Frisco vs Plano

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

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

Plano has the higher population (287,339 vs 210,238 in Frisco). Frisco has the higher median household income ($146,158 vs $108,649 in Plano). Frisco has the higher median home value ($595,400 vs $440,600 in Plano).

Population, income & housing

	Frisco	Plano
Population	210,238	287,339
Median age	38.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$146,158	$108,649
Median home value	$595,400	$440,600
Median gross rent	$1,902	$1,792
Housing units	77,787	116,440
Homeownership rate	66.5%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frisco	Plano
Population	177,020 → 210,238 (+18.8%)	287,064 → 287,339 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$127,055 → $146,158 (+15.0%)	$95,602 → $108,649 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$395,900 → $595,400 (+50.4%)	$320,100 → $440,600 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,505 → $1,902 (+26.4%)	$1,418 → $1,792 (+26.4%)

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

Plano

Population

287,064287,339

Median household income

$95,602$108,649

Median home value

$320,100$440,600

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frisco	Plano
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	17.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	17.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.8%
75 and over	4.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frisco	Plano
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	48.2%
Black or African American	8.5%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	26.9%	22.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frisco	Plano
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	9.6%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.5%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frisco	Plano
Drove alone	57.3%	63.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	33.7%	25.3%
Other means	1.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frisco	Plano
1-unit, detached	70.3%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	14.3%
20 or more units	19.7%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Frisco	Plano
Poverty rate	3.5%	7.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	2009	1993