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Here's a look at the hottest Dallas-Fort Worth ZIP codes in 2018

Fort Worth is high on house hunters' lists.

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Dallas-Fort Worth homeowners, both established and soon-to-be, were busy making moves in 2018. Opendoor analyzed its data for the last year in DFW and pinpointed where — and when — people were scouting out their potential new homes.

Those findings are effectively a list of the most popular parts of town for prospective homebuyers. Opendoor makes it easy for house hunters to visit for-sale DFW properties on their own schedule, between the hours of 6 am and 9 pm. The handy app unlocks the front door, meaning buyers can return to visit as many times as they like before making an offer.

Using those trackable stats, Opendoor found that the No. 1 DFW neighborhood was in Keller at 76244, followed by Fort Worth 'burb Eagle Mountain (76179) and Paloma Creek in Little Elm (75068).

Fort Worth has two more ZIP codes in the top 10 (76137 and 76123), while McKinney (75070), Forney (75126), Arlington (75052), Mansfield (76063), and Aubrey (76227) round out the rest.

Opendoor's data was restricted to homes priced between $100,000 and $500,000, meaning that properties in traditionally high-dollar neighborhoods like the Park Cities were excluded.

As for when homebuyers are on the hunt, the results are a little less surprising. Sundays, Saturdays, and Fridays are the days with the most traffic, followed by the sequential Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Currently, Opendoor has more than 500 homes on the market across DFW, so there are tons of homes available to tour, every day of the week.

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The Boom Continues

Booming Fort Worth ZIP among 10 fastest-growing new neighborhoods in U.S.

Overhead view of a neighborhood in Keller, Texas

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Fort Worth keeps on growing.

As Texas' ever-growing population generates more demand among regional housing markets, one Fort Worth ZIP code has seen more growth than nearly all other ZIPs in the state — and in the country.

North Fort Worth's 76177 ZIP code ranks No. 7 in RentCafe's new study that analyzed the 50 fastest-growing "new neighborhoods" in America "that barely existed a decade ago." Two more North Texas ZIPs, located in Prosper and Melissa, also made the top 10

The study reviewed housing inventory and population growth across 32,000 U.S. ZIP codes and narrowed down the search to the top 50 locales that experienced a 51 percent minimum surge in new housing units from 2014-2023.

Overall, Texas dominated the list with 17 of the nation's 50 booming new neighborhoods.

RentCafe determined the 76177 ZIP code in Fort Worth saw a 266 percent surge in housing inventory in the last decade to keep up with the area's 302.1 percent population growth over the same period.

In 2014, there were just 6,003 residents living within the bounds of 76177, which stretches as far north as the area surrounding Texas Motor Speedway and as far south as the Chisholm Ridge neighborhood. During that same year, there were only 2,774 housing units in the area, which has since spiked to 10,140 units as of 2023. The ZIP code now boasts a population of more than 24,000 residents, the study found.

"[ZIP code] 76177’s growth was stimulated by the overall economic expansion of the Dallas-Fort Worth area," the report said. "Like many places in Texas, this enclave attracts residents due to a mix of accessibility, community and opportunities."

Fast-growing ZIPs in Dallas-Fort Worth
75078 in Prosper and 75454 in Melissa respectfully ranked as the ninth and 10th fastest-growing ZIPs in the U.S. over the last decade.

The report's findings revealed Prosper has more than tripled its housing inventory to 14,409 units, up from about 4,200 units in 2014. The area's population has also more than tripled, from 13,229 to 46,857 residents as of 2023.

Melissa's population has surged 211.2 percent over the last decade, from 6,471 to 20,137 residents, and housing inventory soared 222 percent to keep pace with the growth. A recent boom in apartment construction is a major factor that contributed to the suburb's expansion, the report said, with over 1,300 new apartments built in Melissa in 2024.

Dallas suburbs like Prosper and Melissa also "offer easy access to Dallas jobs and provide newly built schools and quality urban services," according to the report.

RentCafe's separate ranking of the best "up-and-coming" communities ranked Prosper and Celina, another rapidly growing Dallas suburb, among the top three in the U.S.

Celina's 75009 ZIP ranked just outside the top 10 as the 11th "newest" neighborhood in the U.S. Celina experienced a 229 percent increase in population over the 10-year span, and a 211 percent increase in housing inventory. In 2023, the suburb had a population of more than 30,000 residents, up from about 9,200 in 2014.

The top 10 "newest" neighborhoods in the U.S., says RentCafe, are:

No. 1 – Chino, California (91708)
No. 2 – Timnath, Colorado (80547)
No. 3 – Colorado Springs (80927)
No. 4 – Fulshear, Texas (77441)
No. 5 – Ponte Vedra, Florida (32081)
No. 6 – Jersey City, New Jersey (07311)
No. 7 – Fort Worth (76177)
No. 8 – Colorado Springs (80924)
No. 9 – Prosper, Texas (75078)
No. 10 – Melissa, Texas (75454)

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