Fate vs Royse City

A side-by-side comparison of Fate and Royse City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fate has the higher population (20,757 vs 17,357 in Royse City). Fate has the higher median household income ($129,500 vs $116,424 in Royse City). Fate has the higher median home value ($361,100 vs $288,400 in Royse City).

Population, income & housing

	Fate	Royse City
Population	20,757	17,357
Median age	31.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$129,500	$116,424
Median home value	$361,100	$288,400
Median gross rent	$2,528	$2,108
Housing units	6,480	6,185
Homeownership rate	88.8%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fate	Royse City
Population	12,787 → 20,757 (+62.3%)	12,982 → 17,357 (+33.7%)
Median household income	$110,373 → $129,500 (+17.3%)	$82,860 → $116,424 (+40.5%)
Median home value	$256,800 → $361,100 (+40.6%)	$188,700 → $288,400 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,004 → $2,528 (+26.1%)	$1,589 → $2,108 (+32.7%)

Fate

Population

12,78720,757

Median household income

$110,373$129,500

Median home value

$256,800$361,100

Median gross rent

$2,004$2,528

Royse City

Population

12,98217,357

Median household income

$82,860$116,424

Median home value

$188,700$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,589$2,108

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fate	Royse City
Under 5	7.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	25.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	19.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	8.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	4.5%	6.3%
75 and over	2.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fate	Royse City
White (non-Hispanic)	49.8%	62.7%
Black or African American	11.2%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.7%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fate	Royse City
No high school diploma	7.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	20.0%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fate	Royse City
Drove alone	72.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	15.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fate	Royse City
1-unit, detached	99.6%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Fate	Royse City
Poverty rate	3.8%	7.2%
Average household size	3.43	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	2013	2007