Economic Indicators
City of Dallas Unemployment Rate
- Source: Texas Workforce Commission; Preliminary values not seasonally adjusted
- The preliminary unemployment rate as reported by the Texas Workforce Commission for the City of Dallas for January 2026 was 4.3%, which was lower than the state and national rates. The City's unemployment rate has declined from its high of 12.9% in April 2020.
City of Dallas Household Employment
- Source: Texas Workforce Commission; Preliminary values not seasonally adjusted
- The preliminary January 2026 count of employed Dallas residents, as reported by the Texas Workforce Commission, was 694,781. The reported total was an estimated 5,354 person increase from the previous year.
- *The gap in October 2025 is due to the federal government shutdown.
Dallas-Fort Worth MSA 2023 Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), Gross Domestic Product, All Industry totals and Economic Profile for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
- In 2023, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (MSA) produced 744,653,629 in current-dollar total GDP*. This GDP ranked 5th among MSAs and accounted for 3.0% of the U.S. metropolitan portion total. In 2013, the total GDP of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (MSA) was 401,596,994 and ranked 6th among MSAs.
- In 2023, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (MSA) real GDP grew 3.2%; the 2022–2023 U.S. metropolitan portion change was 2.7%. The 2013–2023 compound annual growth rate for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (MSA) real GDP was 3.9%; the compound annual growth rate for the U.S. metropolitan portion was 2.5%.
- *GDP estimates are in thousands of dollars.
Dallas-Fort Worth MSA Consumer Price Index
- Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, July 2025; Preliminary values not seasonally adjusted
- The consumer price index (CPI) measures the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market base of consumer goods and services.
- CPI for the DFW area and the United States as a whole has generally been declining over time.
- CPI for the DFW area has been generally higher than for the United States over the past decade.
Median Sale Price of Existing Single-Family Homes – Q1 2026
- Source: National Association of Realtors, 2026
- The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Quaterly Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability Report provides a measure of the median selling prices for existing single-family homes and condos by metropolitan area
- Median sales prices in the Dallas Fort-Worth metropolitan area decreased by 2.4% from the 1st quarter of 2025 to the 1st quarter of 2026.
- For more information, go to the "Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability" web page of NAR
FHFA House Price Index – Q4 2025
- Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency, 2023, https://www.fhfa.gov/DataTools/Tools/Pages/FHFA-HPI-Top-100-Metro-Area-Rankings.aspx
- The Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index is calculated using home sales price information gathered from mortgages sold to or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- Home prices (non-seasonally adjusted) in the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division decreased 2.2 percent from Q4 2024 to Q4 2025, while over the same period, the average home price for the entire U.S. rose 1.8 percent.
- From the 3rd Quarter of 2025 to the 4th quarter of 2025, the U.S. rose 0.8 percent, while Dallas-Plano-Irving fell to 0.2 percent.