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Ask about Irving, TX's FY 2025-26 adopted budget. Answers come from that city's official budget book, with page citations.
Where Do My Taxes Go?
Estimate the full property tax for a home in Irving, TX, then see how much of it goes to the city and how the city splits that share.
Full property tax
$5,987
Taxable value $280,000. City rate $0.5891, Irving ISD $1.0159, Dallas County $0.5331, each per $100.
Irving ISD
$2,845
47.5% of the full bill. School property tax. This does not fund city services.
Dallas County
$1,493
24.9% of the full bill. Includes Dallas County, school equalization, Parkland Hospital, and Dallas College.
Irving, TX
$1,649
27.6% of the full bill. This is the share split across city services below.
Where the city share goes
$1,649 goes to Irving, TX. These cards split that city amount.
Police, Fire & Emergency Response
$625
37.88% of the city share · 10.4% of the full bill · Police, Fire, code enforcement, and the Public Safety Wellness Unit.
Streets, Traffic & Public Works
$197
11.93% of the city share · 3.3% of the full bill · Streets, traffic, the capital improvement program, and tax-increment financing.
Parks, Recreation & Community Centers
$78
4.71% of the city share · 1.3% of the full bill · Parks and Recreation, including Let's Play Irving operations.
Libraries & Cultural Arts
$25
1.54% of the city share · 0.4% of the full bill · Libraries. Arts and culture are funded mainly by hotel occupancy tax.
Bond Debt Service & Capital Projects
$447
27.11% of the city share · 7.5% of the full bill · Interest and sinking rate of $0.1597 per $100, including pension obligation bonds.
General Government & Administration
$278
16.83% of the city share · 4.6% of the full bill · General government, citywide costs, and economic development incentives.
Year-over-Year "What Changed?"
Irving, TX FY 2025-26 compared with the FY 2024-25 budget. Choose a card to ask about that change.
The General Fund is $323.5 million, up $17.4 million (5.7%) from the FY 2024-25 budget.
Irving department figures are from General Fund By Department, p. 68, FY 2025-26 adopted versus the FY 2024-25 budget. Water, drainage, and solid waste are each fund summary's adopted total versus that fund's prior-year budget. Changes under $100,000 are left off.
Proportional Visual Treemap
Irving, TX FY 2025-26 adopted spending. A larger block is a larger share. Choose a block to ask about that fund.
Combined adopted spending $1,082,650,246 · 10 funds
General Fund
$323,505,387 · 29.9% of adopted spending. Police, fire, parks, libraries, streets, and the rest of day-to-day city operations.
Irving FY 2025-26 adopted expenditures from the Combined Summary of Revenues and Expenditures, p. 36. Water, solid waste, and drainage are the fund totals on pp. 145, 167, and 158. Transfers between funds are included, so the combined total counts some dollars more than once.
Capital Improvement Projects Map
Irving, TX FY 2025-26. Choose a pin to see the project cost, what it builds, and when it is scheduled to finish.
Choose a pin or a project. The card shows its cost, description, and completion.
On the map
Citywide, no single site
Irving FY 2025-26 adopted budget, Capital Improvement Program project sheets, pp. 351–375. Cost is each sheet's project total. Corridor pins sit near the middle of the segment the sheet names. Fire Station 9 (3229 Premier Drive), the Mustang center (2223 Kinwest Parkway), Hackberry Pump Station (8500 Ranchview Drive), and the Belt Line tank (7600 N. Belt Line Road) are the sites the city has published for those projects.
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Civic Query answers questions from one city’s adopted budget at a time, with a page citation you can open. It also estimates a property tax split, shows what changed from last year, maps capital projects, and breaks the budget into a treemap.
Common questions
What is Civic Query?
Civic Query is a free way to read a city’s adopted budget in plain language. You pick a city, ask a question, and the answer cites pages in that city’s budget book.
Which cities are available?
Irving, Texas and Frisco, Texas, each on its FY 2025-26 adopted budget.
Are the answers official city statements?
No. Civic Query is an independent project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any city. Check the cited page before you rely on a figure.
Does Civic Query cost money?
No. Searching a budget, the tax estimate, the year-over-year changes, the treemap, and the project map are free.