City trajectory · 2026 edition
What is changing in Irving?
A city-level read on the people, prices, projects, and tradeoffs shaping where you might buy next.
Typical home value
$469K
3-mo median $469K
School rating
6.8 / 10
STAAR 2024-25
Commute to DTX
18 min
Estimated drive
Population
255,036
Urban, affordable, Las Colinas hub
The bottom line
The bottom line for Irving
Irving is executing a strategy of "polycentric urbanism"—and the data infrastructure economy just added a new node. PowerHouse Data Centers closed on 50 acres in Las Colinas for a nearly 1 million SF, 200-megawatt data center campus. Combined with Wells Fargo's $570M campus (4,500 employees), the Heritage District turnaround ($45M flood control, Land Bank program), and Valley Ranch's Coppell ISD anchor, Irving is building distinct economic ecosystems that don't depend on any single sector.
For the family or investor, Irving presents a bifurcated market — and the price data confirms it. Las Colinas (75039) is posting +9.4% YoY appreciation — one of only three ZIPs in our entire DFW dataset that's up. Meanwhile, 75038 is down -16.4% and 75062 is down -10.5%. "North Irving" (Las Colinas, Valley Ranch) is in a phase of value protection driven by scarcity, corporate anchoring, and data center tax revenue. "South Irving" (Heritage District, Nursery Road) is in a phase of value creation driven by heavy public sector intervention. The $912.2M capital budget signals a municipality spending aggressively to fix the old while facilitating the new.
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Profile context · 2024 est.
Current read
Urban, affordable, Las Colinas hub
Population
255,036
2024 est.
Typical home value
$469K
3-mo median: $469K
School rating
6.8 / 10
STAAR 2024-25
Property tax rate
2.25%
2024-25
Median HH income
$80K
2023
Commute to DTX
18 min
est.
Median age
33 years
2023
Families with kids
32%
2023
Owner-occupied
42%
2023
Demographics
Sources: Census Bureau, Zillow Research, Realtor.com Research, GreatSchools, County Assessor, Google Maps, and Census ACS. Dates shown by field.
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