Fort Bend

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Texas

Fort Bend is a major-metro county in Texas with 21 ZIP codes, 539,083 people, and top-decile household income among US counties. All data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2023 5-Year Estimates.

National county placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Fort Bend, TX sits among US counties with a top-decile household income, on a major-metro county population base, across a multi-ZIP patchwork.

Top 7%
household income vs 3,210 US counties
539,083
combined ZIP population
21
USPS ZIP codes covered
$99,377
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this county's average ZIP median household income against 3,210 US counties with ACS income on at least one ZIP.

Fort Bend lands in the national county income distribution as top-decile household income on major-metro county footing (FIPS 48157, 21 ZIPs, combined population 539,083). Sort the ZIP table by population before treating the county mean as uniform.

High-income counties with wide ZIP mosaics hide sharp internal gradients. The densest ZIP here is 77479 (Sugar Land) with 74,514 residents - open it beside a thin rural code from the table before treating the county mean as uniform. HUD Fair Market Rents and FBI county tables attach to FIPS 48157, so scorecards stay county-keyed while household income stays ZIP-keyed.

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21

Total ZIPs

539,083

Total Population

ZIP Codes in Fort Bend

Side-by-side: Compare 77479 vs 77494 →

ZIP Code City Population Density
77479 Sugar Land 74,514 871
77494 Katy 61,600 582
77459 Missouri City 56,274 664
77498 Sugar Land 49,906 1,242
77477 Stafford 35,897 1,323
77489 Missouri City 35,554 1,227
77469 Richmond 35,321 104
77471 Rosenberg 35,241 158
77406 Richmond 33,682 201
77053 Houston 28,954 907
77407 Richmond 28,595 584
77478 Sugar Land 24,739 983
77545 Fresno 19,431 616
77461 Needville 10,679 28
77441 Fulshear 4,809 43
77417 Beasley 2,457 16
77444 Guy 784 8
77476 Simonton 313 24
77464 Orchard 221 46
77451 Kendleton 77 26
77481 Thompsons 35 2

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the population of Fort Bend?

Fort Bend has a total population of 539,083 across 21 ZIP codes, based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 data.

What ZIP codes are in Fort Bend?

Fort Bend includes 21 ZIP codes: 77479, 77494, 77459, 77498, 77477, 77489, 77469, 77471, 77406, 77053, and more.

Fort Bend's figures come from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023), mapped to ZIP codes via the HUD USPS Crosswalk. PlainZIP is not affiliated with the U.S. Census Bureau or any government agency. See our methodology for details.

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