Homes for sale & lease inProsper & Celina, Texas
Next-door neighbors on the Dallas North Tollway and Preston Road, north of US 380.
Where I work, up the Tollway.
As of October 2026. Sources
The Town of Prosper's planned developments (Windsong Ranch, Star Trail, Lakes of La Cima, Whitley Place) and its 2023 Comprehensive Plan (Artesia is outside the town limits, enclosed by them, in unincorporated Denton County); the City of Celina's development map layers and the Census Bureau geocoder (Mustang Lakes, Lilyana and Legacy Hills in the city limits); Collin County MUD No. 1 (Light Farms, in Celina's extraterritorial jurisdiction). The towns' limits and roads: the Town and the City, and NTTA on the Tollway. Limits change with annexation: I'll confirm the city, district and any MUD or PID for an address.
Celina, July 2024 to July 2025
The fastest-growing city in the country.
- Fastest-growing U.S. city of 20,000+: Celina
- No. 1
- Celina's growth in one year
- +24.6%
- Prosper since 2020, 12th of 1,868
- +51.2%
U.S. Census Bureau, May 14, 2026. Sources
U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 city and town estimates (release CB26-80, May 14, 2026): Celina No. 1 among the fastest-growing U.S. cities and towns of 20,000 or more, +24.6% from July 1, 2024 to July 1, 2025; the July 1 estimates for both towns, 2020 to 2025, in the Texas table; Prosper's growth since 2020 and its rank among 1,868 places in the cumulative-change table.
The towns publish their own estimates: the Town of Prosper, citing NCTCOG, gives 49,355 for Jan. 1, 2026 (Town of Prosper), and the City of Celina gives 63,937 in its city limits for the same date (City of Celina). Those are theirs, not Census Bureau figures.
What's up the Tollway.
From US 380 to Celina's Square: what's built is open, glass is coming.
- Under construction
The Tollway at US 380
The Tollway's six-mile extension to FM 428 is under construction, due late 2027 (NTTA). Children's Health opened a specialty center here in 2023.
- Open
The Gates of Prosper
At US 380 and Preston Road, with Target and Walmart. Its newest phase added Nordstrom Rack, REI, Barnes & Noble and Total Wine & More.
- Open
Downtown Prosper
Town Hall opened in 2018 with the library inside. Twelve historical markers went up along Broadway in August 2026.
- Open
Frontier Parkway
H-E-B opened at the Tollway in August 2025. Frontier Park's 79.7 acres sit beside the 12,000-seat Children's Health Stadium and Prosper High School.
- Coming
Frontier and Preston
Frontier Parkway is Prosper's north edge here, with Celina across most of it. Methodist Legacy ER opened in 2024. Life Time is due in 2027 and Sprouts in early 2027.
- Opened 2026
Preston Road, Celina
Costco opened Aug. 26, 2026, with The Home Depot and Academy the same month. Lowe's opened in early 2026, and the city's first Walmart on April 29.
- Open since 2025
The Tollway's new north end
Methodist Celina Medical Center opened at the Tollway and FM 428 in March 2025 with 51 beds. Methodist calls it the city's first hospital.
- Open
Celina's Square
“For more than 110 years, the Square has been the heart of the City,” the City says. The Downtown Center, with a new library, is due in early 2027.
- New
New schools
Celina ISD's Willard Middle School and Prosper ISD's new Rucker Elementary campus opened in August 2026. Watkins Middle School is being built for 2027-28.
Open now: H-E-B, Costco, two Walmarts and Methodist Celina. Coming in 2027: the Tollway to FM 428, Life Time, Sprouts and Celina's Downtown Center.
As of October 2026. Sources
The Tollway: NTTA's Dallas North Tollway page ("Phase 4A: Late 2027") and FY2027 preliminary budget (Phase 4A, US 380 to FM 428, about 6 miles, $459.7 million). Prosper: Children's Health; Community Impact on the Gates of Prosper and Nordstrom Rack; Target; Walmart #6300; Star Local Media (REI); Shelf Awareness (Barnes & Noble); the Town's August 2026 development report (Total Wine & More, Life Time, Watkins Middle School); Town Hall and the library; historical markers; Parvin Park; H-E-B Newsroom; Frontier Park; Prosper ISD on Children's Health Stadium and its high schools; Methodist Legacy ER & Urgent Care; Life Time ("Arriving 2027"); Community Impact on Prosper ISD's new campuses. Celina: Community Impact on Sprouts (early 2027), Costco and Walmart; The Home Depot; the Celina EDC on Academy; the City Manager's FY2027 budget letter (Lowe's); Methodist Health System on Methodist Celina Medical Center; the City of Celina on the Square and the Downtown Center, with Community Impact on its opening; Celina ISD on Willard Middle School.
