Fourteen square miles, no land left, and the only market around here going up.
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Coppell is a built-out Dallas County city of about 42,150 people packed into 14.4 square miles, ten to fifteen minutes from DFW International Airport. It is the most affluent city in this guide set - median household income $146,235 (ACS 2024), roughly 1.5 times the DFW metro - with a Coppell ISD that the state rated A, at 93 out of 100, in its 2025 accountability ratings. The thing that makes it unusual right now is what its scarcity is doing: while the newest Collin County suburbs give back double digits, Coppell’s median is up 3.3% year over year. There is nowhere left to build here, so there is no new supply to absorb.
A built-out, affluent, school-driven suburb with a small historic core and airport-adjacent access
Summers are hot and sunny with highs in the mid-to-upper 90s°F. Winters stay mild - expect 50°F afternoons mixed with the occasional cold snap. North Texas averages 229 sunny days, roughly 41 inches of rain, and minimal snow each year.
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The walkable historic core, where Coppell still feels like a small town near the original townsite.
One of Coppell’s older and more prestigious neighborhoods, with roots going back to the late 1970s and continued build-out through the early 1990s.
Southeast golf-course living, built late 1980s to early 1990s on larger lots with mature trees - and the pocket of Coppell zoned to Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, not Coppell ISD.
Higher-end custom and luxury enclaves for buyers who want size and finish inside a built-out city.
Understanding Coppell's community composition helps buyers match lifestyle preferences with neighborhood character. The figures below reference recent American Community Survey estimates and city planning reports.
Total Population
42,154
US Census ACS 2024 5-year estimate, across 14.4 square miles - a built-out city with an essentially flat population.
Population Density
≈2,922 per sq mi
US Census ACS 2024 5-year - conventional suburban density with almost no developable land left.
Median Household Income
$146,235
US Census ACS 2024 5-year estimate, margin of error ±$11,704 - the highest in this guide set, roughly 1.5x the DFW metro.
Homeownership Rate
68.8%
US Census ACS 2024 5-year (table B25003): 10,667 owner-occupied of 15,500 occupied units.
Median Age
41.1 years
US Census ACS 2024 5-year estimate (±1.0).
Coppell High SchoolHigh
Coppell ISD’s comprehensive high school, serving the majority of the city.
Coppell New Tech High @ LeeHigh
Coppell ISD’s project-based choice high school, an alternative to the comprehensive campus.
Ranchview High SchoolHigh
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. Serves easternmost Coppell - south of Sandy Lake Rd. and east of MacArthur Blvd., including Riverchase - from a campus in adjacent Valley Ranch/Irving.
Barbara Bush Middle SchoolMiddle
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD middle school serving the CFBISD (Riverchase) portion of Coppell.
Coppell ISD elementary & middle campusesAll
Coppell ISD runs the elementary and middle schools for most of the city; assignment is by attendance zone. Confirm the exact campuses for an address with the district before you offer.
Lewisville ISD (north pocket)All
One subdivision in north Coppell is zoned to Lewisville ISD rather than Coppell ISD - a third district in play. Verify by address.
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Answers to common questions about living, buying, and relocating to Coppell, Texas.
Supply, mostly. Coppell is 14.4 square miles and essentially built out, so there is no pipeline of new construction being delivered into the market. The suburbs falling hardest right now are the ones where builders delivered the most homes at once - Celina is down 11.3% year over year. Coppell has nothing to absorb, an A-rated district, and a location ten minutes from DFW Airport, so its median is up 3.3% (Redfin, May 2026). You are buying scarcity, and scarcity is what is holding the price.
The median sale price is about $634,620 (Redfin, May 2026), up 3.3% year over year, with homes averaging two offers and around 60 days on market. That puts Coppell below Frisco’s ~$688K but well above Plano’s ~$520K - and unlike either, it is rising rather than softening.
Strong, and by the state's own measure rather than a portal's. The Texas Education Agency rated Coppell ISD A, at 93 out of 100, in its 2025 accountability ratings, and Coppell High School an A at 92. Because the city is small and built out, the district is compact - which is part of why the school community and the city community are close to the same thing here. Verify the campus assignment for a specific address with the district before you offer.
About 10-15 minutes in normal conditions, which is the shortest airport commute of any suburb in this guide set. SH-121, the President George Bush Turnpike, I-635, and I-35E all serve the city, so cross-metro drives are efficient in several directions rather than funnelled onto one road. If you fly for work, this is the practical argument for Coppell over almost anywhere north of it.
For buyers who want an A-rated district, a short airport commute, and an established community rather than a construction site, it is one of the best answers in the metro - and the market agrees, which is why it is the rare North Texas city whose price is still rising. Median household income is $146,235 and median age 41.1 (ACS 2024): settled, affluent, and not transient. The honest caveats are that it is small, largely built out (so new construction is scarce and entertainment options inside the city limits are limited), and priced accordingly.
