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Fort Bend Independent School District, TX

497,130 Population
163.9 square miles 3,033.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Fort Bend County: 37.8 ±0.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$47,263 ±$2,829 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Fort Bend County: $50,091 ±$1,833
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$104,316 ±$6,597 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fort Bend County: $114,876 ±$5,263
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.9% ±1.8% (38,656  ±8,755) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Fort Bend County: 7.8% † 73,881 (±1.3% / ±11,897)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

34.1 minutes ±1.3 (6,913,130  ±472,776) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Fort Bend County: 34.4 13,691,905 (±0.8 / ±498,000)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 27.5 362,382,530 (±0.1 / ±2,293,063)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

164,311 ±5,018 Number of households
  • Fort Bend County: 311,969 ±2,954
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3 ±0.1 (493,033  ±13,124) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fort Bend County: 3.1 952,262 (±0 / ±145)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.8% ±1.2% (4,700  ±1,578) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fort Bend County: 4.4% † 10,608 (±1% / ±2,528)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

173,250 ±4,838 Number of housing units
  • Fort Bend County: 329,379 ±78
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$380,900 ±$11,564 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fort Bend County: $408,100 ±$9,982
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7% ±1.4% (34,192  ±6,715.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fort Bend County: 9.2% † 87,164 (±1.2% / ±10,872.7)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.9% ±2.4% (300,768  ±11,280.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fort Bend County: 91.2% 572,698 (±2.6% / ±16,286.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47.7% ±2.1% (159,628  ±8,203.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fort Bend County: 51.3% 322,103 (±1.9% / ±12,044)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

32.6% ±1.7% (162,005  ±9,664) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Fort Bend County: 30.7% 294,569
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.7% ±0.8% (13,924  ±2,929) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fort Bend County: 4% † 28,218 (±0.6% / ±4,057)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
13,924 Total veterans ±2,929 11,947 Male ±2,517 1,977 Female ±1,059

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