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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
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With 258,060 people, 94,252 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $367,133, Irving real estate prices are well above average cost compared to national prices.
Large apartment complexes or high rise apartments are the single most common housing type in Irving, accounting for 48.25% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Irving include single-family detached homes ( 39.44%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 7.17%), and a few row houses and other attached homes ( 3.44%). Cities that are predominantly high-density buildings are relatively uncommon in the US. Because of the density, these types of cities are often walkable and compact, and often have a lively downtown.
People in Irving primarily live in small (one, two or no bedroom) units, chiefly found in large apartment complexes or high rise apartments. Irving has a mixture of owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing.
There is a lot of housing in Irving built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Irving built between 2000 and later ( 25.82%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 1940-1969 ( 23.56%).
Appreciation rates for homes in Irving have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 113.16%, which ranks in the top 30% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Irving house appreciation rate of 7.86%.
Over the last year, Irving appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Irving's appreciation rate has been 1.09%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Irving were at -0.26%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of -1.05%.
Notably, Irving's appreciation rate in the latest quarter is one of the lowest in America.
Relative to Texas, our data show that Irving's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Texas.
One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Irving differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Irving - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Irving real estate investment or home purchase decisions.
$367,133
for Texas
for nation
94,252
$2,159 / per month