Welcome to North Richland Hills -- Just minutes from Dallas and Fort Worth, North Richland Hills is the third largest City in Tarrant County with more than 63,400 residents, 1,200 businesses and 30 major employers. Our community has much to offer with an excellent blend of neighborhoods, parks, dining, shopping, office and manufacturing space. We have a low crime rate, excellent public school system, one of the best public libraries in the state and nationally recognized parks and recreation program.
In an effort to further enhance the public art program, the Signal Art Program was implemented in 2007. The program commissioned artists to design original artwork for traffic signal boxes throughout the City. Some of the various pieces include an astronaut, a cowgirl jumping over the moon, and a horned toad with a little bit of Texas pride. So be on the look out, you never know what you might see at the next NRH intersection.
North Richland Hills annually hosts: art exhibitions, concerts and a variety of other live performances, as well as offering a variety of fine and performing arts classes and camps for youth in the summer and fine art workshops for adults throughout the year.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, North Richland Hills is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, North Richland Hills is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in North Richland Hills who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.16%), sales jobs (13.78%), and management occupations (9.96%).
Also of interest is that North Richland Hills has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Demographics
Population in July 2009: 66,010. North Richland Hills covers 18.2 square miles.
Area codes: 817, 682 - Zip codes: 76189, 76182
Climate
North Richland Hills, TX climate is hot during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 80's and cold during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 40's.
The warmest month of the year is July with an average maximum temperature of 95.40 degrees Fahrenheit, while the coldest month of the year is January with an average minimum temperature of 34.00 degrees Fahrenheit.
Temperature variations between night and day tend to be moderate during summer with a difference that can reach 21 degrees Fahrenheit, and moderate during winter with an average difference of 21 degrees Fahrenheit.
The annual average precipitation at North Richland Hills is 37.96 Inches. Rainfall in is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The wettest month of the year is May with an average rainfall of 5.34 Inches.
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