Allen vs Prosper

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

Allen and Prosper 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 34,567 in Prosper). Prosper has the higher median household income ($187,603 vs $129,130 in Allen). Prosper has the higher median home value ($694,600 vs $429,900 in Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Prosper
Population	107,684	34,567
Median age	38.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$129,130	$187,603
Median home value	$429,900	$694,600
Median gross rent	$1,877	$2,152
Housing units	37,947	10,865
Homeownership rate	69.8%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	63.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Prosper
Population	101,699 → 107,684 (+5.9%)	22,517 → 34,567 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$105,925 → $129,130 (+21.9%)	$146,733 → $187,603 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $429,900 (+41.7%)	$459,500 → $694,600 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,487 → $1,877 (+26.2%)	$1,497 → $2,152 (+43.8%)

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

Prosper

Population

22,51734,567

Median household income

$146,733$187,603

Median home value

$459,500$694,600

Median gross rent

$1,497$2,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Prosper
Under 5	5.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	20.7%	25.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	18.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.2%
75 and over	4.2%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Prosper
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	65.0%
Black or African American	10.6%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	19.6%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Prosper
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.1%
High school graduate	13.0%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Prosper
Drove alone	66.8%	60.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.8%	33.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Prosper
1-unit, detached	74.9%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	13.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Prosper
Poverty rate	4.8%	3.0%
Average household size	2.96	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	2002	2013