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75243Dallas, Texas

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 75243.

58
Area Score
Bottom 34% of 3,833 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity2313th of 4,073 published ZIP areas52
GrowthTop 27% of 3,947 published ZIP areas63
Housing affordability4198th of 4,553 published ZIP areas40
Climate3244th of 4,621 published ZIP areas63
Physical resilience2517th of 4,554 published ZIP areas52
AccessTop 4% of 4,623 published ZIP areas100
Economic stability3153rd of 4,591 published ZIP areas50
The quick read

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 7,307 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 30% on the prior year.

Housing costs more relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 29% of median household income.

A major airport is 8 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
63,481
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$53,618
Bottom 20% nationally
Density
6,893/sq mi
9.2 sq mi of land
Median age
33.7
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Dallas
Texas
Metro area
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Nearest major airport
DAL
8 mi · Dallas Love Fld
Median home value
$386,100
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.7% is lower than 42% of the 4,387 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 0.4% over the past year, to 691,015 employed residents.

35% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 73% of measured US ZIP areas.

Median household income of $53,618 is below 80% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$2,795$53,618Bottom 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,653$33,624Bottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate20.4%Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute29.0 minTop 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher34.8%Top 27%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment691,015Top 7%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)2.1%Top 25%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.4%Top 35%June 2026
Labor force725,104Top 7%June 2026
Labor force participation71.8%Top 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$70,630Top 38%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$51,440Top 42%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.7%Top 21%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.7%Top 42%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202454k44k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $53,618 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Fast Food and Counter Workers128,380$28,070
General and Operations Managers125,090$111,010
Stockers and Order Fillers111,100$37,590
Retail Salespersons100,340$33,400
Customer Service Representatives96,930$44,990
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand81,940$38,510

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Dallas, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,285 takes 29% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 7.2 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
28.8%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
7.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,285
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$386,100
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income7.20Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate26.6%Bottom 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±92331,279Top 1%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$42$1,285Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$29,804$386,100Top 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income28.8%Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate12.0%Top 47%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
63/ 100
Top 27% of 3,947 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

69% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 5.6 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
7,307
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
5.6
Top 27% nationally
Year over year
+30%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
69.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Dallas, TX, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 97°F and January a low of 38°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 38.3 inches, including 1.7 inches of snow.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station DALLAS LOVE FLD, 8.1 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.8"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation38.3"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall1.7"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low38°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high97°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing40°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

52 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hail and tornado.

HailHigh
TornadoHigh

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, cold wave, ice storm, inland flooding, winter weather, strong wind, lightning, earthquake, wildfire, hurricane, landslide, drought.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

7 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 8 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Dallas Love FldDAL8 mi8,800 ft
Dallas-Fort Worth IntlDFW17 mi13,401 ft
Perot Fld/Fort Worth AllianceAFW34 mi11,125 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

75243 vs Dallas

How this ZIP area compares with Dallas as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

75243
Dallas
Median household income
$53,618
vs
$70,518
Per capita income
$33,624
vs
$45,811
Population density
6,893/sq mi
vs
3,850/sq mi
Median home value
$386,100
vs
$320,700
Median gross rent
$1,285
vs
$1,472
Homeownership rate
26.6%
vs
42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
34.8%
vs
38.2%
Poverty rate
20.4%
vs
16.7%
Median age
33.7
vs
33.4

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.