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What Salary Do You Need to Live in Dallas?

The published income-needed indicator for Dallas stands at $107,347. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines. The metro income-needed indicator changed -3.07% year over year. The median tracked ZIP in Dallas has a typical home value of $297,837 and typical rent of $1,575 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $145,509 in 75210 to $1,076,322 in 75209 — a factor of 7.4.

Key stats

  • The metro income-needed indicator changed -3.07% year over year.
  • The median tracked ZIP in Dallas has a typical home value of $297,837 and typical rent of $1,575 per month.
  • Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $145,509 in 75210 to $1,076,322 in 75209 — a factor of 7.4.
  • The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 15.8.
  • 11 of 40 tracked ZIPs (28%) show the current cooling flag.
Tracked ZIP markets
40
Median ZIP home value
$297,837
Median ZIP rent
$1,575
income needed change
The metro income-needed indicator changed -3.07% year over year.
housing cost spread
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $145,509 in 75210 to $1,076,322 in 75209 — a factor of 7.4.
metro price to rent
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 15.8.

The income this metro asks for

The published income-needed indicator for Dallas stands at $107,347. It covers the housing share of the question, not what it takes to live comfortably, which no dataset defines.

The metro income-needed indicator changed -3.07% year over year.

How far that income reaches

Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $145,509 in 75210 to $1,076,322 in 75209 — a factor of 7.4.

The same salary is comfortable in one tracked ZIP and short in another, which is why a single metro figure answers the question only halfway.

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