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What Salary Do You Need to Live in Dallas?

The published income-needed indicator for Dallas stands at $107,167. 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 -0.94% year over year. The median tracked ZIP in Dallas has a typical home value of $295,216 and typical rent of $1,572 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $147,686 in 75210 to $1,066,305 in 75230 — a factor of 7.2.

Key stats

  • The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.94% year over year.
  • The median tracked ZIP in Dallas has a typical home value of $295,216 and typical rent of $1,572 per month.
  • Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $147,686 in 75210 to $1,066,305 in 75230 — a factor of 7.2.
  • The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 15.6.
  • 9 of 40 tracked ZIPs (23%) show the current cooling flag.
Tracked ZIP markets
40
Median ZIP home value
$295,216
Median ZIP rent
$1,572
income needed change
The metro income-needed indicator changed -0.94% year over year.
housing cost spread
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $147,686 in 75210 to $1,066,305 in 75230 — a factor of 7.2.
metro price to rent
The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 15.6.

The income this metro asks for

The published income-needed indicator for Dallas stands at $107,167. 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 -0.94% year over year.

How far that income reaches

Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $147,686 in 75210 to $1,066,305 in 75230 — a factor of 7.2.

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.

Sources and method

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What a home costs in income, by city

Income needed to buy a typical home, on identical definitions. This is the buying question, not the cost-of-living one.

CityIncome neededvs Dallas
Los Angeles, CA$242,1782.26x
New York, NY$208,8131.95x
Boston, MA$195,2301.82x
Seattle, WA$191,0141.78x
Miami, FL$141,3201.32x
Austin, TX$123,7501.15x
Dallas, TX$107,167—
Atlanta, GA$103,8410.97x
Chicago, IL$103,7610.97x
Houston, TX$88,8630.83x

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