Fulshear’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 29% of workers, next to 14% for Texas as a whole. 1.6% of residents live below the poverty line, against 13.8% across Texas. The two grades for Fulshear are A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fulshear: the figures worth knowing
Jobs in Fulshear have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Fulshear went from 577 in 2013 to 2,136 in 2023, +270%. The jobs ↓
More than half of Fulshear works in Houston
4,348 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Houston. That’s 26 times as many as work in Fulshear itself. The commute map ↓
Fulshear workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 27 across Texas. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Fulshear
74% of Fulshear residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Fulshear pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Fulshear
29% of Fulshear workers work from home, against 14% across Texas. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Fulshear’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fulshear is among the top U.S. towns, #23 of 642 in Texas. Household income is its strongest input ($187,035, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fulshear could be anywhere from A to A+.
The 2,136 jobs based in Fulshear
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fulshear, 2013 → 2023: 577 → 2,136. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fulshear’s own residents hold wherever they work.
51% of working residents work in Houston
Where Fulshear clocks in
51% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily trip from Fulshear: about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fulshear workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,104 commuters (the 29% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who leaves Fulshear for work, and who comes in
On a workday 8,371 residents head out to work, 180 work right here, and 1,956 people come in from elsewhere.
About 58,000 people are in Fulshear on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How many miles Fulshear commutes
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Fulshear is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fulshear is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #411 of 642 in Texas. Both inputs place Fulshear near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 15,553 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Fulshear households have no vehicle (Texas 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Fulshear’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fulshear places 3rd of 698 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 45,000 to 87,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 4 | Keller TX | 46,078 | $175K | 3.4% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| 5 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Flower Mound TX | 79,540 | $161K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 10% | A+ |
| 18 | Celina TX | 64,427 | $171K | 4.7% | 2.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Midlothian TX | 46,683 | $127K | 5.2% | 3.9% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 698 | Pahrump NV | 47,347 | $62K | 13.7% | 8.5% | 28% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Fulshear, the top three, the last and three more from Texas.
Work next door: 51% of Fulshear’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Houston. Darker towns draw more of Fulshear’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fulshear: questions
What is the median household income in Fulshear?
$187,035 (±$23,499) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fulshear?
1.6%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fulshear?
38 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 29% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fulshear work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (51%, 30 mi), Katy (8%, 7 mi), Sugar Land (3%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fulshear walkable?
Fulshear is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fulshear without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fulshear, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fulshear
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.