FBISD Armstrong Elementary, 2020
Fifth Street’s story
Fifth Street in pictures
Census counts: 2,059 in 2000, 2,284 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2020 and 4 maps from 1955 on.
Explore the history →Fifth StreetTX
Some 1,453 people live in this town, in Texas.
Population
1,453
Census survey, 2020–24
Typical home
$173K
+3.2% in a year
Household income
$29K
median
Median age
17.6
years
Jobs based here
154
A commuter town
Is Fifth Street a good place to live?
Fifth Street’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. 49% of residents live below the poverty line in Fifth Street, above both the Texas town median (12%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 6 of the 643 Texas towns we compare have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Fifth Street. Fifth Street has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Fifth Street grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Fifth Street is from typical.
WalkabilityEPA walkability 6.1 of 20; 5.9% of households have no car; 0% of workers walk, bike or ride transitDOpen →Jobs & income$29K median household incomeCOpen →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesB+Open →SchoolsBeat 67% of Texas districts on tests and graduationB+Open →Hazard riskInland flooding tops the listC+Open →HealthLess healthy than 50% of U.S. towns; St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital 4.2 miles awayB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors0 miles of trails; 0% conserved landC+Open →HistoryLittle recorded history by comparisonDOpen →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
ClimateMild winters, 94° summer afternoons–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 17.6; 3% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
What makes Fifth Street stand out
Where Fifth Street beats most towns.
Small town
1,453 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Nearby towns
StaffordMissouri CityFifth Street
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fifth Street.
HousingCost of living grade B+
Fifth Street’s typical home value is about $173K
$173KZillow home value
Values rose 3.2% in the 12 months to September 2026. For households in Fifth Street, the share who own their home is 65%.
Typical home value
Fifth Street$173K
Texas$296K
+3.2%
value change, 1 year
0
homes sold in September
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C
About half of Fifth Street’s working residents commute to Houston
0%work in town
The top destinations are Houston (46%), Sugar Land (10%) and Stafford (5%). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Fifth Street rose by 30, to 154. Half commute less than 13 miles.
Where working residents work
In Fifth Street0%
Houston46%
Sugar Land10%
Stafford5%
Missouri City4%
13 mi
median commute distance
154
jobs based in Fifth Street
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
D
Walkability grade: more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
In Fifth Street, expect mild winters and hot summers
94°summer high
Fifth Street’s July high stands at 93°F.
Typical low → high °F
Winter46–66°
Spring60–80°
Summer74–93°
Fall61–82°
Dec 13
typical first frost
Feb 9
typical last frost
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
94°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade C+
The biggest natural risk in Fifth Street is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
54risk score of 100
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Fifth Street comes to 54 of 100. Since 2014, Fifth Street has seen 16 flood insurance claims paid out. FEMA puts two fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 22% to hurricanes.
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingHurricanesTornadoes
16
paid flood claims since 2014
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
HealthB−
Fewer of Fifth Street’s adults had a checkup this year than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
50%healthier than U.S. townsB−Health Grade
Among adults in Fifth Street, 10% smoke cigarettes. This Texas town does better than the Texas average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 8. 17% of adults locally have been diagnosed with depression; 28% have high blood pressure.
| Fifth Street | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 74% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 35% |
31 measures vs. Texas
9 better14 too close to call8 worse
| What stands out | Fifth Street | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.4% | 5.7% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.7% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 31.4% | 19.1% |
St. Luke's Sugar Land Hospital
4.2 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
OutdoorsC+
In Fifth Street, 0.1% of the land is conserved
0.1%conserved
Trails run 0.3 miles in 1 park or preserve. Fifth Street’s density of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Fifth Street | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
0.1%
conserved · 1 of 467 acres
0.3 mi
of trails · 0.4 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. StaMo Sports Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Fifth Street
17pages on Fifth Street
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
Nearby attractions
All 60 attractions →Reliant Stadium and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fifth Street. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaReliant Stadium
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaDaikin Park
13 mi MuseumRothko Chapel
16 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Center
15 mi Stadium & arenaTDECU Stadium
16 mi Stadium & arenaShell Energy StadiumSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Reliant Stadium: User eschipul on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Daikin Park: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0 · Rothko Chapel: Unknown, Public domain · Toyota Center: Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 · TDECU Stadium: Brian Reading, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Shell Energy Stadium: HDFC PR, CC BY-SA 4.0
Getting set up
Moving to Fifth Street: who provides what
Fifth Street is unincorporated, so Fort Bend County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerCenterPoint EnergyEIAHIFLD · EIA
Water5th Street Water SystemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers99% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesFort Bend CountyFort Bend County provides services here
Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereFort Bend County Early Voting ClerkFort Bend County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Oct 2024
ZIP code7747777477 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
A commuter town
100% of working residents leave Fifth Street for work
Where Fifth Street’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
154jobs based in Fifth Street
0%of working residents work in town
13 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
After high school
Colleges nearby
12 within 15 miles of the center of Fifth Street
North American UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Stafford4 mi$15,436 tuitionHouston Christian UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Houston7 mi$39,430 tuitionThe University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUniversity or college · Public · Houston11.5 mi
About 0 of every 100 Fifth Street residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
About Fifth Street
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Fifth Street is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Stafford within Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,284 at the 2020 census. Fifth Street is within the ZIP code 77477. Therefore, residents of Fifth Street have an address of Stafford, Texas.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 76 ft
Questions about Fifth Street
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Is Fifth Street, TX a good place to live?
Some 1,453 people live in this town, in Texas.
Is Fifth Street, TX expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
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