It is on Gaylord Parkway, one block west of the Dallas North Tollway. The 91-acre Dallas Cowboys project "The Star" includes the team's headquarters and training facilities, including the Ford Center, where the Cowboys practice and Frisco ISD high school teams practice and play on a rotating basis. The Ford Center at the Star is a 12,000-seat indoor stadium. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centerįord Center at the Star, the Dallas Cowboys' practice facility which has also been home to Frisco ISD football games, the Texas Revolution, and the Dallas Rattlers Major employers įrisco's top employers as of 2019 were the following: No. In 2012, a hospital, Medical City Plano-Frisco, was built north of the theater. The major development in the project is the new city hall, main library, and public commons. Frisco Square has about 250 rental residential units, seven restaurants, about 40,000 square feet (3,700 m 2) of commercial office space, and a few personal-service locations. The effectiveness of the FEDC, whose primary purpose is to reallocate such tax dollars to commercial ventures, is a matter of public debate.įrisco Square, a mixed-use development, became the new downtown along with the city hall. Retail establishments and restaurants line Preston Road, one of the city's major north–south traffic arteries.įrisco took a different economic track than many surrounding cities, electing to use a fractional percent of local sales tax to fund the Frisco Economic Development Corporation (FEDC) rather than Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), the regional transportation body. Economy įrisco has many retail properties, including Stonebriar Centre, a 165-store regional mall IKEA, a furniture store with an area of 28,800 m 2 (310,000 sq ft) and The Star, the headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys. By 2019, its median income grew to $116,884. The median price for a new home was $252,000. About 2.2% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 2.4% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for the city was $38,048. Īccording to a 2010 American Community Survey estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $100,868, the median income for a family was $109,086. By 2020, 48% of the population were non-Hispanic white, 8.82% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 26.27% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.52% some other race, 4.55% multiracial, and 11.48% Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Demographics Historical populationįrisco racial composition as of 2020 Īs of the 2020 United States census, there were 200,509 people, 64,151 households, and 48,519 families residing in the city, up from 2010's tabulation of 116,989.Īmong the population, the 2019 American Community Survey estimated 51.9% were non-Hispanic or Latino white, 8.4% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 26.0% Asian alone, 0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 2.7% two or more races, and 10.7% Hispanic and Latino American of any race. The comfort index, which is based on humidity during the hot months, is a 25 out of 100, where higher is more comfortable. The city gets 39 inches (990 mm) of precipitation per year. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 62.4 sq mi (161.6 km 2), of which 160.1 km 2 (61.8 sq mi) is land and 0.58 sq mi (1.5 km 2), or 0.92%, is covered by water.įrisco is part of the humid subtropical region. Geography įrisco is within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, partially in Denton and Collin countries, in North Texas. In 1904, the town's residents chose "Frisco City" in honor of the St.
Postal Service rejected the name as too similar to another community, Emberson, in Lamar County. The new town was originally named Emerson, but the U.S. Some Lebanon residents moved their houses to the new community on logs. The current settlement of Lebanon was on the Preston Ridge, and was too high in elevation, so the watering stop was placed about 4 miles (6 km) to the west on lower ground. Louis-San Francisco Railway was being built through the area, and periodic watering stops were needed along the route for the steam locomotives. With all this activity, the community of Lebanon was founded along this trail, and was granted a U.S. This trail became the Preston Trail, and later Preston Road. When the Dallas area was being settled by American pioneers, many of the settlers traveled by wagon trains along the Shawnee Trail. 11.2 Entertainers, artists, and celebrities.
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