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Are you considering relocating to Frisco Texas? Read more about some reasons why you want to make Frisco TX home:

Most of Frisco Texas residents are transplants from different cities across the country. With the real estate in such an affordable price, Frisco Texas has been one of the top choices of many who may plan to relocate to the Dallas metroplex. Frisco is located 25 miles north of Dallas and approximately 30 minutes drive from the DFW airport. Located conveniently with major freeways from the rest of the metroplex. We have the North Texas Dallas Tollway and State Highway that go through Frisco Texas.

Job Employment

Most residents move to the Frisco Texas area because of job employment. Plano Texas, just south of Frisco is home to many large corporations such as Frito-Lay, Pepsi Bottling, Electronic Data System (EDS), Perot Systems, Fujitsu, Erickson, Bank of America formerly known as Countrywide, Computer Associates and McAfee. In Frisco, T-Mobile, IKEA, NBC Telemundo 29 are homes for some major corporations. Hence, many professionals choose to live around the Plano, Frisco, McKinney and Allen areas. Depending on your price ranges, you can find homes all over these big corporations. Frisco Texas becomes one of their top choices because of the floor plans, home features, master-planned communities and value for their money.

Crime Rates

Crime Rate in Frisco Texas is low when compared to the national average and the cities surrounding it. Most crimes are typically non-violent including car vandalism and theft, burglary and larceny. Check this link to find the Sex Offender Registry by City, Address or Zip Code.

Education and School System

Our public school system has also been one of the strong reasons why people buy real estate in our Frisco TX areas. When compared to the public education systems with the rest of the country, our local Frisco, Plano, Allen and McKinney school districts are competitive enough as private education system. Frisco Independent School District (Frisco ISD) schools are ranked top 10% in Texas. We keep our student-teacher ratio low so that students are given the proper attention to the quality education system. School children are not just numbers in our schools. Our teachers know their students and their families, often work late after school hours to update parents on the school children's school progress long enough the Parent-Teacher meetings. School children start at age 6 in Kindergarten through 6th Grade in Elementary school, 7th and 8th grades in Middle School and 9-12th for high schools.

Frisco ISD along with YMCA and other academic service providers offer a combination of after-school programs on the Elementary campus grounds. Parents and children have a large selection to choose from: spanish, chess, art lessons, hands-on science programs and strings musical programs. The Frisco ISD really work hard in selecting the best to offer great enrichment programs for our young minds.

Also, the Frisco ISD has a special education for children ages 3 through 21. Again, many families move to the Frisco Texas areas to utilize their program that they would otherwise not be able to afford in their current homes.

Frisco Texas also has private education system. Most of these schools are private Christian schools: Legacy Christian Academy is the largest private school in Frisco on Legacy between Lebanon and Main street. Legacy Christian Academy offers pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. For families who may want to start their child(ren) school experiences early, Frisco offers many preschool programs typically known as Mother's Day Out. These children would attend school from 9am through 2pm (depending on schools). Some of these begin as young as 1-year old through pre-kindergarten. If you need full-time day care while you work, Frisco offers plenty reputable daycares for you to choose from. The "better" ones have a waiting list, so plan ahead for enrollment. These day care centers offer bus services to shuffle school aged children to their facilities after school also.

Frisco did not forget the college education also. Frisco is home to the Preston Ridge campus of the Collin County Community College. Just a few miles away, Plano is also home to the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Plano campus as well as the University of Dallas.

If education is a huge factor for the reason of your move, Frisco will be a good reason to move to, including all that is described here in this article.
 

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Frisco Texas Demographics

Frisco is a suburbs that has recently (within the past decade) undergone huge growth expansion. Since its beginning until 2000, Frisco has approximately 33,000 residents. In March 2008, Frisco reached 100,000 in population. Upon city projections of maximum housing capacity, 225,000 or so people will call Frisco Texas home in 2025.

In 2009, Frisco is predominantly white (86%), 11% Hispanic, 3% African American, 2% Asian and the remaining may include native Americans, and other races. 71% of the Frisco population are married couples typically with 2 children. The median age is 31. The median income for Frisco TX residents are over $93,000 and approximately 3% of the population lives below the poverty line.

Conservatism and Southern Hospitality

Frisco is primarily dominated with conservative family people. Our southern hospitality will leave you feeling like you are a part of Frisco community. Approximately 70% of Frisco residents consider themselves Republicans and Christians. You can find a range of church denominations to non-denominational ones. Frisco has one Catholic church - St. Francis.  

Location, location, location.

