ZIP 75226

75226 is one of 84 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Dallas County, TX.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 15 of the 35 nearby ZIPs shown.

2 school locations in 75226: 1 middle, 1 high.

In alphabetical order: UPLIFT LUNA PREPARATORY H S, UPLIFT LUNA SECONDARY SCHOOL. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2005 the typical home in 75226 was worth $113,647.

Values peaked at $343,273 in July 2022. The latest reading is −10.1% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $308,747, +0.5% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $308,747. Put 20% down and borrow $246,998 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $1,710 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $69,589 a year, $5,799 a month. So the payment takes 29.5% of income — rated “stretched” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 10.9% in 2005.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2005 (5.71%) the payment was $528.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $866.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $1,588 — +83% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +15%.

Reported values rose +172% since January 2005.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +74% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2005 home was worth $198,189. So the real change is +56%, not +172%.

75226: +172% since January 2005.

Dallas County: +156% since January 2005.

Texas: +123% since January 2005 — 75226 ran ahead of it by 49 points.

Against 1,763 Texas ZIP codes, 75226 sits at the 26th percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

52nd for appreciation (recent value growth); 55th for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $2,019 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $1,572 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 16.4. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Homes sold: about 1 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 0 — so sales ran at ∞% of it, and below it in 2 of the last 24 months.

Across Dallas County, builders pulled permits for 12,691 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 37% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Dallas County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 37,687 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 52,152 moved out.

Net across those counties: −14,465 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 9 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Tarrant, TX (11,085 households); most departures went to Tarrant, TX (14,066).