Fair Oaks Ranch vs Kirby

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

Fair Oaks Ranch and Kirby 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 8,100 in Kirby). Fair Oaks Ranch has the higher median household income ($168,309 vs $58,700 in Kirby). Fair Oaks Ranch has the higher median home value ($612,700 vs $159,000 in Kirby).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Kirby
Population	10,630	8,100
Median age	45.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$168,309	$58,700
Median home value	$612,700	$159,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,114
Housing units	4,130	3,041
Homeownership rate	98.5%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Kirby
Population	9,944 → 10,630 (+6.9%)	8,664 → 8,100 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$128,398 → $168,309 (+31.1%)	$45,918 → $58,700 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$455,400 → $612,700 (+34.5%)	$91,900 → $159,000 (+73.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,942 → $2,316 (-21.3%)	$978 → $1,114 (+13.9%)

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

Kirby

Population

8,6648,100

Median household income

$45,918$58,700

Median home value

$91,900$159,000

Median gross rent

$978$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Kirby
Under 5	3.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	3.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	15.1%
75 and over	8.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Kirby
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	22.8%
Black or African American	3.2%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	58.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Kirby
No high school diploma	0.4%	23.0%
High school graduate	11.8%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Kirby
Drove alone	59.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	32.2%	4.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Kirby
1-unit, detached	98.5%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Kirby
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	2001	1977