No, and this is the trap worth checking first, because the district is a large part of why people pay Coppell prices. Coppell ISD serves most of the city, but the eastern portion - south of Sandy Lake Road and east of MacArthur Boulevard, which includes the Riverchase neighborhood - is Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, zoned to Ranchview High School on a campus in adjacent Valley Ranch/Irving, and Barbara Bush Middle School. On top of that, one subdivision in north Coppell is zoned to Lewisville ISD. Three districts, one 14.4-square-mile city. Never assume a Coppell address means Coppell ISD; verify the exact address with the district before you offer.
Old Town Coppell is the walkable historic core near the original townsite, and the part of the city that still reads as a small town. Northlake Woodlands is one of the oldest and most established addresses, with mature trees and larger lots. Riverchase is southeast golf-course living, built late 1980s to early 1990s on larger lots - and it is the pocket zoned to Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD rather than Coppell ISD, which is reflected in how it prices. Waterside Estates and The Estates of Coppell are the higher-end custom and luxury enclaves for buyers who want size and finish inside a city with no land left. Because Coppell is built out, all of this is resale stock; expect low turnover and be ready to move on the right house.
Coppell is small and built out, so the honest framing is that it has a good community calendar rather than a big entertainment district. Old Town is the heart of it: the Coppell Farmers Market on Saturdays at 768 W. Main Street, and the Coppell Arts Center for concerts, theater and comedy. Andrew Brown Park East and West is the signature open space, with trails, sports fields and fishing ponds, alongside the CORE aquatic and recreation center. The city runs Kaleidoscope, the Coppell Arts Festival, Celebrate Coppell around Independence Day, and Christmas in Coppell - these are the gathering points relocating families mention most. For anything larger, the highway access and a ten-minute run to DFW Airport are doing the work.
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Every public campus inside Coppell city limits, with the letter grade and score the Texas Education Agency published for it in 2025. Enrolment and grades come straight from TEA's accountability download and the federal school directory, so nothing here is a third-party score that nobody refreshes.
Coppell is split across 2 school districts. Two houses on the same street can feed different districts, and boundaries in this corridor get redrawn most years as new campuses open. Confirm the assignment for the exact address with the district before you write an offer - and if the school is a reason you are buying, ask Mali to put the district's written confirmation in your file.
Dallas County · 12 campuses in town
Dallas County · 1 campus in town
Coppell also has campuses run by Texas College Preparatory Academies, Universal Academy. Open-enrollment charters admit by application and lottery from a wide area, so buying a particular house never assigns a child to one.
Coppell ISD · Grades PreK-5
Texas College Preparatory Academies · Grades PreK-5
Coppell ISD · Grades K-5
Coppell ISD · Grades PreK-5
Coppell ISD · Grades PreK-5
Coppell ISD · Grades PreK-5
Coppell ISD · Grades PreK-5
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD · Grades PreK-5
Coppell ISD · Grades PreK-5
Coppell ISD · Grades PreK-5
Coppell ISD · Grades 6-8
Coppell ISD · Grades 6-8
Coppell ISD · Grades 9-12
Coppell ISD · Grades 9-12
Universal Academy · Grades PreK-12
Coppell homes are taxed by 5 separate governments, and the combined 2025 adopted rate is 1.96% per year of appraised value. That is the number before any exemption and before the special districts below - which is why the figure on a listing page and the figure on your first tax bill are so rarely the same.
| Taxing unit | Rate per $100 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Coppell ISD | 0.981900 | 50% |
| City of Coppell | 0.444976 | 23% |
| Dallas County | 0.215500 | 11% |
| College district | 0.106575 | 5% |
| Hospital district | 0.212000 | 11% |
| Combined | 1.960951 | 100% |
We are not publishing a homestead estimate for Coppell. The rates above come from the Comptroller's statutory filings and are solid, but the exemption each taxing unit has adopted is confirmed here by only one published schedule - and those schedules demonstrably lag a council vote. (One 2025 county schedule still listed a town at 12.5% months after it had voted to 20%.) A figure built on that would look precise and be wrong, so you get the rates and a real answer instead: ask Mali, or call the appraisal district, and we will confirm the exemptions in writing before you budget from them.
Dallas County has 4 special districts levying their own rate on top of everything above - 4 Municipal Utility Districts. Adopted 2025 rates run from 0.18 to 1.00 per $100. At the top of that range a district adds more than half again the entire Coppell stack, and none of it is reduced by a homestead exemption.
These follow subdivision boundaries, not city limits, so two houses a mile apart in Coppell can differ by a full point. They are most common in newer master-planned communities, because that is what the bonds paid to build.
A Public Improvement District is not a taxing unit. It is an assessment a city levies on the specific parcels that benefited from the roads, water and amenities its bonds paid for - set per parcel, absent from every rate table and every listing-site tax estimate, and not reduced by a homestead exemption because it is not a tax. It typically runs the life of the bonds, often 20 to 40 years, and can frequently be paid off in a lump sum. In a new-build community that is the difference between the budget you built and the payment you owe, and the option period is when you find out.
HOA dues are a private contract with the neighbourhood association. They are not on the tax bill, not collected by the county, not deductible, and not touched by any exemption - and a community can have an HOA and a MUD and a PID at once, which is the combination that catches people out. Ask for the dues, the transfer fee, the reserve study and any special assessment in writing, and read them alongside the tax bill rather than instead of it.