Fresno vs Fulshear

A side-by-side comparison of Fresno and Fulshear: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fulshear has the higher population (26,986 vs 24,087 in Fresno). Fulshear has the higher median household income ($178,398 vs $89,442 in Fresno). Fulshear has the higher median home value ($546,200 vs $230,400 in Fresno).

Population, income & housing

	Fresno	Fulshear
Population	24,087	26,986
Median age	37.1 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,442	$178,398
Median home value	$230,400	$546,200
Median gross rent	$2,131	$1,889
Housing units	8,480	8,191
Homeownership rate	84.8%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fresno	Fulshear
Population	25,072 → 24,087 (-3.9%)	9,906 → 26,986 (+172.4%)
Median household income	$79,115 → $89,442 (+13.1%)	$166,863 → $178,398 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$173,600 → $230,400 (+32.7%)	$399,300 → $546,200 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $2,131 (+45.2%)	$2,594 → $1,889 (-27.2%)

Fresno

Population

25,07224,087

Median household income

$79,115$89,442

Median home value

$173,600$230,400

Median gross rent

$1,468$2,131

Fulshear

Population

9,90626,986

Median household income

$166,863$178,398

Median home value

$399,300$546,200

Median gross rent

$2,594$1,889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fresno	Fulshear
Under 5	5.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	30.3%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	18.3%	19.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	16.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	5.0%	6.4%
75 and over	1.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fresno	Fulshear
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	53.8%
Black or African American	51.7%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	11.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	21.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fresno	Fulshear
No high school diploma	14.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	42.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fresno	Fulshear
Drove alone	83.0%	60.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	29.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fresno	Fulshear
1-unit, detached	87.3%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Fresno	Fulshear
Poverty rate	6.5%	2.4%
Average household size	3.06	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	34	39
Median year structure built	2006	2015