Living in Irving, TX

Dallas County

Irving's identity is corporate-headquarters density plus direct DFW Airport access, distinct from Plano's single-campus-scale anchors: a 2021 count put 10 Fortune 500 company headquarters within the city (including McKesson, Caterpillar, Kimberly-Clark, Pioneer Natural Resources, and Fluor), concentrated heavily in the Las Colinas business district. One correction worth stating plainly, since it's a widely repeated but outdated claim: ExxonMobil, long Irving's most famous corporate anchor, sold its Las Colinas campus and finished relocating its staff to a Houston-area megacampus by mid-2023 -- it is no longer headquartered in Irving. Irving borders Dallas Fort Worth International Airport directly, giving it a genuine logistics/connectivity advantage over the other cities in this batch. Housing runs around $383K (trailing 3 months into May 2026), positioning it between Arlington's affordability and McKinney's or Plano's higher prices, though one conflicting source cites a notably higher figure that wasn't reconciled this session.

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Housing

Median sale price (Irving city)$383,000

Cited at $383,000 over the trailing 3 months ending May 2026, down 1.9% YoY, directly from the Redfin city page. A separate secondary source claimed a conflicting $420,000 figure (+12% YoY) for a different period -- the two were not reconciled this session; treat $383K as the more directly sourced figure and $420K as an unverified outlier pending a closer look.

Median sale price (Dallas County)Not yet verified

Taxes

Local effective property tax rateNot yet verified

Not independently sourced at the Dallas County level this session. Texas carries no income tax statewide. See the Texas hub page for the statewide property tax context -- do not treat that figure as Irving-specific.

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The tradeoffs

Pros

Real, verifiable Fortune 500 corporate-HQ concentration (10 companies as of a 2021 count) in the Las Colinas district, plus the most direct DFW Airport access of any city in this batch; mid-range affordability relative to Plano and Frisco.

Cons

ExxonMobil, its best-known former anchor, fully relocated its corporate staff out of Irving by 2023 -- a real change worth knowing before relying on older material; the current post-ExxonMobil Fortune 500 count was not independently re-verified this session, and the median home price figure has an unreconciled conflicting data point.

Who this fits

Best for: Young professionals targeting Las Colinas-area corporate employers or frequent-flyer/logistics-adjacent roles who want the most direct DFW Airport access in this batch.

Maybe not for you if: Anyone specifically drawn to Irving because of ExxonMobil should know that headquarters relocated to the Houston area by 2023 -- verify a specific employer's current location rather than relying on Irving's older corporate reputation.

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Last reviewed: 2026-08-21. Independent research; see individual metric entries above for source attribution. This is not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.