Fresno vs Stafford

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

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

Fresno has the higher population (24,087 vs 17,279 in Stafford). Fresno has the higher median household income ($89,442 vs $85,910 in Stafford). Stafford has the higher median home value ($247,900 vs $230,400 in Fresno).

Population, income & housing

	Fresno	Stafford
Population	24,087	17,279
Median age	37.1 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$89,442	$85,910
Median home value	$230,400	$247,900
Median gross rent	$2,131	$1,441
Housing units	8,480	6,988
Homeownership rate	84.8%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fresno	Stafford
Population	25,072 → 24,087 (-3.9%)	17,206 → 17,279 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$79,115 → $89,442 (+13.1%)	$62,264 → $85,910 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$173,600 → $230,400 (+32.7%)	$180,400 → $247,900 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,468 → $2,131 (+45.2%)	$1,222 → $1,441 (+17.9%)

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

Stafford

Population

17,20617,279

Median household income

$62,264$85,910

Median home value

$180,400$247,900

Median gross rent

$1,222$1,441

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fresno	Stafford
Under 5	5.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	15.6%
18 to 24	11.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	19.6%
35 to 44	18.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.1%
75 and over	1.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fresno	Stafford
White (non-Hispanic)	7.2%	14.4%
Black or African American	51.7%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	26.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	34.4%	28.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fresno	Stafford
No high school diploma	14.7%	13.1%
High school graduate	32.0%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fresno	Stafford
Drove alone	83.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	8.7%
Other means	0.8%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fresno	Stafford
1-unit, detached	87.3%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	15.1%
20 or more units	0.1%	25.8%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Fresno	Stafford
Poverty rate	6.5%	9.4%
Average household size	3.06	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	2006	1992