Photo: Av9 · Public domainIrving draws 222,995 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 10.1 in Dallas. Employers in Irving report 247,648 jobs; 118,172 of its residents have a job. Irving grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Irving apart
Irving is where the jobs are
Irving has 247,648 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 387,000 people are in town, 50% more than the 257,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Irving works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Irving: Dallas (25%), Grand Prairie (3%) and Coppell (3%). Next door ↓
Most jobs in Irving pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Irving pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Irving’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Irving is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #214 of 642 in Texas. Job access by car holds Irving’s grade up (among the top U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Irving could be anywhere from B to B+.
Irving fills up on a workday
On a workday 93,519 residents head out to work and 24,653 work right here.
About 387,000 people are in Irving on a workday afternoon, 50% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
73% of the jobs in Irving pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Irving, 2013 → 2023: 195,111 → 247,648. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Irving’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Irving live
Where Irving clocks in
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Irving
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Irving workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106,693 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Irving
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Irving is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Irving is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #52 of 642 in Texas. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.0% across Texas.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 133,352 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 96% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 37% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.9% of Irving households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Irving’s commuters take a bus or train.
These are town averages; neighborhoods differ.
How Irving ranks: 28th of 103 U.S. towns of 180,000 to 347,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Hempstead NY | 238,982 | $158K | 4.5% | 4.1% | 20% | A |
| 2 | Oyster Bay NY | 301,115 | $160K | 3.9% | 4.6% | 19% | A |
| 3 | Frisco TX | 236,955 | $150K | 3.6% | 4.6% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | McKinney TX | 236,001 | $124K | 5.7% | 3.7% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Plano TX | 293,028 | $112K | 6.8% | 4.0% | 23% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Chesapeake VA | 255,332 | $95K | 9.4% | 4.9% | 31% | B+ |
| 27 | Boise City ID | 238,429 | $84K | 10.6% | 3.6% | 62% | B+ |
| 28 | Irving TX | 257,076 | $82K | 11.0% | 4.5% | 21% | B+ |
| 29 | Enterprise NV | 240,464 | $98K | 8.7% | 6.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 30 | Aurora IL | 181,505 | $94K | 9.5% | 5.8% | 16% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Baton Rouge LA | 222,795 | $50K | 25.7% | 9.2% | 48% | C− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Irving, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 34% of Irving’s workers
The biggest share goes to Dallas (25%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Irving workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irving | – | B+ | A− | 24 min | $81,830 |
| Dallas | 25% | B− | A | 26 min | $70,518 |
| Grand Prairie | 3% | B | C+ | 28 min | $81,619 |
| Coppell | 3% | A+ | B | 24 min | $146,235 |
| Carrollton | 3% | A | A− | 24 min | $101,396 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Irving’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Irving: questions
What is the median household income in Irving?
$81,830 (±$2,433) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Irving?
11.0%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Irving?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Irving work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dallas (25%, 13 mi), Fort Worth (6%, 23 mi), Plano (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Irving walkable?
Irving is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Irving without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 37% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Irving, from the people who make the trip.
More of Irving
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.