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 numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $1,314 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $45,050 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 53% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Dallas-Fort Worth — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
1,398,624
- Gender balance
53%
- Male skew
53%
- Median income
$45,050
- 1-bedroom rent
$1,314
- Living wage
$48,485
- Transit fare
$3
- Rent trend
$1,314
- Most female-leaning zone
44%
- Democratic
60%
- Collar
38%
The shape of the market
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%).
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.
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.
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
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
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Dallas-Fort Worth, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- Deep Ellum
Kitchen + Kocktails
- Downtown Dallas
Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse
- Deep Ellum
The Woolworth
- Uptown
STK Steakhouse
- Deep Ellum
3Eleven Kitchen and Cocktails
- Lower Greenville
HG Sply Co.
- Downtown Dallas
Happiest Hour
- Bishop Arts
Paradiso
- Trinity Groves
Trinity Groves
- Addison
Sidecar Social Addison
- Design District
The Henry
- Bishop Arts
The Mayor's House By Selda
- Uptown
Sixty Vines Dallas
- Addison
The Londoner Pub Addison
- Deep Ellum
La Stella Cucina Verace
- Knox-Henderson
Winsome Prime
- Downtown Dallas
Dakota's Steakhouse
- Bishop Arts
Stock & Barrel
- Lower Greenville
The Charlotte American Bistro
- Design District
Town Hearth
- Knox-Henderson
The Old Monk
- Deep Ellum
Monarch Restaurant
- Lower Greenville
Terilli's Restaurant
- Trinity Groves
Saint Rocco's New York Italian
- Downtown Dallas
The Liam's Steakhouse
- Bishop Arts
Sketches of Spain
- Lower Greenville
Sundown at Granada
- Deep Ellum
Ruins
- Downtown Dallas
Rodeo Bar
- Knox-Henderson
RH Rooftop Restaurant at RH Dallas