A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Prosper$4,740/mo

Typical home $758K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.21%+ · or rent about $2,176/mo · Housing →

Celina$3,480/mo

Typical home $512K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.87% · or rent about $2,379/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,260 a month, about $15,100 a year, between Prosper and Celina.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Where they are

Prosper and Celina share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

ProsperCelina

Prosper ↔ Celina5.7 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

685 Celina residents work in Prosper (5.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Celina →

Report cards

Prosper places higher on 16 of 22 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B+ProsperSafer than 73% of U.S. towns B+CelinaSafer than 72% of U.S. towns

Schools

AProsperBetter than 89% of districts in the state A−CelinaBetter than 82% of districts in the state

Health

AProsperHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns ACelinaHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns

16Prosper

5Celina

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #227#442 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #364#537 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #113#256 Lowest depressionHealth · 652 towns #256#383 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #471#563 Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #60#6 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #353#392 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #633#591

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Prosper’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

ProsperCelina

Snow a year3″3″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th 53rd

Outdoors & history

ProsperCelina

Trails4 mi 5 mi

Conserved land1.3%0.2%

National Register places—1

Archive photos—12

Community

ProsperCelina

Library hours a week49 hrs 60 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

ProsperCelina

People

Population 37,869Highest 34,268Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +220.2%Highest TX: +15.9% +177.7%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 37.6±1.5Highest 6% above TX 34.7±2.4Lowest about the TX average

Prosper and Celina are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 32.7%±2.5Highest TX: 25% 31.7%±3.8Lowest TX: 25%

Prosper and Celina are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 9.2%±1.3Lowest TX: 13.4% 9.4%±2.5Highest TX: 13.4%

Celina and Prosper are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 66.5%Highest TX: 33.8% 64.3%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±1.2Lowest TX: 6.2% 5.4%±1.9Highest TX: 6.2%

Celina and Prosper are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $195,281±$13kHighest 149% above TX $170,894±$13kLowest 118% above TX

Prosper and Celina are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $823,700±$29kHighest 190% above TX $509,600±$47kLowest 80% above TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,176±$159Lowest 55% above TX $2,379±$466Highest 70% above TX

Celina and Prosper are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 136% above TX $9,514Lowest 125% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.9%±11.7Lowest TX: 51.7% 62.4%±25.3Highest TX: 51.7%

Celina and Prosper are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 5.5%Highest TX: 13.8% 4.7%Lowest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 87.9%Lowest TX: 62.6% 92.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2014Lowest 22 yrs newer than TX 2015Highest 23 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minLowest 10% above TX 33 minHighest 25% above TX

Work from home 35.6%±3.7Lowest TX: 14.4% 35.8%±6.7Highest TX: 14.4%

Celina and Prosper are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 8.9%Highest 3.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miLowest 22.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.73Highest 0.26Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Dallas (17%)Dallas (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Celina6% work in Prosper

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 3.6 miLowest 4.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 75.4Highest 46.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #59 of 583 in TX #80 of 583 in TX

School district DENTON ISD · PROSPER ISDCELINA ISD · PROSPER ISD

High school in town Prosper H SCelina H S

Students per teacherat that high school 16.1Highest 15.3Lowest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Prosper vs Celina

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,260 more a month in Prosper

Prosper and Celina share a border

Prosper places higher on 16 of 22 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

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