Community, Recreation and Attractions
Irving is a city located within Dallas County, Texas and is in the Dallas–Plano–Irving metropolitan area, which allows for a copious amount of culture, art and entertainment activity.
The entertainment choices in or near Irving cover a huge amount of offerings, capable of satisfying almost any appetite or urge. Activities range from golf and football with the Dallas Cowboys at Texas Stadium, the National Hockey League’s Dallas Stars', to live performances at the 700-seat Carpenter Performance Hall. Additionally, there’s the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks and baseball’s Texas Rangers, plus indoor and outdoor soccer, horse racing and other equestrian events and college athletics.
The area includes sculptures, canals, museums, amusement parks, Irving’s quaint downtowns and the mustangs at Las Colinas, which contains the largest equestrian sculpture in the world, to name a few.
Also, the there’s the Irving Zoo, just 20 minutes from downtown, featuring the wild animals of Africa with rhinos and tigers and the Fort Worth Zoo, 40 miles from Irving with 6,000 exotic animals; the Irving Arts Center; the exhibit “Irving: Where Dallas and Fort Worth Meet”, which offers a plethora of information about Irving’s founding and history; dozens of public park facilities, boating, fishing, camping, wildlife tours, biking trails and hiking, among others.
Demographics
As of the 2000 census, there were 191,615 people living in Irving.
The median income for a household in the city was $44,956, and the median income for a family was $50,172.
Men had a median income of $35,852 versus $30,420 for women.