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Dallas-Fort Worth makes top 10 list of metros with most millionaires

Must be nice to have a seven-figure income.

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A new population analysis has unveiled an exclusive view into how the elite live in the U.S., including a surprising discovery that Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington has the No. 10 highest concentration of millionaire households in the country.

The study by online real estate marketplace Point2Homes compared household data among millionaires in the 30 biggest U.S. metropolitan areas, including four Texas metros, between 2017 and 2022.

The report found that the number of U.S. households that earned at least $1 million a year more than quadruped within the five-year period, with the highest concentration of millionaire households located in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area across New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.

There are just under 2,700 millionaire homeowners living across Dallas-Fort Worth, making up 0.09 percent of all households in the area. The report revealed a majority (44.1 percent) of millionaires in DFW are actually Gen Xers, with the second highest share going to baby boomers (24.7 percent).

Most interestingly, the youngest generation, Gen Z, make up 9.7 percent of all millionaire households in Dallas-Fort Worth, with millennials making up 19.3 percent, according to the report. But the Gen Z percentage is misleading; as the report clarifies, there aren't actually that many Gen Z millionaires walking among us in DFW.

"Instead, this high share is most likely almost entirely due to the people aged 15 to 24 who are still living with their (millionaire) owner parents," the report explained. "Unfortunately, living in a millionaire owner household does not a millionaire owner make — but it does come with some serious perks."

Chief executives and legislators make up Dallas-Fort Worth millionaires' main occupations, specifically in the millennial and baby boomer groups. For DFW's millionaire Gen Xers, the main occupation is physicians.

This is how Dallas-Fort Worth millionaires live
The saying goes, "Go big or go home," and Dallas-Fort Worth's millionaire homeowners are taking that to heart when it comes to their own lavish households.

The report discovered the typical home owned by a millionaire in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is a five bedroom, 10 total-room house, with an average assessed value of $1,402,167. As for wheels, a DFW-based millionaire is likely to have less than three vehicles (2.7) on average.

By comparison, the average value for a millionaire homeowner's abode in San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, California is $2,816,196, the highest amount out of all 30 U.S. metros in the report.

Big, expensive homes don't come without big costs to maintain them, the report reminds. And when it comes to managing finances for wealthy earners, making more money doesn't necessarily mean they'll be saving that income.

"Rather, it just means bigger homes with bigger mortgages and maintenance expenses; more cars; much costlier schools; and more over-the-top lifestyles, which simply bite bigger chunks out of the family's big budget," the report said. "However, despite the 'risks,' most of us would probably choose to have rich people problems. Or, as the saying goes, crying in a Ferrari might just feel better than crying in a Toyota when all is said and done."

Millionaire lifestyles across Texas
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington has the second highest share of millionaire homeowners in Texas, with Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land taking the No. 1 spot. Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown rounded out the top three in the statewide analysis, with San Antonio-New Braunfels taking No. 4.

The Houston metro area also scored above DFW in the national comparison to claim the No. 9 highest concentration of millionaire households in the nation, totaling 2,863 households. These millionaires – mainly physicians for all age demographics – make up 0.11 percent of the all homeowners in the metro area. Gen Xers (32.9 percent) overtook baby boomers (28.9 percent) for the greatest population share of millionaires in the Houston area.

Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, however, fell to No. 24 in the national ranking with only 749 millionaire households calling the Texas Capital home. Austin's millionaires are mainly chief executives and legislators, or other types of high-level mangers. Gen Xers (34.9 percent) make up the highest share of the metro's millionaires, with millennials (30.8 percent) not too far behind.

San Antonio-New Braunfels ranked at the bottom of the study at No. 29, above Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There were only 414 millionaire households in the metro area between 2017-2022, and a majority of them (38.4 percent) were Gen X physicians.

The top 10 metros with the highest share of millionaires in the U.S. are:

No. 1 – New York-Newark-New Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania
No. 2 – Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
No. 3 – San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, California
No. 4 – Boston-Cambridge-Newton, Massachusetts-New Hampshire
No. 5 – Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Virginia-Marland-West Virginia
No. 6 – Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin
No. 7 – Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
No. 8 – Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington
No. 9 – Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas
No. 10 – Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

The full report and its methodology can be found on point2homes.com.

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Camp Mystic News

Bankrupt Camp Mystic seeks to sell the property as legal troubles grow

Funeral Held For Sisters Killed During The Flooding At Camp Mystic In Hunt, Texas

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The owners of Camp Mystic have proposed selling off the riverfront property as part of a bankruptcy plan, with hopes that a buyer will preserve the camp's “historic mission” following the death of 27 campers and counselors swept away by a 2025 flood.

The century-old private Christian girls' camp filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan on September 25 that would auction off the 749 acres (3 square kilometers) it owns and other assets.

The sprawling campus, nestled among rolling wooded hills on the banks of the Guadalupe River, had several single-story cabins that housed some of the youngest campers and a recreation hall near the riverfront. A second campus on elevated ground was not flooded.

The Eastland family has owned the camp for decades and initially sought to reopen this summer. But they faced fierce opposition from victims’ families and some state lawmakers, lawsuits, and legislative investigations into what went wrong.

A buyer would likely get a portion of the camp frozen in time. Families of the victims have fought to stop any demolition of damaged cabins and buildings and stop repairs as part of their lawsuits.

The bankruptcy plan said the owners expect a purchaser would be backed by a group of families that support the camp.

“Nothing in the plan requires any buyer to operate the property as a camp,” the filing said, “but the plan states an express preference, in determining the highest or otherwise best bid, for a buyer that will maintain the historic mission of the camp.”

Twenty-five campers and two counselors were killed when the river surged over its banks in the pre-dawn hours of July 4, 2025. Camp owner and director Richard Eastland was also killed. At least 136 people were killed along a several-mile stretch of the river.

Earlier this month, state police investigators sought search warrants for the electronic communications of the camp's owners, saying they could provide evidence of manslaughter, negligent homicide, child abandonment, or other crimes.

No charges have been brought.

A probe by state lawmakers determined the camp’s young and inexperienced counselors were not trained for floods and other emergencies. It said an earlier decision to evacuate could have saved every life. Most of the victims were under age 10, and some were attending camp for the first time.

The camp's bankruptcy proposal would have to be approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher M. Lopez. Officials with Camp Mystic did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment Monday.

All creditors, including the families who have sued Camp Mystic over the deaths, will have a chance to respond to the plan.

“The Eastlands are now attempting to determine the future of the Camp Mystic property, but the victims' families including my clients, will fight to protect their rights and ensure any sale is fair and transparent,” said Tim Ferguson, attorney for the family of 8-year-old Mary Grace Baker, one of the campers who died.

“The Bakers intend to continue fighting for answers, accountability and justice for their daughter,” Ferguson said.

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