Fulton vs Lamar

A side-by-side comparison of Fulton and Lamar: population, income, housing, and more.

Fulton and Lamar are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lamar has the higher population (1,282 vs 1,002 in Fulton). Lamar has the higher median household income ($83,117 vs $54,007 in Fulton). Lamar has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $78,700 in Fulton).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton	Lamar
Population	1,002	1,282
Median age	67.4 yrs	60.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,007	$83,117
Median home value	$78,700	$323,700
Median gross rent	$1,136	—
Housing units	823	832
Homeownership rate	84.5%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton	Lamar
Population	1,503 → 1,002 (-33.3%)	1,154 → 1,282 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$37,067 → $54,007 (+45.7%)	$34,888 → $83,117 (+138.2%)
Median home value	$127,900 → $78,700 (-38.5%)	$266,700 → $323,700 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,136 (+12.9%)	—

Fulton

Population

1,5031,002

Median household income

$37,067$54,007

Median home value

$127,900$78,700

Median gross rent

$1,006$1,136

Lamar

Population

1,1541,282

Median household income

$34,888$83,117

Median home value

$266,700$323,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton	Lamar
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.7%	8.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	0.1%	12.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	19.2%
55 to 64	33.8%	15.7%
65 to 74	21.7%	18.5%
75 and over	31.6%	17.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	11.2%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton	Lamar
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	33.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton	Lamar
Drove alone	46.5%	58.3%
Carpooled	28.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	3.7%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	36.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton	Lamar
1-unit, detached	56.6%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.2%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Fulton	Lamar
Poverty rate	10.0%	2.4%
Average household size	1.62	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	29	52
Median year structure built	2000	1992