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Cinco Ranch is a small city of 18,611 people in Fort Bend County, Texas. It's about 23 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $476k and rent runs about $2k a month.
18,611people
$476kTypical home
$1,986/moRent
94° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
88Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 18,611
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,126 people per sq mi
- 23 mi to Houston, TX
- 23 mi to Houston, TX
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $476k (≈$2,999/mo)
- Median rent $1,986/mo
- Median household income $162k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (115 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 88 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 7 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (133 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (930 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 50% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 71% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to HOU airport
- 30 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 101 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1997
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 121 ft
- 42 mi to the ocean
- 139 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest campground
- 49 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,095 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 398 bars within 25 mi
- 1,080 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 34 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 56 museums within 25 mi
- 20 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 16% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Fort Bend County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk