Best PlacesFulshear, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fulshear, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fulshear ranks 423rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fulshear
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fulshear's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fulshear ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$176,317 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
Where Fulshear ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Short commute37.0 minutes each way, better than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fulshear
A household needs to earn about $161,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fulshear home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $176,317, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fulshear's effective rate of 2.07%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fulshear
Fulshear runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fulshear.
Who works in Fulshear, and how
Work in Fulshear centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fulshear
Fulshear has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Fulshear and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fulshear, month by month
Fulshear sees roughly 126 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 65, with lows near 45. The comfortable stretch runs February through April and October through December.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65° | 53° | 45° |
| April | 81° | 70° | 61° |
| July | 95° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 85° | 72° | 61° |
Flying in and out of Fulshear
William P Hobby sits about 36 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 101 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fulshear
Schools across Fulshear average an A, better than 97% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- James E Randolph ElA+ · 76% proficient
- Campbell ElA · 66% proficient
- Keiko Davidson ElA · 62% proficient
Top middle schools
- Seven Lakes J HA+ · 84% proficient
- Adams J HA+ · 81% proficient
- Woodcreek J HA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Tompkins H SA+ · 85% proficient
- Jordan H SA+ · 82% proficient
- Foster H SA · 71% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fulshear school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fulshear measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fulshear against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fulshear
Is Fulshear a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fulshear ranks 423rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, a strong job market, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fulshear expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $525,070. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $176,317 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Fulshear safe?
Yes, Fulshear is safer than 75% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
Compare Fulshear with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fulshear. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fulshear represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fulshear detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fulshear: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fulshear: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fulshear: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fulshear: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fulshear detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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