. Compare that to Oklahoma City, where the 13.3 percent of millennials live alone and can afford more than 20 percent of homes.

The highest concentration of independent young people is in Richmond, Virginia (15 percent). Pittsburgh (14.3 percent) and Buffalo, New York (14.2 percent) round out the top three.

Elsewhere in Texas, millennials are less independent than DFW and Austin. In San Antonio 10.7 percent of millennials live alone; in Houston, the figure is 10.6 percent.

---

Want more great stories like these delivered to your inbox daily? Then sign up for our emails.

young-professionals zillow

Train News

Fort Worth's Trinity Metro TEXRail beefs up service during the day

Trinity Metro

Beginning Sunday, November 3, Trinity Metro TEXRail is beefing up its schedule. According to a release, the transportation agency will increase the frequency of trains running during midday service to every 30 minutes. It's currently hourly.

This service improvement will provide consistent half-hour frequency for the majority of service hours.

“We’ve studied ridership patterns and noticed a surge in passengers in the middle of the day,” says Vice President of Rail Reed Lanham in a statement. “With more customers traveling at the time, we chose to adapt the schedule to meet customer demand and provide greater convenience and to accommodate commuters.”

For passengers traveling from Fort Worth T&P Station to DFW Airport Terminal B Station, the first trip will be at 4:13 am, and the 30-minute frequency will continue through the 6:43 p.m. departure.

At that point, they'll move to a night train schedule, which will be hourly. The last train will leave at 10:43 pm.

Travelers heading west from the airport will enjoy the benefits of 30-minute frequency beginning at 5:10 am and continuing through 7:40 pm. At that point, it will switch to night-time service of once-an-hour, with the last full-route train leaving DFW Airport Terminal B Station at 11:40 pm.

An additional train from the airport leaves at 12:30 am and travels to Mercantile Center Station.

“The enhanced schedule makes it easier and more convenient for Trinity Metro TEXRail riders to travel,” Lanham says. “Customers won’t need to wonder when the next train is arriving because our new schedule will be consistent and easy to use.”

Trinity Metro TEXRail, which runs between Fort Worth and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, operates on the same schedule every day throughout the year. Its nine stations are located in Fort Worth, North Richland Hills, and Grapevine.

traffic transportation