Allen vs McKinney

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

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

McKinney has the higher population (202,314 vs 107,684 in Allen). Allen has the higher median household income ($129,130 vs $120,273 in McKinney). McKinney has the higher median home value ($439,500 vs $429,900 in Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	McKinney
Population	107,684	202,314
Median age	38.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$129,130	$120,273
Median home value	$429,900	$439,500
Median gross rent	$1,877	$1,841
Housing units	37,947	74,436
Homeownership rate	69.8%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	McKinney
Population	101,699 → 107,684 (+5.9%)	182,055 → 202,314 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$105,925 → $129,130 (+21.9%)	$93,354 → $120,273 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $429,900 (+41.7%)	$309,200 → $439,500 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,487 → $1,877 (+26.2%)	$1,394 → $1,841 (+32.1%)

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

McKinney

Population

182,055202,314

Median household income

$93,354$120,273

Median home value

$309,200$439,500

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,841

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	McKinney
Under 5	5.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.0%
75 and over	4.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	McKinney
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	53.4%
Black or African American	10.6%	12.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	19.6%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	McKinney
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	13.0%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	McKinney
Drove alone	66.8%	68.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	24.8%	21.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	McKinney
1-unit, detached	74.9%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	11.5%
20 or more units	13.6%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Allen	McKinney
Poverty rate	4.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	2002	2006