Texas · Census place 4859696

Prosper, Texas

Prosper is a town in 2 counties of Texas with an estimated 44,503 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 83rd largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
44,503
#83 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+44.4%
+13,685 people
Land area
25.2 sq mi
+ 0.22 sq mi water
Density
1,766 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Prosper. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Austin.

Prosper population, 2020 to 2024

Prosper added 13,685 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +44.4%. In the latest year it moved by +2,468. Among 384 Texas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +4.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Texas has 15,345 people, so Prosper is 2.9 times that size.

30.8k202034.1k202137.8k202242.0k202344.5k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 30,166. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Prosper covers 25.20 square miles of land and 0.22 of water, for 1,766 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Prosper is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Prosper spans

Prosper crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 44,503 residents as follows; Collin County holds 79.4% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Collin County35,355
  2. 02Denton County9,148
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Prosper

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prosper by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 75078. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Prosper is

The Census internal point of Prosper is at 33.241300, -96.812400. Austin, the capital, is 212.1 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Celina, TX (51,661 people), 5.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Frisco, TX, 6.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.241300, -96.812400
DMS
33°14'28.68"N 96°48'44.64"W
UTM
14N 703818.3E 3680171.5N
Geohash
9vgjhgrke
Plus code
865565RQ+G2

Daylight in Prosper

At 33.24° N, Prosper gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 57 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 24 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Prosper

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Celina, 5.7 miles away, with 51,661 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Prosper, TX?

44,503 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 13,685 (44.4%) from 30,818 in July 2020.

What county is Prosper in?

It spans 2 counties: Collin County (35,355 residents), Denton County (9,148 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Prosper?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75078.

How far is Prosper from Austin?

212.1 miles (341.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Prosper.

What is the nearest larger city to Prosper?

Celina, TX, with 51,661 residents, 5.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.