Placement: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (the roads, the Tollway's construction, the railway, lakes, creeks, parks, fields, school grounds, neighborhood streets, building footprints and the towns' limits, Prosper and Celina), and each place on its own verified point. Distances are to scale; the buildings and roads are drawn larger so they read, and where one would cover a road it sits a few dozen meters off its spot. Town limits change with annexation; I'll confirm any address with the town.
A diagram · buildings not to scale
Two towns, side by side.
- Incorporated
- Prosper: 1914
- Celina: 1907
- Counties
- Prosper: Collin and Denton
- Celina: Collin and Denton
- Main school districts
- Prosper: Prosper ISDDenton ISD in the far west
- Celina: Celina ISD and Prosper ISD
- City tax rate per $100, tax year 2025
- Prosper: $0.505000
- Celina: $0.576401
- City homestead exemption
- Prosper: 17.5%
- Celina: None
- Parks
- Prosper: 654.5 acresabout 61 miles of trail
- Celina: Old Celina Park, 64 acresWilson Creek Park: completion planned for 2027
As of October 2026. Sources
Incorporation: the Town's history and the Handbook of Texas on Prosper and Celina. Counties: the Town of Prosper's FY 2026-27 budget and the City of Celina's Ordinance 2026-087. School districts: the Census Bureau geocoder (Prosper) and the City of Celina's school-district map layer (Celina, confirm by address). Rates and exemptions: the Collin County Tax Office, 2025 Tax Rates and Exemptions. Parks: the Town's July 2026 park inventory and Parks & Trails; the City of Celina on Old Celina Park and Wilson Creek Park, and the City Manager's FY2027 budget letter (Wilson Creek Park "planned for completion in 2027"). General information, not legal or tax advice.
Before you buy
Three things to know here.
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A PID or MUD adds its own line
Celina lists 30 PIDs. The county tax lists show no PID or MUD inside Prosper.
Per $100 of value: the City of Celina's rate was $0.576401 for 2025; Celina's newest PID plans project the assessment alone at roughly $0.57 to $0.80; Light Farms' MUD rate was $0.89 for 2025.
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City lines aren't school lines
Prosper ISD serves south Celina and most of Light Farms. Far-west Prosper is Denton ISD.
A diagram, not to scale: the Prosper ISD line runs past the line between the two towns, into Celina.
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Two counties, two appraisal districts
File your homestead with Collin CAD or Denton CAD before May 1.
Both towns cross the county line. On July 1, 2025, the Census Bureau counted 36,228 Prosper residents in Collin County and 9,377 in Denton County, and 58,358 Celina residents in Collin County and 6,069 in Denton County.
Checked October 2026. Sources
PIDs: the City of Celina's Public Improvement Districts page (30 PIDs; assessments collected yearly, separate from property taxes) and the 2026-27 service plans for Celina 241, Creekbend and Ariana, whose own tables project the assessment at roughly $0.57 to $0.80 per $100 of projected value; the notice rule is the PID Act and Texas Property Code Sec. 5.014. MUD: Collin County MUD No. 1 (Light Farms; $0.89 for 2025, billed separately). Prosper: no MUD or PID inside the town limits in the Collin County or Denton County lists. School lines: the Census Bureau geocoder, the City of Celina's map layers and Collin County MUD No. 1; the diagram is not to scale. Counties: the Census Bureau's county parts, July 1, 2025. Homestead: the Texas Comptroller ("before May 1"), Collin CAD and Denton CAD. General information, not legal or tax advice.
Schools and taxes
Which side of the line sets your tax bill.
Two counties, three main school districts, MUDs and PIDs. Same price, different bills.
Send me an address. I'll check every line.
Taxes in Prosper and Celina
Go deeper: school zones, utilities and new builds
Official district links only; I don't rate or rank schools. We'll verify school boundaries and enrollment eligibility with the district.
Check an address: Prosper ISD's Find Your Zone, Celina ISD's attendance zones, Denton ISD's School Locator, and the City of Celina's Resident Dashboard (school district, electric provider and more).
Utilities. The Town of Prosper buys all its drinking water from the North Texas Municipal Water District. The City of Celina buys treated water from the Upper Trinity Regional Water District; its water page read "Current status: Stage 2" on Oct. 3, 2026 (in place since July 2, 2026: outdoor watering one designated day a week), and the City says it "has sufficient water to meet daily needs." In both towns the electric provider depends on the address: Oncor (where you choose a retail provider), CoServ or Grayson-Collin Electric (Town of Prosper, City of Celina water, City of Celina utilities).
Building new? Texas appraises as of January 1, so a home finished during the year can be taxed that year on the land and a partial value. Budget for the jump the next year, once the finished home is on the roll (Texas Tax Code §23.01).
Tax year 2025 rates. Sources
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