Fulton vs Rockport

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

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

Rockport has the higher population (10,449 vs 1,002 in Fulton). Rockport has the higher median household income ($63,303 vs $54,007 in Fulton). Rockport has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $78,700 in Fulton).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton	Rockport
Population	1,002	10,449
Median age	67.4 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,007	$63,303
Median home value	$78,700	$288,600
Median gross rent	$1,136	$1,306
Housing units	823	6,816
Homeownership rate	84.5%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton	Rockport
Population	1,503 → 1,002 (-33.3%)	10,841 → 10,449 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$37,067 → $54,007 (+45.7%)	$58,871 → $63,303 (+7.5%)
Median home value	$127,900 → $78,700 (-38.5%)	$175,800 → $288,600 (+64.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $1,136 (+12.9%)	$1,067 → $1,306 (+22.4%)

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

Rockport

Population

10,84110,449

Median household income

$58,871$63,303

Median home value

$175,800$288,600

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton	Rockport
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	0.7%	8.5%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	0.1%	17.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	33.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	21.7%	17.0%
75 and over	31.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton	Rockport
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	72.9%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	22.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton	Rockport
No high school diploma	1.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	33.6%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton	Rockport
Drove alone	46.5%	70.9%
Carpooled	28.9%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.9%	20.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton	Rockport
1-unit, detached	56.6%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	41.2%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Fulton	Rockport
Poverty rate	10.0%	15.6%
Average household size	1.62	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	2000	1989