Fulshear vs Stafford

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

Fulshear and Stafford 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 17,279 in Stafford). Fulshear has the higher median household income ($178,398 vs $85,910 in Stafford). Fulshear has the higher median home value ($546,200 vs $247,900 in Stafford).

Population, income & housing

	Fulshear	Stafford
Population	26,986	17,279
Median age	37.4 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$178,398	$85,910
Median home value	$546,200	$247,900
Median gross rent	$1,889	$1,441
Housing units	8,191	6,988
Homeownership rate	91.1%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.4%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulshear	Stafford
Population	9,906 → 26,986 (+172.4%)	17,206 → 17,279 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$166,863 → $178,398 (+6.9%)	$62,264 → $85,910 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$399,300 → $546,200 (+36.8%)	$180,400 → $247,900 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,594 → $1,889 (-27.2%)	$1,222 → $1,441 (+17.9%)

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

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)

	Fulshear	Stafford
Under 5	4.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	30.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	19.6%
35 to 44	19.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.4%	7.1%
75 and over	2.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulshear	Stafford
White (non-Hispanic)	53.8%	14.4%
Black or African American	6.4%	26.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.9%	26.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.8%	28.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulshear	Stafford
No high school diploma	0.8%	13.1%
High school graduate	7.6%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	42.2%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.2%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulshear	Stafford
Drove alone	60.7%	76.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	6.1%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	29.4%	8.7%
Other means	0.2%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulshear	Stafford
1-unit, detached	92.7%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.1%
20 or more units	5.8%	25.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Fulshear	Stafford
Poverty rate	2.4%	9.4%
Average household size	3.41	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	39	26
Median year structure built	2015	1992