Prosper vs Wylie

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

Prosper 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 34,567 in Prosper). Prosper has the higher median household income ($187,603 vs $113,661 in Wylie). Prosper has the higher median home value ($694,600 vs $350,100 in Wylie).

Population, income & housing

	Prosper	Wylie
Population	34,567	58,991
Median age	37.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$187,603	$113,661
Median home value	$694,600	$350,100
Median gross rent	$2,152	$1,985
Housing units	10,865	19,196
Homeownership rate	88.2%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.5%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prosper	Wylie
Population	22,517 → 34,567 (+53.5%)	49,759 → 58,991 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$146,733 → $187,603 (+27.9%)	$92,395 → $113,661 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$459,500 → $694,600 (+51.2%)	$227,700 → $350,100 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,497 → $2,152 (+43.8%)	$1,498 → $1,985 (+32.5%)

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

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)

	Prosper	Wylie
Under 5	7.9%	7.2%
5 to 17	25.2%	21.6%
18 to 24	5.9%	10.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	17.0%	16.8%
45 to 54	18.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	5.2%	5.7%
75 and over	3.5%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prosper	Wylie
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	50.3%
Black or African American	6.5%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	11.1%	10.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prosper	Wylie
No high school diploma	3.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	11.6%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prosper	Wylie
Drove alone	60.3%	66.8%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.4%	18.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prosper	Wylie
1-unit, detached	89.5%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Prosper	Wylie
Poverty rate	3.0%	5.6%
Average household size	3.43	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	2013	2006