Dallas vs Irving

A side-by-side comparison of Dallas and Irving: population, income, housing, and more.

Dallas and Irving are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dallas has the higher population (1,299,553 vs 255,036 in Irving). Irving has the higher median household income ($79,641 vs $67,760 in Dallas). Dallas has the higher median home value ($295,300 vs $287,300 in Irving).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Irving
Population	1,299,553	255,036
Median age	33.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,760	$79,641
Median home value	$295,300	$287,300
Median gross rent	$1,403	$1,517
Housing units	584,643	101,312
Homeownership rate	42.4%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Irving
Population	1,330,612 → 1,299,553 (-2.3%)	239,783 → 255,036 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$52,580 → $67,760 (+28.9%)	$64,868 → $79,641 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $295,300 (+57.0%)	$177,500 → $287,300 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,403 (+33.4%)	$1,146 → $1,517 (+32.4%)

Dallas

Population

1,330,6121,299,553

Median household income

$52,580$67,760

Median home value

$188,100$295,300

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,403

Irving

Population

239,783255,036

Median household income

$64,868$79,641

Median home value

$177,500$287,300

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,517

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas	Irving
Under 5	7.0%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	18.7%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	5.7%
75 and over	4.4%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Irving
White (non-Hispanic)	28.2%	18.6%
Black or African American	23.4%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	22.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	41.9%	43.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Irving
No high school diploma	19.2%	19.5%
High school graduate	21.5%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.5%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Irving
Drove alone	68.5%	68.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.2%
Public transit	2.3%	1.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.0%	17.3%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Irving
1-unit, detached	41.7%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	25.0%
20 or more units	26.9%	23.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Irving
Poverty rate	17.2%	11.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1980	1986