Texas

Distance from Carrollton to Dallas

Straight-line distance

15.6mi

Carrollton, TX and Dallas, TX are 15.6 miles (25.1 km) apart in a straight line. From Carrollton, the shortest path starts out heading SSE (150°).

kilometers
25.1
nautical miles
13.6
heading from Carrollton
150° SSE
heading from Dallas
330° NNW
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Carrollton is from Dallas

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Carrollton and Dallas is 15.6 miles, 25.1 km or 13.6 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 15.6 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
15.6
Kilometers
25.1
Nautical miles
13.6
Bearing from Carrollton
150.2° SSE
Bearing arriving at Dallas
150.3°
Bearing from Dallas
330.3° NNW

Halfway between Carrollton and Dallas

The great-circle midpoint is at 32.891368, -96.833126 (32°53'28.92"N 96°49'59.25"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Farmers Branch, TX, with 37,341 residents, 3.7 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Carrollton gets 14 h 20 min of daylight and Dallas 14 h 19 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 9 h 59 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Dallas has 9.8 times the population of Carrollton. From July 2020 to July 2024, Carrollton changed by +1.4% and Dallas by +1.7%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Carrollton, TX135,456 (+1.4%)
  2. 02Dallas, TX1,326,087 (+1.7%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Carrollton from Dallas?

15.6 miles, 25.1 km or 13.6 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Dallas from Carrollton?

SSE. The great-circle path leaves Carrollton on a bearing of 150.2° and arrives at Dallas on 150.3°. The return trip starts on 330.3°.

What is halfway between Carrollton and Dallas?

The midpoint is at 32.891368, -96.833126. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Farmers Branch, TX, 3.7 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Carrollton and Dallas?

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Carrollton or Dallas?

Dallas, with 1,326,087 residents in July 2024 against 135,456 for Carrollton, 9.8 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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