Why Invest in DFW

Economy, Residents, and Jobs

Dallas Fort-Worth is home to over 23 Fortune 500 companies including Exxon Mobil, JCPenney, AT&T, Texas Instruments, and others.
Unemployment rate in DFW is 3.2% as of 1/2019 (Source: DallasChamber.org)
NO State income or corporate tax rate (Source: DallasChamber.org)
In Dallas, prices are up more than 29% in the last 3 years, and in Fort Worth, up 23%. (Forbes Article Why Invest In Dallas May 2017)
Half of Dallas County households are renters, 40% of Tarrant County. (Forbes Article Why Invest In Dallas May 2017)

#4 among metro areas for future job growth (Source: KERA, 9/24/12)
4th largest inland metropolitan area in the US, behind ALL unaffordable markets losing residents, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. (Source: Wikipedia)
Texas added more than 3.5 million people in the 8 year period preceding, 1/3 of which came to North Texas. That’s 1000 new residents a day! (Source: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/2019/12/05/these-three-texas-cities-are-among-nations-top-10-boomtowns/)
DFW is short more than 40,000 houses! (Source: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2019/09/13/still-building-housing-shortage-will-be-with-us-for-years-to-come/)
DFW has created almost 1 million jobs in the last 10 years but home builders have only started just over a quarter million new homes. (Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2019/12/03/pmb-partners-greenbrick-dr-horton.html)
4th largest GMP in the US, and 10th largest GMP in the world.
DFW is the 7th busiest airport in the world (Source: Wikipedia)

#1 for best states for company headquarters (Source: SF Gate, 9/3/12)
#1 on the list of best places to start a small business (Source: Supermedia.com, 9/11/12)
DFW Metroplex has 7,102,796 population making it the largest metropolitan area in the South, and 4th largest in the US. (Source: Wikipedia/2015 US Census)
Median rent price $1,675 (https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2018/09/11/how-does-your-homes-price-compare-to-north-texas.html)

Thousands of miles of highways
Second largest number of freeway miles per capita in the US behind only Kansas City. (Source: Wikipedia)
Easy to navigate Bus and light rail system
High speed limits, HOV lanes and toll roads
All creates ability to travel a longer distance for work in less time opening more areas to population growth and development

Job centers and large employers are not only in the city
Able to buy in newer and less developed areas off expanding highways to allow return on area growth in addition to initial equity and rent proceeds
Newer houses often mean fewer repairs
Of the 23 Fortune 500 Companies in DFW, about half are located in the suburbs (Source: Wikipedia)
Metroplex home to over 10,000 corporate headquarters (Source: Wikipedia)
DFW and its suburbs are the largest corporate headquarter concentration in the US (Source: Wikipedia)
5 employers alone in DFW employ almost 120,000 people (Walmart, American Airlines, Texas Health Resources, Dallas Independent School District, and Baylor Health Care System) (Source: Wikipedia)

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