Grand Prairie vs Irving

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

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

Irving has the higher population (255,036 vs 198,564 in Grand Prairie). Irving has the higher median household income ($79,641 vs $78,889 in Grand Prairie). Irving has the higher median home value ($287,300 vs $272,200 in Grand Prairie).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Prairie	Irving
Population	198,564	255,036
Median age	33.5 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,889	$79,641
Median home value	$272,200	$287,300
Median gross rent	$1,470	$1,517
Housing units	70,407	101,312
Homeownership rate	57.9%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Prairie	Irving
Population	192,565 → 198,564 (+3.1%)	239,783 → 255,036 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$67,388 → $78,889 (+17.1%)	$64,868 → $79,641 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $272,200 (+67.6%)	$177,500 → $287,300 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,091 → $1,470 (+34.7%)	$1,146 → $1,517 (+32.4%)

Grand Prairie

Population

192,565198,564

Median household income

$67,388$78,889

Median home value

$162,400$272,200

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,470

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)

	Grand Prairie	Irving
Under 5	6.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	18.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	5.7%
75 and over	3.5%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Prairie	Irving
White (non-Hispanic)	20.1%	18.6%
Black or African American	23.9%	12.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	22.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	43.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Prairie	Irving
No high school diploma	18.3%	19.5%
High school graduate	25.2%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Prairie	Irving
Drove alone	75.6%	68.8%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.2%	17.3%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Prairie	Irving
1-unit, detached	62.3%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	25.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	23.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Prairie	Irving
Poverty rate	12.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.96	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1991	1986