Fulshear vs Missouri City

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

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

Missouri City has the higher population (75,234 vs 26,986 in Fulshear). Fulshear has the higher median household income ($178,398 vs $96,746 in Missouri City). Fulshear has the higher median home value ($546,200 vs $281,600 in Missouri City).

Population, income & housing

	Fulshear	Missouri City
Population	26,986	75,234
Median age	37.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$178,398	$96,746
Median home value	$546,200	$281,600
Median gross rent	$1,889	$1,908
Housing units	8,191	27,906
Homeownership rate	91.1%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.4%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulshear	Missouri City
Population	9,906 → 26,986 (+172.4%)	74,557 → 75,234 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$166,863 → $178,398 (+6.9%)	$87,915 → $96,746 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$399,300 → $546,200 (+36.8%)	$197,200 → $281,600 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,594 → $1,889 (-27.2%)	$1,690 → $1,908 (+12.9%)

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

Missouri City

Population

74,55775,234

Median household income

$87,915$96,746

Median home value

$197,200$281,600

Median gross rent

$1,690$1,908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulshear	Missouri City
Under 5	4.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	30.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	19.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	10.9%
75 and over	2.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulshear	Missouri City
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	18.9%
Black or African American	6.4%	39.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.9%	17.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulshear	Missouri City
No high school diploma	0.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	7.6%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulshear	Missouri City
Drove alone	60.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	29.4%	12.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulshear	Missouri City
1-unit, detached	92.7%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fulshear	Missouri City
Poverty rate	2.4%	6.1%
Average household size	3.41	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	39	31
Median year structure built	2015	1993