City safety & data profile

AllenTX

Allen, TX is a 98K-resident city in Collin County with a median household income of $130,901.

Collin County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Allen, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Allen has a population larger than 92% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $464,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

98K
Population (place)
Top 8%
By size
$130,901
Median income (place)
$464,100
Median home (place)
6.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Allen

Allen posts a median household income higher than 87% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Allen area.

Top 13%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Allen

Where Allen income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$130,901 Top 13% higher than 87% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Allen $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Allen, TX beyond the headline numbers

Allen sits inside Collin County, Texas, at roughly 33.10°N, -96.67°W. Population 98,143, $130,901 median household income. Median home value $464,100, median rent $1,932. Poverty rate 6.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Allen, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6.1% of Allen, TX residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Allen costs roughly 3.5 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

26.7% of Allen workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, stroke departs furthest from its peer median: 2.3% in Allen, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Allen from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
98,143
Allen · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$130,901
+46% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$464,100
+12% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38.4
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Collin County): Allen's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
1.2M+43%
Median Income
$121,600+47%
Median Home Value
$475,600+131%
Poverty Rate
6.2%-21%
Unemployment
4.2%-26%

Economics

Economics indicators for Allen, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,932/mo
Poverty Rate
6.1% -51% vs avg
Unemployment 3.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 57.5%
Work From Home 26.7%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 50.5%
African American 12.2%
Asian 21.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35.7%
Obesity
31.7%
High Blood Pressure
30%
Physical Inactivity
19.3%
Binge Drinking
17.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
14.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.2%
Diabetes
9.3%
Current Smoking
9.2%
Current Asthma
9.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 66.3%
Annual Checkup 75.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
8.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.2%
Stroke
2.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
TEXAS HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL ALLEN
ALLEN · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Allen?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Allen right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet TX-ALLEN · Allen

Allen: 12 tagged alerts; lead category USGS earthquake report.

  • VOL-ACTIVE 12 on record
  • QUAKE-LED 50% earthquakes
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · USGS
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Victoria

Tagged alert mix: Allen

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 12 tagged notices on record for Allen.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Victoria, TX (13 tagged · Δ1)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Allen; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (12 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Victoria, TX 13 alerts Albuquerque, NM 10 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Earthquake Magnitude Explained

What USGS magnitude numbers mean for Allen
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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Allen, TX? ▼
Allen, TX has a population of 98,143 people, located in Collin County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Allen? ▼
The median household income in Allen, TX is $130,901 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.1%.
What is the median home value in Allen? ▼
The median home value in Allen, TX is $464,100. Median rent is $1,932/month.
What are the top health concerns in Allen? ▼
The top health indicators in Allen include Short Sleep Duration (35.7%), Obesity (31.7%), High Blood Pressure (30%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Allen? ▼
Allen has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Allen? ▼
The median age in Allen, TX is 38.4 years. 57.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Allen, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (6.1% here).

West Jordan, UT 6.1% Kirkland, WA 6.1% Mount Pleasant, SC 6.1% Weston, FL 6.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($130,901 here).

Vail, AZ $130,904 West Freehold, NJ $130,800 Cambridge, MA $130,748 Lake Shore, MD $130,689

Compare Allen with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Fairview, TX 10K Plano, TX 284K Murphy, TX 21K McKinney, TX 163K Sachse, TX 25K Wylie, TX 47K Frisco, TX 154K Richardson, TX 111K
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Using Allen's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Allen area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Allen against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Collin County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.