In a study conducted by Apartment List, the largest 100 U.S. metros were analyzed to determine the degree of income gap between those in the 10th and 90th percentile of earners from 2008 and 2017. The study showed Dallas to have one of the smallest increases with a difference of only 0.9%.
Dallas residents in the 10th percentile in 2008 made one tenth the income of 90th percentile resident with average incomes for the two groups $15,000 and $150,400 respectively. In 2017, the 10th percentile income had increased to $18,000 while the 90th percentile grew slightly more with an income of $182,100.
However, income is only half of the story; the rising cost of shelter here and elsewhere is another matter. According to Apartment List:
"Americans in the bottom 10% of the income distribution have experienced the most rapid growth in housing costs over the past 10 years."
Forwarding these statistics to a printing service and then making them available to developers is one way communities seek to drive housing costs down.
In Texas, Houston ranked worse with an income gap that increased from 2008-2017 by 16.3%. On the other hand, San Antonio and Austin were among only five cities with income gaps that decreased.