Four Corners is a census-designated place (CDP) within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 12,103 at the 2020 census, up from 2,954 at the 2000 census.
History
Four Corners began as a community of extended families. By 2011 it had become a rapidly suburbanizing area.
Geography
thumb|left|Map of Four Corners
Four Corners is located near the northeastern border of Fort Bend County at (29.669366, -95.659147). It is bordered to the north by the Mission Bend CDP and to the east, south, and west by small units of the city of Houston.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.12%, is water.<br> 1850–1900 1910<br> 1920 1930 1940<br>
1950 1960 1970<br> 1980 1990 2000<br> 2010
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Four Corners first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|665
|846
|style='background: #ffffe6; |877
|22.51%
|6.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.25%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|543
|3,794
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,571
|18.38%
|30.64%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |29.51%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|1
|21
|style='background: #ffffe6; |28
|0.03%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.23%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|471
|4,277
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,024
|15.94%
|34.54%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |33.25%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|42
|style='background: #ffffe6; |64
|0.00%
|0.34%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.53%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|57
|255
|style='background: #ffffe6; |174
|1.93%
|2.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.44%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|1,216
|3,145
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,364
|41.16%
|25.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |27.79%
|-
|Total
|2,954
|12,382
|style='background: #ffffe6; |12,103
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Four Corners had a population of 12,103. There were 3,363 households and 2,908 families in the CDP. The median age was 35.7 years; 25.4% of residents were under the age of 18, and 10.7% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 92.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males age 18 and over.
In the 2020 census, 100.0% of residents lived in urban areas and 0.0% lived in rural areas.
Of the 3,363 households, 45.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 60.6% were married-couple households, 11.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 11.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Elementary schools serving the Four Corners CDP and within the Four Corners CDP include Arizona Fleming Elementary and Mary Austin Holley Elementary. Elementary schools outside of the CDP serving sections of Four Corners include Drabek and Oyster Creek. Hodges Bend Middle School, located in the CDP, serves most of Four Corners, while Garcia Middle School and Sugar Land Middle School, both outside of the CDP, serves a small portion of the area. Austin High School, George Bush High School, and Kempner High School, all outside of the CDP, serve sections of Four Corners.
In previous eras, Four Corners residents attended Travis High School in Pecan Grove and Dulles High School in Sugar Land. Wharton College's boundary within FBISD is defined only as the City of Sugar Land and the ETJ of Sugar Land, and Four Corners is not in the Sugar Land ETJ (it is in the Houston ETJ).
Parks and recreation
Fort Bend County operates the Four Corners Recreation Center in Four Corners. The park includes a community center, two pavilions, playground equipment, a regulation soccer and softball field, 1/2 mile walking track, and a volleyball court.