Collin County and its cities, despite being in the shadow of the larger neighboring Dallas and Tarrant counties, have our fair share of media buzz. Here are a few samples:
2019
Plano: Ranked #4 in Best Cities to Buy a House in America by Niche; Happiest City in America, by WalletHub.
2018
Frisco: Money's No.1 Best Place to Live in 2018.
Plano: Ranked #5 The 20 best US cities for finding a job in 2018, by Business Insider.
2017
Allen: Money's No. 2 Best Place to Live in 2017.
2015
Collin County: Ranked healthiest county in Texas in the latest findings by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
2014
McKinney: Ranked #1 in Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live in America"
Allen: Ranked #4 in
Money Magazine's "Best Places to Find a Job in America"
2013
Collin County:
Nerdwallet’s Best Counties to Work In
2012
McKinney: Ranked second in
Money Magazine’s"Best Places to Live in America"
Allen: Ranked 13th in
Money Magazine’s"Best Places to Live in America"
Collin County: Ranked 6th in the Nation on
CNNMoney’s"Where the Jobs Are" listing, mentioning a 55.9% jobs growth rate from 2000-2011.
2011
One of the state's healthiest counties, 2010 and 2011: Collin County ranked No. 1 in the report's Health Factors category, which includes health behaviors, availability of care and social and economic factors. The county ranked No. 2 in the Health Outcomes category, which ranks counties by the lowest rate of premature deaths and lowest number of residents who are in poor health, according to the
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute's yearly County Health Rankings.
2010
100 Best Places to Live in America, 2010 Edition: Collin County cities McKinney (#5) and Allen (#16) are among the four Texas cities listed in this annual survey of best places to live by
CNN/Money Magazine.
Wealthiest Cities in the U.S.: Four of Collin County’s five largest cities are nationally ranked in the top 100 wealthiest cities, more than any other urban area in Texas and the Southwest, according to a new survey –
U.S. Wealth Centers -- by
Portfolio.com. Below are the cities with the national and regional rankings, based on
per capita income in 2008:
|
City
|
National Rank
|
Regional (SW) Rank
|
Per Capita Income
|
Median Household Income
|
Median Home Value
|
|
Frisco
|
27
|
2
|
$41,786
|
$103,295
|
$256,800
|
|
Plano
|
42
|
3
|
$40,920
|
$85,003
|
$217,500
|
|
Allen
|
75
|
6
|
$34,398
|
$88,199
|
$190,200
|
|
McKinney
|
85
|
7
|
$31,301
|
$82,403
|
$191,800
|
Richardson, part of which lies in Collin County, ranked 110th, with a $32,925 per capita income; $70,641 in median household income, and a median home value at $174,900.
2009
Collin County: Ranked 15th in U.S. by
CNN Money.com’s "Counties With Best Job Growth"
Frisco: Ranked 7th in
Forbes Magazine's "America's 25 Best Places to Move"
McKinney: Ranked 9th in
Forbes Magazine's "America's 25 Best Places to Move"
Allen: Ranked 19th in
Forbes Magazine's "America's 25 Best Places to Move"
Plano: Ranked 25th in
Forbes Magazine's "America's 25 Best Places to Move"; ranked 9th in
U.S. News' "America's 10 Best Places to Grow Up"
McKinney: The nation?s fastest-growing city between 2000 and 2007, with a population that more than doubled to 115,620, according to the
U.S. Census Bureau.
2008
Collin County: Ranked 14th in
Forbes Magazine's "Best Places To Raise A Family"
McKinney: Ranked 14th in
Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live"
Richardson: Ranked 18th in
Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live"
Allen: Ranked 20th in
Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live"
Frisco: Ranked 38th in
Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live"
2007
Collin County: Ranked 2nd in Forbes' "Best School Districts For The Buck", Ranked 13th Forbes' "Fastest Growing Counties"
Frisco: Ranked 7th in Forbes' "Fastest Growing Cities"
Wylie: Ranked 8th in Forbes' "Fastest Growing Cities"
McKinney: Ranked 13th in Forbes' "Fastest Growing Cities"
Allen: Ranked 33rd in Forbes' "Fastest Growing Cities"
2006
Collin County: Ranked 1st in Money's "Fastest Growing Wages in America"
Plano: Ranked 11th in Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live"
Richardson: Ranked 15th in Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live"
