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Fulshear is a small city of 34,868 people in Fort Bend County, Texas. It's about 31 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $573k and rent runs about $2k a month.
34,868people
$573kTypical home
$1,880/moRent
95° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
83Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 34,868
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,698 people per sq mi
- 31 mi to Houston, TX
- 31 mi to Houston, TX
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $573k (≈$3,611/mo)
- Median rent $1,880/mo
- Median household income $187k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 95°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
- 83 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 (52 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (263 per 100k)
People
- Median age 36
- 63% of households have kids
- 8% are 65 or older
- 75% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 40 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 37 mi to HOU airport
- 37 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 109 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2016
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 138 ft
- 49 mi to the ocean
- 147 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 16 mi to the nearest campground
- 37 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,898 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 155 bars within 25 mi
- 697 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 6 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 19 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 13% of Texas districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 10 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.