Fair Oaks Ranch vs Helotes

A side-by-side comparison of Fair Oaks Ranch and Helotes: population, income, housing, and more.

Fair Oaks Ranch and Helotes are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fair Oaks Ranch has the higher population (10,630 vs 9,372 in Helotes). Fair Oaks Ranch has the higher median household income ($168,309 vs $129,884 in Helotes). Fair Oaks Ranch has the higher median home value ($612,700 vs $382,400 in Helotes).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Helotes
Population	10,630	9,372
Median age	45.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$168,309	$129,884
Median home value	$612,700	$382,400
Median gross rent	—	$2,518
Housing units	4,130	3,019
Homeownership rate	98.5%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.0%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Helotes
Population	9,944 → 10,630 (+6.9%)	9,175 → 9,372 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$128,398 → $168,309 (+31.1%)	$116,875 → $129,884 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$455,400 → $612,700 (+34.5%)	$316,200 → $382,400 (+20.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,942 → $2,316 (-21.3%)	$2,014 → $2,518 (+25.0%)

Fair Oaks Ranch

Population

9,94410,630

Median household income

$128,398$168,309

Median home value

$455,400$612,700

Median gross rent

$2,942$2,316

Helotes

Population

9,1759,372

Median household income

$116,875$129,884

Median home value

$316,200$382,400

Median gross rent

$2,014$2,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Helotes
Under 5	3.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.5%
25 to 34	3.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	19.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.2%
75 and over	8.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Helotes
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	39.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	53.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Helotes
No high school diploma	0.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	11.8%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	19.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Helotes
Drove alone	59.7%	69.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.2%	19.5%
Other means	1.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Helotes
1-unit, detached	98.5%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Helotes
Poverty rate	3.6%	3.0%
Average household size	2.77	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	2001	2005