Texas

Distance from Allen to Carrollton

Straight-line distance

15.5mi

Allen, TX and Carrollton, TX are 15.5 miles (25.0 km) apart in a straight line. From Allen, the shortest path starts out heading WSW (238°).

kilometers
25.0
nautical miles
13.5
heading from Allen
238° WSW
heading from Carrollton
58° ENE
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Orange line: great-circle path · ring: midpoint · thin lines: county borders

How far Allen is from Carrollton

The great-circle distance between the Census internal points of Allen and Carrollton is 15.5 miles, 25.0 km or 13.5 nautical miles. That is the shortest path over the Earth's surface, computed with the haversine formula on a sphere with the mean Earth radius, 6,371.0 km. A course held on one compass bearing (a rhumb line) would be 15.5 miles, practically the same at this range.

Measurements

Miles
15.5
Kilometers
25.0
Nautical miles
13.5
Bearing from Allen
237.7° WSW
Bearing arriving at Carrollton
237.6°
Bearing from Carrollton
57.6° ENE

Halfway between Allen and Carrollton

The great-circle midpoint is at 33.049601, -96.786527 (33°02'58.56"N 96°47'11.50"W). The nearest incorporated place of 1,000 or more people is Plano, TX, with 293,286 residents, 2.2 miles from the midpoint. To find towns near the midpoint of any two places, use the halfway tool.

Time zones and daylight

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference. On June 21, Allen gets 14 h 21 min of daylight and Carrollton 14 h 20 min; on December 21, 9 h 58 min and 9 h 58 min. The two sit at nearly the same latitude, so their day lengths match closely all year.

Population compared

Carrollton has 1.2 times the population of Allen. From July 2020 to July 2024, Allen changed by +7.8% and Carrollton by +1.4%. Both are in Texas.

  1. 01Allen, TX113,746 (+7.8%)
  2. 02Carrollton, TX135,456 (+1.4%)
July 1, 2024 population and change since July 2020, Census Vintage 2024.

Questions people ask

How far is Allen from Carrollton?

15.5 miles, 25.0 km or 13.5 nautical miles along the great circle between the two Census internal points. Road distance is longer.

Which direction is Carrollton from Allen?

WSW. The great-circle path leaves Allen on a bearing of 237.7° and arrives at Carrollton on 237.6°. The return trip starts on 57.6°.

What is halfway between Allen and Carrollton?

The midpoint is at 33.049601, -96.786527. The nearest incorporated place of 1,000+ is Plano, TX, 2.2 miles from it.

Is there a time difference between Allen and Carrollton?

Both use America/Chicago, so there is no time difference.

Which is bigger, Allen or Carrollton?

Carrollton, with 135,456 residents in July 2024 against 113,746 for Allen, 1.2 times as many.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and Vintage 2024 estimates; time zones from Open-Meteo.

  1. 01Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  2. 02Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  3. 03SunCalc library (Vladimir Agafonkin), algorithms after Jean Meeus
  4. 04IANA time zone database (clock times and daylight saving rules)

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