Allen vs Wylie

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

Allen and Wylie 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 58,991 in Wylie). Allen has the higher median household income ($129,130 vs $113,661 in Wylie). Allen has the higher median home value ($429,900 vs $350,100 in Wylie).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Wylie
Population	107,684	58,991
Median age	38.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$129,130	$113,661
Median home value	$429,900	$350,100
Median gross rent	$1,877	$1,985
Housing units	37,947	19,196
Homeownership rate	69.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Wylie
Population	101,699 → 107,684 (+5.9%)	49,759 → 58,991 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$105,925 → $129,130 (+21.9%)	$92,395 → $113,661 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$303,300 → $429,900 (+41.7%)	$227,700 → $350,100 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,487 → $1,877 (+26.2%)	$1,498 → $1,985 (+32.5%)

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

Wylie

Population

49,75958,991

Median household income

$92,395$113,661

Median home value

$227,700$350,100

Median gross rent

$1,498$1,985

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Wylie
Under 5	5.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.7%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.8%
45 to 54	16.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	9.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	5.7%
75 and over	4.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Wylie
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	50.3%
Black or African American	10.6%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	19.6%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Wylie
No high school diploma	4.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	13.0%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Wylie
Drove alone	66.8%	66.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.8%	18.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Wylie
1-unit, detached	74.9%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	13.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Wylie
Poverty rate	4.8%	5.6%
Average household size	2.96	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	2002	2006