City safety & data profile

StaffordTX

Stafford, TX is a 18K-resident city in Fort Bend County with a median household income of $87,432.

Fort Bend County, Texas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Stafford, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Stafford has a population larger than 39% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $257,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

18K
Population (place)
Bottom 40%
By size
$87,432
Median income (place)
$257,700
Median home (place)
8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Stafford

Stafford posts a median household income higher than 58% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Stafford area.

Top 42%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Stafford

Where Stafford income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$87,432 Top 42% higher than 58% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Stafford $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in TX

Population among 244 TX places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Houston is the largest TX city on this list; Southlake leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in TX

Median household income among the same 244-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Southlake posts the highest place-level median income in TX; Houston is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Stafford, TX beyond the headline numbers

Stafford sits inside Fort Bend County, Texas, at roughly 29.62°N, -95.56°W. Population 18,459, $87,432 median household income. Median home value $257,700, median rent $1,519. Poverty rate 8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Stafford, 0 with an ER.

At 8%, poverty in Stafford, TX runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Stafford runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 10.1% of Stafford workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.4% in Stafford, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Stafford's median age is 32.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Stafford from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
18,459
Stafford · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$87,432
Near average
Median Home Value (place)
$257,700
-38% vs avg
Median Age (place)
32.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Fort Bend County): Stafford's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
894K+47%
Median Income
$114,041+34%
Median Home Value
$374,500+104%
Poverty Rate
7.6%-10%
Unemployment
5%-11%

Economics

Economics indicators for Stafford, TX
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,519/mo
Poverty Rate
8% -35% vs avg
Unemployment 5.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 41.4%
Work From Home 10.1%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 19.6%
African American 30.4%
Asian 24.2%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
40.5%
High Blood Pressure
33.2%
Obesity
32.9%
Physical Inactivity
29%
Lack of Health Insurance
16.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.3%
Binge Drinking
14.4%
Diabetes
13.6%
Current Smoking
12.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
12%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 54.5%
Annual Checkup 74.3%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.9%
Stroke
3%

What alerts and safety updates affect Stafford?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Stafford right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet TX-STAFFORD-TX · Stafford

Stafford: 27 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-HEAVY 27 on record
  • MIX-LED 100% uk-floods
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Stafford

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 27 tagged notices on record for Stafford.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ9)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Stafford; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Texas state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (27 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Stafford, TX? ▼
Stafford, TX has a population of 18,459 people, located in Fort Bend County, Texas.
What is the median household income in Stafford? ▼
The median household income in Stafford, TX is $87,432 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8%.
What is the median home value in Stafford? ▼
The median home value in Stafford, TX is $257,700. Median rent is $1,519/month.
What are the top health concerns in Stafford? ▼
The top health indicators in Stafford include Short Sleep Duration (40.5%), High Blood Pressure (33.2%), Obesity (32.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Stafford? ▼
Stafford has 1 hospital. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Stafford? ▼
The median age in Stafford, TX is 32.3 years. 41.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Stafford, both outside Texas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside TX (8% here).

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 8% Elk Grove, CA 8% Clovis, CA 8% Chino, CA 8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside TX ($87,432 here).

Long Beach, CA $87,430 Conway, FL $87,405 Boulder, CO $87,493 North Plainfield, NJ $87,349

Compare Stafford with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Missouri City, TX 74K Sugar Land, TX 88K Alief, TX 99K Four Corners, TX 12K New Territory, TX 15K Mission Bend, TX 37K Greatwood, TX 12K Bellaire, TX 19K
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Using Stafford's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Stafford area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Stafford against Texas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Texas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Fort Bend County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.