Addison vs Sunnyvale

A side-by-side comparison of Addison and Sunnyvale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Addison has the higher population (17,128 vs 8,069 in Sunnyvale). Sunnyvale has the higher median household income ($157,500 vs $82,858 in Addison). Sunnyvale has the higher median home value ($540,500 vs $466,000 in Addison).

Population, income & housing

	Addison	Sunnyvale
Population	17,128	8,069
Median age	35.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,858	$157,500
Median home value	$466,000	$540,500
Median gross rent	$1,717	$1,216
Housing units	10,772	2,722
Homeownership rate	17.9%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.5%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Addison	Sunnyvale
Population	15,302 → 17,128 (+11.9%)	6,484 → 8,069 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$74,986 → $82,858 (+10.5%)	$132,488 → $157,500 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$335,300 → $466,000 (+39.0%)	$380,400 → $540,500 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,354 → $1,717 (+26.8%)	$843 → $1,216 (+44.2%)

Addison

Population

15,30217,128

Median household income

$74,986$82,858

Median home value

$335,300$466,000

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,717

Sunnyvale

Population

6,4848,069

Median household income

$132,488$157,500

Median home value

$380,400$540,500

Median gross rent

$843$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Addison	Sunnyvale
Under 5	4.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	5.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	28.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	18.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.7%
75 and over	2.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Addison	Sunnyvale
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	50.7%
Black or African American	18.0%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	22.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Addison	Sunnyvale
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	11.1%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Addison	Sunnyvale
Drove alone	70.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	8.6%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	13.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Addison	Sunnyvale
1-unit, detached	13.7%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	53.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Addison	Sunnyvale
Poverty rate	6.8%	7.9%
Average household size	1.71	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1996	2006