Allen vs Celina

A side-by-side comparison of Allen and Celina: population, income, housing, and more.

Allen and Celina are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allen has the higher population (107,684 vs 27,141 in Celina). Celina has the higher median household income ($155,875 vs $129,130 in Allen). Celina has the higher median home value ($458,000 vs $429,900 in Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Celina
Population	107,684	27,141
Median age	38.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$129,130	$155,875
Median home value	$429,900	$458,000
Median gross rent	$1,877	$2,064
Housing units	37,947	8,879
Homeownership rate	69.8%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	54.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Celina
Population	101,699 → 107,684 (+5.9%)	11,116 → 27,141 (+144.2%)
Median household income	$105,925 → $129,130 (+21.9%)	$124,375 → $155,875 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $429,900 (+41.7%)	$318,300 → $458,000 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,487 → $1,877 (+26.2%)	$1,628 → $2,064 (+26.8%)

Allen

Population

101,699107,684

Median household income

$105,925$129,130

Median home value

$303,300$429,900

Median gross rent

$1,487$1,877

Celina

Population

11,11627,141

Median household income

$124,375$155,875

Median home value

$318,300$458,000

Median gross rent

$1,628$2,064

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Celina
Under 5	5.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	20.7%	23.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	19.1%
45 to 54	16.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	7.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.1%
75 and over	4.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Celina
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	53.3%
Black or African American	10.6%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	19.6%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	16.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Celina
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	13.0%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	16.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Celina
Drove alone	66.8%	59.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.8%	33.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Celina
1-unit, detached	74.9%	96.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.6%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Celina
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.96	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	2002	2012