Grand Prairie is the 6th Fastest Growing City in the Nation
According to recently released Census Bureau statistics, Grand Prairie ranks 6th in the nation in terms of fastest growth among cities with 100,000 or more population. With our 6.6% growth rate between July 1, 2005, and July 1, 2006, we are 2nd place in Texas, behind McKinney who had an astoundingly high growth rate of 11.1%. Factoring in Denton's 9th place and Fort Worth's 11th place national rankings, the DFW metroplex area is growing like no other metropolitan area in the United States. More people means more houses, and more houses means a strong local real estate market ahead!
For more information, please see the Dallas Morning News article linked from the city's web site:
http://www.gptx.org/documents/growingcity.pdf
Also see Kathy Goolsby's article in the July 29th Dallas Morning News:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/grandprairie/stories/072907dnmetgpgrowth.2b8e48f.html