Fulshear-Katy Community Guide 2024-25

householders slightly outnumber female householders. Fulshear-Katy populations are also highly diverse, with significant numbers of individuals claiming a multi-racial heritage. Those residents identifying within a single racial group are white by a small majority (51.2%, down from 57% in ACS 2017-2021 data), with the remaining population of African American (12.4%), Asian (13.2%), other (8.4%) or multiracial (14.2%) origin. Table 3 maps the distribution of these races as well as declared ethnicity. Hispanic ethnicity percentages have stayed consistent since our last issue. EDUCATION AND INCOME The distribution of educational achievement shown in Table 4 is divided into two age groups: 18-24, and 25 and older. For the 18-24 cohort, in all census blocks at least 40% have achieved some degree beyond their high school graduation. In the 25-and-older group, a minimum of 85% (Katy 77449) have a high school degree or better, with most of the population attaining well above 90% (Fulshear-Katy overall greater than 94%). Overall, approximately 46% of the Fulshear-Katy population has at least attained a bachelor’s degree or better, and almost 19% of the total population

Table 4 – Educational Attainment by Age U.S. Census Bureau, 2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table ID: S1501 Educational Attainment

FULSHEAR

KATY

Zip Codes

77406 4,133 8.40% 31.74% 50.08% 42,207 2.43% 3.49% 16.28% 21.18% 29.16% 19.79% 94.09% 48.94% 9.77% 7.68%

77441 1,596 3.95%

77449 9,186 9.80% 38.67% 43.22%

77450 4,974 15.86% 32.73% 39.89% 11.52% 47,354 3.26% 2.22% 14.74% 19.41% 33.52% 19.47% 94.51% 52.99% 7.37%

77493 4,978

77494 8,257 7.47% 31.98% 43.83% 16.71% 2.31% 1.79% 9.70% 14.98% 5.06% 38.12% 28.03% 95.90% 66.16% 80,997

Population 18 to 24 years

Less than high school graduate

21.43% 31.98% 39.35%

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

49.00% 41.54%

Some college or associate’s degree Bachelor’s degree or higher

5.51%

8.32%

7.23%

17,211 1.42% 2.48% 8.24% 13.67% 5.55% 42.66% 25.97% 96.10% 68.64%

76,347

32,786 3.69%

Population 25 years and over

Less than 9th grade

7.43% 7.18%

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

3.10%

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

23.28% 22.70%

21.50% 21.92% 9.42% 26.95% 13.41% 93.20% 40.36%

Some college, no degree

Associate’s degree Bachelor’s degree

9.75%

20.86%

Graduate or professional degree % high school graduate or higher % bachelor’s degree or higher

8.81%

85.40% 29.67%

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