The fastest-growing ZIP codes in North Texas
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Many of the country's newest fast-growing neighborhoods are in North Texas, per a RentCafe analysis.
Why it matters: Dallas-Fort Worth has seen its population boom in the past five years, with most of the growth happening in suburban areas that were farmland and grassy acreage just a decade ago.
Driving the news: Fort Worth's 76177 ZIP code is the seventh fastest growing new neighborhood in the U.S., per a report from RentCafe, a nationwide apartment-search site.
- Housing inventory in the northern Tarrant County area that includes Alliance grew from 2,774 housing units in 2014 to more than 10,000 in 2023. The number of residents quadrupled during that time.
How it works: RentCafe analyzed the population growth and housing inventory in 32,000 ZIP codes nationwide, giving a close-up look at the rapid expansion outside the city center.
- The report found 17 of the top 50 newest neighborhoods are in Texas.
- The analysis also identified a list of "up-and-coming communities" based on population growth, new housing units and an increase in incomes and educated residents over a decade.
Zoom in: Most of the rapid housing and population growth identified in North Texas has been to the north, except for one ZIP code in Grand Prairie. The other ranked neighborhoods are:
- No. 9: 75078, in Prosper, added 10,000 housing units and more than 33,600 residents between 2014 and 2023.
- No. 10: 75454, in Melissa, tripled its housing inventory and its population went from just over 6,400 residents in 2014 to more than 20,000 in 2023.
- No. 11: 75009, in Celina, added more than 21,000 residents.
- No. 28: 76227, in Aubrey, more than doubled its housing inventory and added about 30,616 residents.
- No. 39: 75054, in Grand Prairie, added more than 10,500 residents.
The intrigue: Prosper and Celina were also listed as the second and third top up-and-coming communities in the U.S. About 90% of residents in both ZIP codes are highly educated.