Fort Bend County vs Travis County

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

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

Travis County has the higher population (1,307,625 vs 859,721 in Fort Bend County). Fort Bend County has the higher median household income ($113,409 vs $97,169 in Travis County). Travis County has the higher median home value ($487,600 vs $350,300 in Fort Bend County).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bend County	Travis County
Population	859,721	1,307,625
Median age	37.1 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$113,409	$97,169
Median home value	$350,300	$487,600
Median gross rent	$1,770	$1,669
Housing units	293,694	594,638
Homeownership rate	77.5%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bend County	Travis County
Population	765,394 → 859,721 (+12.3%)	1,226,805 → 1,307,625 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$97,743 → $113,409 (+16.0%)	$75,887 → $97,169 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$265,900 → $350,300 (+31.7%)	$324,800 → $487,600 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,431 → $1,770 (+23.7%)	$1,289 → $1,669 (+29.5%)

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

Travis County

Population

1,226,8051,307,625

Median household income

$75,887$97,169

Median home value

$324,800$487,600

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,669

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Bend County	Travis County
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	19.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.0%
75 and over	4.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bend County	Travis County
White (non-Hispanic)	29.8%	47.7%
Black or African American	20.3%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	21.6%	7.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	32.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bend County	Travis County
No high school diploma	8.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	17.6%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bend County	Travis County
Drove alone	72.2%	59.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.7%	1.7%
Walked	0.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.9%	27.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bend County	Travis County
1-unit, detached	83.7%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	14.3%
20 or more units	6.1%	20.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bend County	Travis County
Poverty rate	7.2%	11.0%
Average household size	3.04	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	33	25
Median year structure built	2004	1997