Allen vs Frisco

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

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

Frisco has the higher population (210,238 vs 107,684 in Allen). Frisco has the higher median household income ($146,158 vs $129,130 in Allen). Frisco has the higher median home value ($595,400 vs $429,900 in Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Frisco
Population	107,684	210,238
Median age	38.5 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$129,130	$146,158
Median home value	$429,900	$595,400
Median gross rent	$1,877	$1,902
Housing units	37,947	77,787
Homeownership rate	69.8%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Frisco
Population	101,699 → 107,684 (+5.9%)	177,020 → 210,238 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$105,925 → $129,130 (+21.9%)	$127,055 → $146,158 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $429,900 (+41.7%)	$395,900 → $595,400 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,487 → $1,877 (+26.2%)	$1,505 → $1,902 (+26.4%)

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

Frisco

Population

177,020210,238

Median household income

$127,055$146,158

Median home value

$395,900$595,400

Median gross rent

$1,505$1,902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Frisco
Under 5	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	22.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	17.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.6%
75 and over	4.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Frisco
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	47.7%
Black or African American	10.6%	8.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	19.6%	26.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Frisco
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	13.0%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Frisco
Drove alone	66.8%	57.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	24.8%	33.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Frisco
1-unit, detached	74.9%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	13.6%	19.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Frisco
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.5%
Average household size	2.96	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	2002	2009