DALLAS-FORT WORTH is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Dallas-Fort Worth, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Dallas-Fort Worth is open as a field office. The headline reads:
An estimated 1,399,000 Dallas–Fort Worth adults ages 22 to 50 are single.
A market-rate one-bedroom in Dallas asks about $1,310 a month and falling.
The metro runs male-heavy, about 53% men to 47% women among singles.
The balance isn't uniform across the metro: Lakewood (56% women) and Knox-Henderson (54% women) are among its most female-leaning corners.
The shape of the market
- Singles, 22 to 50
1,398,624
- Gender balance
53%
Among Dallas-Fort Worth couples, about 10% live together unmarried rather than married, below the national 13%.
Lakewood and Knox-Henderson are the female-tilting exceptions, around 44 to 46% male.
Dallas skews male, about 53%, sharpest in the Design District (77%) and Deep Ellum (58%).
About 56% of Dallas-Fort Worth households are couple households — married or living together — above the national 54%; the rest are people living alone or with roommates.
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
The figures above are national benchmarks. In Dallas-Fort Worth, date-spot density is thickest in Las Colinas, Deep Ellum, and Downtown Dallas — the most reliable neighborhoods to take the dating offline.
Dating safety in Dallas-Fort Worth
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
These are national safety benchmarks. The practical local move is the same everywhere — meet first in a busy, public place; in Dallas-Fort Worth the highest-traffic date districts are Las Colinas, Deep Ellum, and Downtown Dallas.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
It is a Democratic island in a red-leaning metro: the collar counties of Tarrant, Collin, and Denton all went Republican, so the dating pool splits hard along the city-suburb line.
Texas does not register voters by party, so we read political lean from the 2024 vote: Dallas County broke about 60% Harris to 38% Trump.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
- Median income
$45,050
- 1-bedroom rent
$1,314
A single adult in Dallas County needs about $48,500 a year just to cover the basics.
Dallas rents are falling: the DFW metro absorbed nearly 100,000 new apartments, and the oversupply has pushed one-bedroom asking rents down across the city.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A DART pass is $3.00 for three hours on buses and light rail, with daily and monthly fare-capping in the GoPass app.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Uptown | 18,685 | 52 / 48 | $71,166 | $1,896 |
| Lower Greenville | 17,262 | 55 / 45 | $70,537 | $1,777 |
| Downtown Dallas | 11,225 | 51 / 49 | $78,134 | $2,008 |
| Bishop Arts | 7,727 | 49 / 51 | $50,681 | $1,739 |
| Addison | 6,760 | 50 / 50 | $58,730 | $1,784 |
| Lakewood | 6,250 | 44 / 56 | $77,614 | $1,533 |
| Knox-Henderson | 5,747 | 46 / 54 | $71,940 | $2,529 |
| Trinity Groves | 5,720 | 57 / 43 | $30,953 | $1,303 |
| Design District | 5,318 | 77 / 23 | $47,748 | $1,852 |
| Deep Ellum | 2,427 | 58 / 42 | $44,167 | $1,768 |
| Frisco | — | — | $72,643 | $2,056 |
| Las Colinas | — | — | $49,257 | $1,506 |
| M Streets | — | — | $70,537 | $1,777 |
| Oak Lawn | — | — | $73,190 | $1,845 |
| Plano | — | — | $75,401 | $1,891 |
| Richardson | — | — | $44,167 | $1,889 |
Local date spots
- LakewoodActivity
The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Wheelchair access - Deep EllumDining
Kitchen + Kocktails
- Design DistrictActivity
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Wheelchair access - Downtown DallasActivity
Klyde Warren Park
Wheelchair access - PlanoDining
Bulla Gastrobar Plano
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Downtown DallasActivity
Dallas Museum of Art
Wheelchair access - Downtown DallasDining
Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse
- Downtown DallasActivity
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Wheelchair access - Deep EllumActivity
Dos Equis Pavilion
Wheelchair access - Deep EllumDining
The Woolworth
- Las ColinasActivity
Texas Trust CU Theatre
Wheelchair access - Las ColinasActivity
Toyota Music Factory
Wheelchair access - RichardsonDining
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - Las ColinasDining
Whiskey Cake Las Colinas
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - UptownDining
STK Steakhouse
- AddisonActivity
Sherlock's Escape Rooms Dallas
Wheelchair access - Las ColinasDining
Sanjh Restaurant & Bar
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - Deep EllumDining
3Eleven Kitchen and Cocktails
- Lower GreenvilleDining
HG Sply Co.
- PlanoActivity
Puttery
Wheelchair access - LakewoodActivity
White Rock Lake Park
Wheelchair access - Downtown DallasDrinks
Happiest Hour
- Downtown DallasActivity
Museum of Illusions
Wheelchair access - Bishop ArtsDining
Paradiso
- Las ColinasActivity
PINSTACK
Wheelchair access - Las ColinasDining
Brasão Brazilian Steakhouse
Good for groupsWheelchair access - Las ColinasDrinks
Thirsty Lion
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Oak LawnActivity
Bachman Lake Park
Wheelchair access - PlanoDrinks
Sixty Vines Plano
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - PlanoDrinks
Moxies Plano Restaurant
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - Deep EllumActivity
The Bomb Factory
Wheelchair access - Trinity GrovesDrinks
Trinity Groves
- Deep EllumActivity
The Free Man Cajun Cafe & Lounge
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - AddisonDrinks
Sidecar Social Addison
- Design DistrictDining
The Henry
- M StreetsActivity
Topgolf Dallas
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Las ColinasDrinks
Bar Louie - Music Factory
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - Bishop ArtsDining
The Mayor's House By Selda
- Trinity GrovesActivity
Cidercade Dallas
Wheelchair access - RichardsonDining
Fusion Vibes Kitchen + Lounge
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - UptownDining
Sixty Vines Dallas
- AddisonDrinks
The Londoner Pub Addison
- RichardsonDining
Texas
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - AddisonActivity
The Addison Improv
Good for groupsWheelchair access - Design DistrictActivity
Escapology Escape Rooms Dallas - Victory Park
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - AddisonActivity
Escape The Room Dallas
Wheelchair access - Oak LawnDining
Al Biernat's Oak Lawn
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - Deep EllumDining
La Stella Cucina Verace
- Downtown DallasActivity
Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
Wheelchair access - RichardsonActivity
Adventure Landing Dallas
Wheelchair access - Las ColinasDining
Via Real Restaurant
Good for groupsWheelchair access - AddisonActivity
Puttshack - Addison
Wheelchair access - LakewoodActivity
Lucky Strike Garland
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - Trinity GrovesCafés
Mr. Sugar Rush
LGBTQ+ friendlyGood for groups - Trinity GrovesActivity
Bowlounge
Outdoor seatingLGBTQ+ friendly - Deep EllumActivity
Trees
Wheelchair access - FriscoDining
III Forks
Good for groupsWheelchair access - Knox-HendersonDining
Winsome Prime
- M StreetsActivity
Granada Theater
LGBTQ+ friendlyWheelchair access - Trinity GrovesActivity
Trammell Crow Park
Wheelchair access