Addison is an incorporated town in Dallas County, Texas, United States. The 2020 census population was 16,661. The future town site was settled as early as 1846 when Preston Witt built a house near White Rock Creek. In 1849, the Witt family opened a gristmill. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.
Addison is bordered by Dallas to the north, east, and south, Carrollton to the west, and Farmers Branch to the west and south.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Addison had a population of 16,661. The median age was 33.3 years. About 12.1% of residents were under the age of 18, and 9.4% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males age 18 and over.
There were 9,533 households in Addison, of which 13.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 24.5% were married-couple households, 31.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 34.4% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 50.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 3,217 families.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Addison racial and ethnic composition<br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic)
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|White (NH)
|8,001
|48.02%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|2,646
|15.88%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|56
|0.34%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|1,347
|8.08%
|-
|Pacific Islander (NH)
|5
|0.03%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|103
|0.62%
|-
|Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)
|696
|4.18%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|3,807
|22.85%
|-
|Total
|16,661
|
|}
Economy
Though Addison has just over 16,000 residents, daytime population is estimated at over 120,000 as of 2010. Addison contains 22 hotels (with a combined total of over 3,000 rooms) and over two million square feet of office space.
With nearly 200 restaurants, the town touts itself as having more restaurants per capita than any other city in the U.S.
Major corporate headquarters in Addison include Dresser, Daseke, Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Wingstop. Other major employers in Addison include Bank of America, Concentra and IWG. Addison is home to Hand Drawn Pressing, the world's first fully-automated vinyl record pressing plant.
Arts and culture
The WaterTower Theatre produces plays and musicals and hosts the annual Out of the Loop Festival. Addison Circle Park, built in the early 2000s, is a venue for several seasonal outdoor events, such as the "Addison Kaboom Town!," "Addison Oktoberfest," and the foodie fun event, "Taste Addison". The Addison Improv Comedy Club hosts shows.
Texas de Brazil and Fogo de Chão, two Brazilian Churrascaria franchises, originated in Addison.
Parks and recreation
thumb|Addison Circle Park and the sculpture [[Blueprints at Addison Circle]]
Addison has of parkland. Addison's first town park opened in 1978. The Dallas Independent School District operates the Alfred J. Loos Athletic Complex in Addison.
The Addison Athletic Club is a 52,000-ft<sup>2</sup> residents-only facility that features indoor and outdoor swimming pools, a gymnasium, fitness equipment, and racquetball courts.
Addison Circle Park was built in the early 2000s.
Vitruvian Park includes commercial and recreational sections.
There are approximately 27 works of public art throughout the city.
Government
{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ Addison city vote<br /> by party in presidential elections
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
! Year
! Democratic
! Republican
! Third Parties
|-
|align="center" |2024
|align="center" |58.10% 4,026
|align="center" |39.96% 2,769
|align="center" |1.95% 135
|-
|align="center" |2020
|align="center" |60.08% 4,465
|align="center" |38.27% 2,844
|align="center" |1.65% 123
|-
|align="center" |2016
|align="center" |51.05% 3,050
|align="center" |42.88% 2,562
|align="center" |6.07% 363
|-
|align="center" |2012
|align="center" |44.10% 2,170
|align="center" |54.05% 2,660
|align="center" |1.85% 91
|}
Education
Most residents are zoned to the Dallas Independent School District, while those on the southern end of Spring Valley and Vitruvian Way are zoned to the Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District.
George H. W. Bush Elementary School of Dallas ISD is located within town boundaries. It was scheduled to open in 2012. Bush's attendance boundary covers most of Addison, and DISD allows people in other parts of Addison in its boundaries to attend Bush. Other DISD elementary schools with attendance boundaries including parts of Addison are Anne Frank and Jerry Junkins. Residents zoned to Bush and Junkins are zoned to Walker Middle School and W.T. White High School, while residents zoned to Frank are zoned to Benjamin Franklin Middle and Hillcrest High.
The C-FBISD area is divided between the boundaries of Stark and Blair elementary schools, and all of the C-FBISD portion is within the zones of Vivian Field Middle and R. L. Turner High. Private, co-educational schools in the Town of Addison include Greenhill School, which enrolls over 1,200 students from preschool to high school, and Trinity Christian Academy, which enrolls over 1,400 from preschool to high school.
The original Addison School building was opened in 1914. In 1954 the school became a part of the Dallas ISD, and the school closed in 1964. That school building is now the "Magic Time Machine Restaurant."