Fair Oaks Ranch vs Scenic Oaks

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

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

Scenic Oaks has the higher population (10,727 vs 10,630 in Fair Oaks Ranch). Scenic Oaks has the higher median household income ($178,125 vs $168,309 in Fair Oaks Ranch). Fair Oaks Ranch has the higher median home value ($612,700 vs $531,900 in Scenic Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Scenic Oaks
Population	10,630	10,727
Median age	45.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$168,309	$178,125
Median home value	$612,700	$531,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,604
Housing units	4,130	3,740
Homeownership rate	98.5%	83.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.0%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Scenic Oaks
Population	9,944 → 10,630 (+6.9%)	6,469 → 10,727 (+65.8%)
Median household income	$128,398 → $168,309 (+31.1%)	$145,515 → $178,125 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$455,400 → $612,700 (+34.5%)	$373,400 → $531,900 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,942 → $2,316 (-21.3%)	$1,573 → $1,604 (+2.0%)

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

Scenic Oaks

Population

6,46910,727

Median household income

$145,515$178,125

Median home value

$373,400$531,900

Median gross rent

$1,573$1,604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Scenic Oaks
Under 5	3.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	23.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	3.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.0%	8.7%
75 and over	8.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Scenic Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	58.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Scenic Oaks
No high school diploma	0.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	11.8%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	29.3%	24.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Scenic Oaks
Drove alone	59.7%	65.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.2%	19.1%
Other means	1.5%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Scenic Oaks
1-unit, detached	98.5%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Fair Oaks Ranch	Scenic Oaks
Poverty rate	3.6%	9.4%
Average household size	2.77	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	2001	2010