Irving vs Richardson

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

Irving and Richardson 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 118,269 in Richardson). Richardson has the higher median household income ($96,257 vs $79,641 in Irving). Richardson has the higher median home value ($405,600 vs $287,300 in Irving).

Population, income & housing

	Irving	Richardson
Population	255,036	118,269
Median age	32.8 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,641	$96,257
Median home value	$287,300	$405,600
Median gross rent	$1,517	$1,825
Housing units	101,312	47,827
Homeownership rate	38.3%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.6%	56.2%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irving	Richardson
Population	239,783 → 255,036 (+6.4%)	116,432 → 118,269 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$64,868 → $79,641 (+22.8%)	$85,678 → $96,257 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$177,500 → $287,300 (+61.9%)	$274,200 → $405,600 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,146 → $1,517 (+32.4%)	$1,403 → $1,825 (+30.1%)

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

Richardson

Population

116,432118,269

Median household income

$85,678$96,257

Median home value

$274,200$405,600

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Irving	Richardson
Under 5	8.2%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	13.1%
25 to 34	18.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	9.1%	10.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.4%
75 and over	3.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irving	Richardson
White (non-Hispanic)	18.6%	49.7%
Black or African American	12.7%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	22.5%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43.0%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irving	Richardson
No high school diploma	19.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	18.7%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.8%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irving	Richardson
Drove alone	68.8%	63.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.6%
Public transit	1.0%	2.4%
Walked	1.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.3%	23.2%
Other means	1.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irving	Richardson
1-unit, detached	39.4%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	23.3%	25.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Irving	Richardson
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1986	1985