Fredericksburg vs Harper

A side-by-side comparison of Fredericksburg and Harper: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fredericksburg has the higher population (11,254 vs 1,199 in Harper). Harper has the higher median household income ($69,653 vs $57,474 in Fredericksburg). Fredericksburg has the higher median home value ($442,800 vs $348,900 in Harper).

Population, income & housing

	Fredericksburg	Harper
Population	11,254	1,199
Median age	53.6 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,474	$69,653
Median home value	$442,800	$348,900
Median gross rent	$1,364	—
Housing units	6,894	531
Homeownership rate	59.0%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredericksburg	Harper
Population	11,245 → 11,254 (+0.1%)	1,217 → 1,199 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$50,497 → $57,474 (+13.8%)	$46,111 → $69,653 (+51.1%)
Median home value	$275,500 → $442,800 (+60.7%)	$201,500 → $348,900 (+73.2%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,364 (+41.5%)	$976 → $1,053 (+7.9%)

Fredericksburg

Population

11,24511,254

Median household income

$50,497$57,474

Median home value

$275,500$442,800

Median gross rent

$964$1,364

Harper

Population

1,2171,199

Median household income

$46,111$69,653

Median home value

$201,500$348,900

Median gross rent

$976$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredericksburg	Harper
Under 5	2.6%	11.6%
5 to 17	13.2%	22.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	21.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.7%
65 to 74	16.8%	4.3%
75 and over	17.1%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredericksburg	Harper
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredericksburg	Harper
No high school diploma	9.9%	8.9%
High school graduate	21.5%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredericksburg	Harper
Drove alone	71.3%	81.8%
Carpooled	13.9%	1.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	16.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredericksburg	Harper
1-unit, detached	72.6%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Fredericksburg	Harper
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.0%
Average household size	2.03	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1985	1990