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Frisco is a city of 236,955, and it grades A− overall, ranked 31st of 640 in Texas. It is healthier than 96% of U.S. towns and the median household earns $150K. The trade-off: the typical home is worth about $640K, 7.1 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. 68% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Frisco, against 23% in Texas’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On the outdoors, just 57 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do better. Frisco's schools rank ahead of 93% of Texas towns.
Where Frisco beats most towns.
116,989 counted in 2010 and 200,509 in 2020; an estimated 236,955 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 18.2% since 2020, after 71.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Frisco is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 332 in 1910, 200,509 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1972 and 3 maps from 1929 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Frisco. Close and well known come first.
in town Theme parkUniversal Kids Resort
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaAT&T Stadium
in town Stadium & arenaToyota Stadium
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaCotton Bowl
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaTexas Stadium
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaGlobe Life FieldUniversal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0 · AT&T Stadium: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toyota Stadium: Flavius Constantine, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cotton Bowl: Robbiewest88, Public domain · Texas Stadium: Allspamme, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Globe Life Field: Drone To Fly, CC BY 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Frisco, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Frisco.
Frisco has schools in the top 5% of Texas, fares better on crime within Texas than nationally and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns.
At 7.1 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $640K) costs more against local pay than in 94% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The typical value, about $640K, is 10% below its July 2022 peak.
The median rent in Frisco is $2,014 a month. The typical Frisco home is worth about $640,000, down 3.9% in a year, about twice the Texas typical home.
| Frisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,014 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 66% | 69% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 45% | 51% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A ranks #11 of the 642 Texas towns we grade for schools. Its A for schools comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $640K.
Its public schools are run by Frisco ISD. Three of its 86 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel L Jones MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,286 | – |
| Rock Hill H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,442 | A+ |
| Wakeland H STop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,230 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
96 miles of trail in 59 parks and preserves. Frisco’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Grand Park, at 205 acres.
| Frisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Grayhawk Park | 1.9 mi | 39 |
| 2. Frisco Commons | 1.1 mi | 74 |
| 3. B.F. Phillips Community Park | 1 mi | 96 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Texas is no health insurance: 8% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 19.1% statewide.
9.1% of adults report frequent physical distress in Frisco. Frisco beats the Texas average on 22 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 13% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Frisco.
| Frisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 30% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Frisco | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 19.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
July afternoons average 94.4°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 35.2°.
Frisco has mild winters and hot summers. About 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| Frisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
| January low | 35°F | 37°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here grew from 42,361 in 2013 to 92,345. 37.8% of workers work from home, against 14.4% across Texas.
38% of Frisco workers work from home. Jobs based in Frisco grew to 92,345 in 2023, 49,984 more than in 2013. 3.6% of Frisco residents live below the poverty line.
| Frisco | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 38% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Median household income | $150,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 12% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 14.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 75% of Texas’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 3,297 to 2,143 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 15 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Frisco.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6 within 15 miles of the center of Frisco
About 6 of every 100 Frisco residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
5% of the town is conserved land, across 59 parks and preserves.
14 notable people were born in Frisco.
City in Texas, United States
Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex (DFW) and about 25 miles (40 km) from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Its population was 200,509 in the 2020 U.S. census. Frisco was the fastest-growing city in the United States in 2017, and also from 2000 to 2009. In the late 1990s, the northern DFW suburban development tide hit the northern border of Plano and spilled into Frisco, sparking rapid growth into the 2000s. Like many of the cities in Dallas's northern exurbs, Frisco serves as a bedroom community for professionals who work in DFW. Since 2003, Frisco has received the designa…
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6 towns share a border with Frisco.
At #31 in TX, it grades higher overall than all 6 graded towns on its borders; Prosper (A−) comes closest.
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frisco | #31 | A− | D− | B | A | A+ |
| The Colony | #139 | B | D | C+ | B+ | A |
| McKinney | #52 | A− | D− | B+ | A− | A |
| Little Elm | #206 | B− | D | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Plano | #91 | B+ | D | B− | A− | A |
| Hackberry | #310 | C | D | — | C | A |
| Prosper | #43 | A− | D | B+ | A | A |
Hackberry reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Frisco with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Frisco grades A− overall, better than 81% of U.S. towns and #31 of 640 in Texas. It grades A+ for health, B for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
14 notable people were born here, including Jaedyn Shaw and Andy Woodward.
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