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About Allen
City in North Texas, United StatesAllen is a city in Collin County in the U.S. state of Texas, and a northern suburb in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The population was 104,627 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 111,551 in 2022. Allen is located approximately twenty miles (32 km) north of downtown Dallas and is a part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.
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Housing in Allen
The typical Allen home is worth about $485,000, down 5.5% in a year, 62% above the Texas typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Allen
Safety Grade B+
Allen reports less crime per resident than 70% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Allen
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of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 13 are too close to call.
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Schools in Allen
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The public schools Allen’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 92% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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