Celina vs Wylie

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

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

Wylie has the higher population (58,991 vs 27,141 in Celina). Celina has the higher median household income ($155,875 vs $113,661 in Wylie). Celina has the higher median home value ($458,000 vs $350,100 in Wylie).

Population, income & housing

	Celina	Wylie
Population	27,141	58,991
Median age	36.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$155,875	$113,661
Median home value	$458,000	$350,100
Median gross rent	$2,064	$1,985
Housing units	8,879	19,196
Homeownership rate	93.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Celina	Wylie
Population	11,116 → 27,141 (+144.2%)	49,759 → 58,991 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$124,375 → $155,875 (+25.3%)	$92,395 → $113,661 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$318,300 → $458,000 (+43.9%)	$227,700 → $350,100 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,628 → $2,064 (+26.8%)	$1,498 → $1,985 (+32.5%)

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

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)

	Celina	Wylie
Under 5	4.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	23.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	19.1%	16.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	7.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	5.7%
75 and over	2.2%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Celina	Wylie
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	50.3%
Black or African American	11.1%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	11.9%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Celina	Wylie
No high school diploma	5.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	14.1%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	37.6%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Celina	Wylie
Drove alone	59.3%	66.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	18.0%
Other means	0.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Celina	Wylie
1-unit, detached	96.2%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Celina	Wylie
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.6%
Average household size	3.23	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	2012	2006