Plano vs Wylie

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

Plano and Wylie 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 58,991 in Wylie). Wylie has the higher median household income ($113,661 vs $108,649 in Plano). Plano has the higher median home value ($440,600 vs $350,100 in Wylie).

Population, income & housing

	Plano	Wylie
Population	287,339	58,991
Median age	39.3 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$108,649	$113,661
Median home value	$440,600	$350,100
Median gross rent	$1,792	$1,985
Housing units	116,440	19,196
Homeownership rate	56.6%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plano	Wylie
Population	287,064 → 287,339 (+0.1%)	49,759 → 58,991 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$95,602 → $108,649 (+13.6%)	$92,395 → $113,661 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$320,100 → $440,600 (+37.6%)	$227,700 → $350,100 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,792 (+26.4%)	$1,498 → $1,985 (+32.5%)

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

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)

	Plano	Wylie
Under 5	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.1%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	16.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.7%
75 and over	5.3%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plano	Wylie
White (non-Hispanic)	48.2%	50.3%
Black or African American	8.9%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	22.6%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plano	Wylie
No high school diploma	6.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	12.7%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plano	Wylie
Drove alone	63.6%	66.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.3%	18.0%
Other means	1.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plano	Wylie
1-unit, detached	59.4%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	18.2%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Plano	Wylie
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.59	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1993	2006