Denton County vs Fort Bend County

A side-by-side comparison of Denton County and Fort Bend County: population, income, housing, and more.

Denton County and Fort Bend County are counties in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Denton County has the higher population (945,644 vs 859,721 in Fort Bend County). Fort Bend County has the higher median household income ($113,409 vs $108,185 in Denton County). Denton County has the higher median home value ($403,400 vs $350,300 in Fort Bend County).

Population, income & housing

	Denton County	Fort Bend County
Population	945,644	859,721
Median age	36.8 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$108,185	$113,409
Median home value	$403,400	$350,300
Median gross rent	$1,642	$1,770
Housing units	364,120	293,694
Homeownership rate	65.4%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%	49.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton County	Fort Bend County
Population	833,822 → 945,644 (+13.4%)	765,394 → 859,721 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$86,913 → $108,185 (+24.5%)	$97,743 → $113,409 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$277,800 → $403,400 (+45.2%)	$265,900 → $350,300 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,218 → $1,642 (+34.8%)	$1,431 → $1,770 (+23.7%)

Denton County

Population

833,822945,644

Median household income

$86,913$108,185

Median home value

$277,800$403,400

Median gross rent

$1,218$1,642

Fort Bend County

Population

765,394859,721

Median household income

$97,743$113,409

Median home value

$265,900$350,300

Median gross rent

$1,431$1,770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton County	Fort Bend County
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.1%
75 and over	4.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton County	Fort Bend County
White (non-Hispanic)	54.0%	29.8%
Black or African American	10.5%	20.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	10.3%	21.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton County	Fort Bend County
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	16.8%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton County	Fort Bend County
Drove alone	68.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.4%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.9%	15.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton County	Fort Bend County
1-unit, detached	68.4%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	11.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Denton County	Fort Bend County
Poverty rate	7.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.69	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	2002	2004