Plano vs Prosper

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

Plano and Prosper 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 34,567 in Prosper). Prosper has the higher median household income ($187,603 vs $108,649 in Plano). Prosper has the higher median home value ($694,600 vs $440,600 in Plano).

Population, income & housing

	Plano	Prosper
Population	287,339	34,567
Median age	39.3 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,649	$187,603
Median home value	$440,600	$694,600
Median gross rent	$1,792	$2,152
Housing units	116,440	10,865
Homeownership rate	56.6%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	63.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plano	Prosper
Population	287,064 → 287,339 (+0.1%)	22,517 → 34,567 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$95,602 → $108,649 (+13.6%)	$146,733 → $187,603 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$320,100 → $440,600 (+37.6%)	$459,500 → $694,600 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,792 (+26.4%)	$1,497 → $2,152 (+43.8%)

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

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)

	Plano	Prosper
Under 5	5.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	25.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	18.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.2%
75 and over	5.3%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plano	Prosper
White (non-Hispanic)	48.2%	65.0%
Black or African American	8.9%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	22.6%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plano	Prosper
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	12.7%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plano	Prosper
Drove alone	63.6%	60.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	33.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plano	Prosper
1-unit, detached	59.4%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	18.2%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Plano	Prosper
Poverty rate	7.1%	3.0%
Average household size	2.59	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1993	2013