Fresno vs Mission Bend

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

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

Mission Bend has the higher population (37,280 vs 24,087 in Fresno). Fresno has the higher median household income ($89,442 vs $72,492 in Mission Bend). Fresno has the higher median home value ($230,400 vs $221,800 in Mission Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Fresno	Mission Bend
Population	24,087	37,280
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$89,442	$72,492
Median home value	$230,400	$221,800
Median gross rent	$2,131	$1,613
Housing units	8,480	11,470
Homeownership rate	84.8%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fresno	Mission Bend
Population	25,072 → 24,087 (-3.9%)	37,979 → 37,280 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$79,115 → $89,442 (+13.1%)	$63,486 → $72,492 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$173,600 → $230,400 (+32.7%)	$146,800 → $221,800 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $2,131 (+45.2%)	$1,426 → $1,613 (+13.1%)

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

Mission Bend

Population

37,97937,280

Median household income

$63,486$72,492

Median home value

$146,800$221,800

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fresno	Mission Bend
Under 5	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	18.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	5.0%	11.4%
75 and over	1.8%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fresno	Mission Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	9.8%
Black or African American	51.7%	30.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	16.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	40.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fresno	Mission Bend
No high school diploma	14.7%	16.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fresno	Mission Bend
Drove alone	83.0%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	8.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fresno	Mission Bend
1-unit, detached	87.3%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fresno	Mission Bend
Poverty rate	6.5%	13.0%
Average household size	3.06	3.41
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	2006	1986