Wylie

Population & Demographics

Wylie, TX

Wylie is home to 60,334 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 32,128 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
60,334
people
Population

60,334 residents

Median age 35.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Wylie population & demographics

Who lives in Wylie — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
60,334
Median age
35.3yrs
Median household income
$119,522
Median home value
$387,000
Median gross rent
$2,189/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
43.3%
Poverty rate
5.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Wylie

How Wylie breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White51.1%
Hispanic or Latino17.7%
Black14.5%
Asian11.3%
Two or more races4.9%
Some other race0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Wylie

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Wylie.

Wylie at a glance
Employed Residents
32,128
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
18.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
22.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Dallas
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Wylie proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Wylie commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Wylie

32,128 commutes, one dot at a time

Wylie

Where 32,128 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Wylie, by worker count.

1Dallas20.3 mi6,660
2Plano11.9 mi3,618
3Richardson10.2 mi2,644
4Wylie0.0 mi2,570
5Garland9.1 mi1,732
6Irving26.6 mi1,163
7McKinney14.4 mi777
8Allen9.5 mi709

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Wylie.

1Wylie0.0 mi2,570
2Garland9.1 mi1,013
3Dallas20.3 mi979
4Sachse3.2 mi627
5Plano11.9 mi623
6McKinney14.4 mi389
7Rowlett6.9 mi376
8Rockwall8.2 mi302

Top industries

The sectors that employ Wylie’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services19.3%
RTRetail Trade16.6%
MFManufacturing10.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance9.5%
COConstruction7.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.4%
UTUtilities7.2%
PAPublic Administration4.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Wylie

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
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