Dallas County · Texas · South · 256k residents
Irving, TX: cost of living, taxes & quality of life
Residential facts for Irving: housing, taxes, monthly costs, climate, schools, and household income, with the Texas median as the yardstick. Compare it live against any of 3,000 US cities.
Data coverage: ACS place data; supplementary fields may use state estimates.
The acs median home value in Irving is $315,600, 23% above the Texas median. A two-bedroom rents for about $1,736/mo. Day-to-day costs index at 99 against a national baseline of 100. The median household here earns $81,830 a year.
What the numbers show
Source-confirmed findings- Housing value: The ACS median home value in Irving is $315,600, 23% above the median for ACS-covered places in Texas.
- Household income: Median household income is $81,830, 8.4% above the median for ACS-covered places in Texas.
- Adult education: 42.4% of adults have a bachelor's degree or higher, 44.2% above the median for ACS-covered places in Texas.
- Home value to income: The ACS median home value is about 3.9 times median household income. This is a comparison measure, not a mortgage qualification or affordability promise.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates(2024 ACS 5-year; tables B01003, B15003, B19013, B25077). Geography: Census place where available. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
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What makes this place distinctive
A factual snapshot of the place, based on the profile data. It is not a tourism or cultural claim.
A central Metroplex city with Las Colinas canals, corporate campuses, and international foodways.
Known for: Las Colinas, business travel, the Mustangs of Las Colinas, and diverse neighborhoods.
Calendar note: The Canal Fest and Irving Main Street events shape the local calendar.
Story source: Visit Irving
- Scale: A large city with a quarter-million or more residents in the profile data.
- Setting: The profile places Irving about 76 miles from the nearest tracked lake.
- Climate signal: The profile records 230 sunny days and 2 inches of annual snow.
- Daily pace: The profile records a walk score of 42 and an average commute of 27 minutes.
WhereToHQ derives these signals from the committed city dataset. Read the methodology for coverage and source limits.
Compare Irving side by side
Cost of living index
99
ACS median home value
$315,600
2-bedroom rent
$1,736/mo
Median household income
$81,830
Housing momentum
How fast Irving's housing market is moving, ranked against the US cities we track.
21/100
Cooling
Ranks Irving's home-price and rent growth against the US cities we cover. The label is relative pace, not a direction, so a market can rank low while some figures still rise. A higher score moves faster, it is not cheaper or better. Not investment or relocation advice.
Adjusted by Irving's cost-of-living index versus the US average.
| ACS median home value | $315,600 |
| Price per sq. ft. | $170 |
| Property tax rate | 1.68% |
| 1-bedroom rent | $1,431/mo |
| 2-bedroom rent | $1,736/mo |
| State & local income tax | 0% |
| Sales tax | 8.2% |
| Cost of living index | 99 |
| Groceries index | 96 |
| Utilities | $185/mo |
| Transit pass | $96/mo |
| Gas price | $2.90/gal |
| Healthcare index | 96 |
| Childcare (per child) | $1,000/mo |
| Median household income | $81,830 |
| Unemployment rate | 4% |
| Population | 256k |
| Crime index | 50/100 |
| School rating | 5.5/10 |
| Walkability | 42/100 |
| Disaster risk | 100/100 |
| Avg. commute | 27 min |
| Sunny days / year | 230 days |
| July high | 96°F |
| January low | 36°F |
| Annual snowfall | 2 in |
| Home price YoY | -1.8% |
| Home price MoM | -0.3% |
| Rent YoY | +0.4% |
| Rent MoM | -0.2% |
| Ocean coast | 273 mi |
| Big lake | 76 mi |
| Mountains | 210 mi |
| Major airport | 6 mi |
| Ski resort | 512 mi |
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- What is the cost of living in Irving, TX?
- Irving indexes at 99 for day-to-day costs against a national baseline of 100, with a typical two-bedroom renting for $1,736/mo and a acs median home value of $315,600.
- How much does a house cost in Irving?
- The acs median home value in Irving is $315,600, 23% above the Texas median (Census ACS estimate; individual listings vary).
- How much is rent in Irving?
- A two-bedroom in Irving rents for about $1,736/mo.