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Fresno is a small city of 24,560 people in Fort Bend County, Texas. It's about 18 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $244k and rent runs about $2k a month.
24,560people
$244kTypical home
$2,028/moRent
94° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
87Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 24,560
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,880 people per sq mi
- 18 mi to Houston, TX
- 18 mi to Houston, TX
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $244k (≈$1,536/mo)
- Median rent $2,028/mo
- Median household income $91k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 4.0% 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
- 87 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 8 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 37
- 34% of households have kids
- 7% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 37 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 14 mi to HOU airport
- 14 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 89 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2006
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 85 ft
- 27 mi to the ocean
- 123 mi to a big lake
- 27 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 48 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,071 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 376 bars within 25 mi
- 1,033 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 37 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 58 museums within 25 mi
- 26 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 30% of Texas districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 8 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