Frisco vs Wylie

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

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

Frisco has the higher population (210,238 vs 58,991 in Wylie). Frisco has the higher median household income ($146,158 vs $113,661 in Wylie). Frisco has the higher median home value ($595,400 vs $350,100 in Wylie).

Population, income & housing

	Frisco	Wylie
Population	210,238	58,991
Median age	38.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$146,158	$113,661
Median home value	$595,400	$350,100
Median gross rent	$1,902	$1,985
Housing units	77,787	19,196
Homeownership rate	66.5%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frisco	Wylie
Population	177,020 → 210,238 (+18.8%)	49,759 → 58,991 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$127,055 → $146,158 (+15.0%)	$92,395 → $113,661 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$395,900 → $595,400 (+50.4%)	$227,700 → $350,100 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,505 → $1,902 (+26.4%)	$1,498 → $1,985 (+32.5%)

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

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)

	Frisco	Wylie
Under 5	5.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	22.3%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	17.8%	16.8%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.6%	5.7%
75 and over	4.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frisco	Wylie
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	50.3%
Black or African American	8.5%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	26.9%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frisco	Wylie
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.4%
High school graduate	9.6%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	38.5%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frisco	Wylie
Drove alone	57.3%	66.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.7%	18.0%
Other means	1.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frisco	Wylie
1-unit, detached	70.3%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	19.7%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Frisco	Wylie
Poverty rate	3.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.83	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	2009	2006