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Irving, TX
258,060 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4837000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Irving ranked #251 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Irving and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Tempe AZ, Garland TX, Riverside CA, Ontario CA, Arlington TX, Aurora CO, Hollywood FL, Oxnard CA, Pasadena CA, Escondido CA, Pomona CA, Anaheim CA, Glendale CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #251 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #175 | #94 | #161 | #91 | #101 | #107 | #131 | #66 | #64 | #73 | #82 | #79 | #131 | #204 | #106 | #231 | #179 | #153 | #251 | #198 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 200,381 | 203,760 | 206,360 | 209,462 | 213,477 | 216,859 | 219,859 | 225,748 | 228,943 | 232,584 | 237,201 | 239,898 | 240,608 | 241,424 | 239,798 | 256,907 | 254,526 | 255,420 | 257,509 | 258,060 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #331 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -1.5 | -0.8 | -1.1 | -0.8 | -0.3 | — | +0.0 | +0.5 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.9 | -0.9 | -0.2 | -1.6 | -0.7 | -1.4 | -1.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #169 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 3.7 | 9.6 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 2.3 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #176 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 19.7% | 21.0% | 21.4% | 21.6% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 21.5% | 20.6% | 20.5% | 23.2% | 20.6% | 19.3% | 21.1% | 21.5% | 21.9% | — | 22.0% | 22.9% | 25.0% | 24.5% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #188 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 12 in its peer group with data | 1.0 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 7.8 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #148 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54.5 | 66.8 | 81.0 | 61.0 | 58.9 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 175,188 | 181,876 | 186,992 | 194,125 | 191,058 | 193,094 | 197,534 | 200,288 | 204,729 | 217,603 | 227,068 | 239,544 | 244,366 | 243,017 | 246,555 | 237,680 | 237,709 | 253,600 | 262,912 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #202 of 329 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -2.7 | -0.2 | -0.2 | +1.2 | +0.6 | +0.5 | -1.3 | -1.3 | -0.9 | +3.0 | +1.2 | +2.0 | -0.8 | -2.5 | -0.8 | -1.7 | -2.3 | -0.7 | -0.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 110,869 | 114,406 | 119,959 | 117,893 | 125,259 | 125,924 | 128,677 | 134,498 | 129,229 | — | 132,517 | 136,154 | 131,959 | 143,480 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #114 of 340 cities · 1st of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.3% | 8.8% | 5.9% | 5.9% | 4.8% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 3.6% | — | 5.1% | 3.5% | 4.6% | 4.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #65 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 12 in its peer group with data | 13% | 17% | 14% | 21% | 13% | 13% | 3% | 13% | 14% | 17% | 18% | 12% | 14% | 16% | 17% | 22% | 19% | 20% | 25% | 34% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #224 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 12 in its peer group with data | $2,729 | $2,594 | $2,698 | $2,708 | $2,822 | $3,701 | $3,569 | $3,437 | $3,495 | $3,343 | $3,084 | $3,557 | $3,553 | $3,554 | $3,446 | $3,597 | $3,117 | $2,976 | $4,033 | $3,856 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Irving. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.