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With
a population of 185,200, Irving has 69.3 square miles
located in Dallas County midway between Dallas and Fort
Worth, adjacent to DFW International Airport, the second
busiest airport in the world, and 15 minutes from Love
Field in Dallas. Irving is the 12th largest city in
Texas and is also home to the affluent communities of
Las Colinas and Valley Ranch.
The
median price for a home in Irving is $134,400; average
apartment rent is $750. There are about 81,231 Irving
households with an average household size of 2.44. Median
family income is $58,200. The average age of an Irving
resident is 30.7.
For
shopping, Irving has more than 100 shopping centers
and 1.1-million-square-foot Irving Mall, with more than
150 stores. The Mandalay Canal Walk in Las Colinas,
reminiscent of an Old World village, is lined with boutiques
and restaurants. There are also more than 600 food establishments
in Irving.
The
vitality of Irving's local economy is shown by its broad
business base, with 40-plus Fortune 500 companies and
over 25 company headquarters calling it home. Las Colinas,
a 12,000-acre privately funded, planned business and
residential community, is Irving's urban center.
History
buffs enjoy Irving's Heritage District, which features
an historic train depot.
Irving
is served by three area school districts: Irving ISD
(with an enrollment of more than 27,000), Carrollton-Farmers
Branch ISD, and Coppell ISD. Higher education is available
at North Lake Community College, the Irving campus of
the Dallas County Community College District, and at
the University of Dallas, a private, liberal arts university.
For
fine arts patrons, Irving Arts Center is home to many
performing arts groups and to the Irving Sculpture Garden.
The Studios at Las Colinas is a major motion picture
and television production center located in the Dallas
Communications Complex, a 125-acre development that
is a center for more than 120 media, advertising, and
communications companies. Residents and tourists alike
enjoy the Mustangs at Las Colinas, the largest equestrian
sculpture in the world with its nine larger-than-life
bronze mustangs galloping through a prairie stream.
For
those interested in sports, Irving offers one public
and four private golf courses, tennis, swimming, an
Olympic-sized indoor ice skating rink, and other team
sports. For sports fans, Irving is famous for Texas
Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys professional
football team, and the Dr Pepper StarCenter Ice Arena
in Valley Ranch is the team practice facility and headquarters
of the Dallas Stars professional ice hockey team. Horse
lovers and polo enthusiasts enjoy the Las Colinas Equestrian
Center and Polo Club. For fishing, boating, and water
sports, area lakes are within close driving distance.
Mustang Canyon in Irving is home to the area's only
professional water ski team. Irving has more than 53
public parks totaling more than 2,000 acres, including
the 300-acre Twin Wells Park and Golf Course.
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