Fulshear-Katy Community Guide 2024-25

OUR GROWTH

V irtually unrecognizable from the sleepy little town of the past, the City of Fulshear has grown from a population of just 1,134 in 2010 to over 34,000 residents in 2022. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Population and Housing Estimates Program, Fulshear is the fastest-growing small town in America. This type of growth is nothing new to the Katy area, as its population skyrocketed with the completion of the Grand Parkway

opportunities, made Fulshear a preferred destination for many upper-middle-class families. According to the World Population Review, the average household income for residents of the City of Katy is $147,414, and nearly 80% of residents own their homes. The demographics for residents of the City of Fulshear are also very strong, with an average household income of $196,263 and a homeownership rate of 94%.

including Cinco Ranch, Grand Lakes, and Seven Meadows in the Katy area, along with Cross Creek Ranch, Fulbrook on Fulshear Creek, and Weston Lakes in the Fulshear area, offered a wide range of lifestyle amenities from waterparks to fitness centers, nature trails to championship 18-hole golf courses. These amenities, coupled with Katy ISD and Lamar CISD schools offering new state-of-the-art campuses and excellent educational and extracurricular

in the late 1990s and the expansion of I-10 in the early 2000s. The initial growth was fueled in large part by high-achieving schools in both Katy and Lamar CISD, as well as an abundance of available land in relatively close proximity to major transportation corridors, which attracted some of the country’s largest residential developers to the area. These master-planned communities,

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