The most important word in real estate. Frisco's proximity to Dallas has much to offer yet it far away from the "big city". Along Preston Road, you can find the restaurant haven for food enthusiasts. From fast food such as Steak and Bake, McDonald's, Chik-fil-a, Burger King, Whataburger, Einstein Brothers, Taco Bell, Taco Bueno and Cici's Pizza Buffet to restaurant chains such as Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Panda Express, California Kitchen Pizza, Cheesecake Factory, Dave & Buster's, Fuddruckers and Chipotle to local Frisco restaurants such as Randy's Steakhouse, Manny's Tex-Mex Grill, Best Thai, Asiana Bistro, Jin-Beh sushi, Fadi's Mediterranean Grill, Babe's Chicken and Randy White's BBQ. Hungry yet?

Stonebriar Shopping Mall is the largest mall in North Texas. Its anchor tenants are Dillard's, Macy's, Nordstrom, JCPenney's and Sear's. AMC 24 Theater occupies the third level of the mall. Again, along the Preston Road, you will find specialty stores from Hobby Lobby's, Petsmart, JoAnn's, Lowes, Sherwin Williams Paint, and Frisco also house Sam Moon's - a costume jewelry and handbag store for the ladies. It is almost like Thanksgiving shopping every Saturday. Frisco has 2 Super-Target stores with one that has the highest sales in Texas (Preston and SH 121). Frisco also has a Super-Walmart in West Frisco at the border of Frisco and Little Elm. Another Super-Walmart that serves Frisco and Plano residents is located along SH 121. There are five Lowes and Home Depot home improvement stores within driving distances from Frisco depending on where you live.

Since majority of Frisco Texas city expansion happened over the past decade, most of the city planning and city ordinances are careful planning of city officials. Most of Frisco Texas commercial/ retail centers are "themed" and not a hodge podge of design. So, unity is what you would observed. Buildings and city streets are very well-maintained and clean. Neighborhoods spend their resources in exterior community landscaping while city plants native Texas plants on our medians.

The City of Frisco offers a variety of 43 city parks and amenities totaling over 1,600 acres. As the city for parks grow in needs, Frisco still posses over 700 acres of undeveloped land designated for city parks. There are 2 city-managed splashed parks: J.R. Newman Park located in the Waterford Falls community at Main Street and Teel Parkway and Shepherds Glen Park in Shepherd's Hill community at Coit and Rolater.

Frisco as the sports mecca of North Texas

Frisco is home to some incredible sports venue for North Texas. From baseball, ice hockey, soccer, cycling, basketball and golf, Frisco has much to offer the sports enthusiasts and Frisco is huge on youth sports. Frisco is home to the Frisco Roughriders at the Dr. Pepper Ballpark, FC Dallas at the Pizza Hut park, Fieldhouse for basketball and NHL Dallas Stars training facility at Dream Center. If golf is your game, Frisco offers three public golf courses: Plantation Resort, Westin Stonebriar and the Trails of Frisco. Some home communities offer private memberships to their resident access golf courses such as Heritage Lakes and Willow Pond. Frisco has a Superdrome - a world-class Olympic cycling haven for both professional and amateur cyclists.

Frisco also offers Frisco Athletic Center off Preston Road and Wade. Frisco residents pay resident rates. It has two state-of-the-art gym fitness facilities, indoor and outdoor aquatic fun facility, two aerobics studios, basketball courts and Cafe in the facility. Childcare is also provided for children from 8 weeks old through 7 years. The Zone is a designated area for children from 8 through 12 years. This room has 2 foosball tables, pool table, ping pong, air hockey and Wii video games. This is the first Frisco Athletic Center. Upon Frisco's complete build-out, Frisco plans to have 4 of these facilities to service its residents.

Frisco TX weather

Frisco Texas has the "milder" of the four seasons. We really have 2 very cold weeks of our Frisco Texas winter. We may have one or two day of icy conditions, not snow. Most people from different parts of the country who may be familiar with "winter snow" may not understand the full extend of our winter until they live here. In some Thanksgivings, we could wear shorts. In some Decembers, roses are still growing. The hottest month is July and the coldest month is January. Frisco Texas gets approximately 18-20 inches of rain a year (Seattle gets 40 inches and Phoenix gets 7 inches). We have a dry climate unlike the humidity like Houston. Because of this, we consider Frisco TX as one of the most beautiful mild climate with four seasons! If you love to be outdoors and enjoy exercising, our awesome Frisco TX can let you do it pretty much all year round. Read some fun articles about the Frisco TX weather here: Frisco TX weather, Just wait 5 minutes and You Know You Are In Frisco Texas When.

Potential Retirement Spot

Many people relocate to Frisco for many reasons. Some want to move closer to family and now grandparents are picking up and moving closer to the children. Since real estate and standard of living in Frisco Texas is relatively low, retirees are on their list.

Read more about the real estate market conditions in Frisco Texas.

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