Fresno is a part of Houston and an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The local population was 24,486 as of the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 19,069 tabulated in 2010 census, and 6,603 at the 2000 census.
Fresno is located in the extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of Houston, which is the fourth largest city in the nation in population.
Fresno is located south of Houston, with the suburban Fort Bend County cities of Missouri City to the west and northwest, Arcola to the south and southwest, and the Brazoria County city of Pearland to the east.
Geography
thumb|left|Map of Fresno CDP
Fresno is located in eastern Fort Bend County at (29.526728, -95.459849). The eastern edge of Fresno is the Brazoria County line. Downtown Houston is to the north, the center of Missouri City is to the northwest, the center of Pearland is to the east, and Manvel is to the southeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Fresno CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.35%, is water.
Growth in the 1990s and 2000s
With its prime location on FM 521 and north of State Highway 6 in unincorporated Fort Bend County, developers have recently built large bedroom communities over what was once forest and grazing land, and a number of first-time homeowners have made the Fresno area home.
The demographics in the Fresno area have changed dramatically since the last United States Census in 2000 due to a large increase in home building.
The area is heavily Democratic in nature, and due to population increases in the area, Fresno was switched from Fort Bend County Precinct Two jurisdiction in 2003 and is now located within Fort Bend County Precinct One, which is located primarily on the western side of Fort Bend County, some away from Fresno, which is located in far eastern Fort Bend County.
Among the largest communities in Fresno are the six neighborhoods that make up the Fort Bend MUD #23 area. Teal Run, the oldest of the neighborhoods, was originally started in the 1980s, and development stopped with the Houston oil crash in the late 1980s. Construction in the subdivision started again in 1992.
The Estates of Teal Run, located at the intersection of Raab and Sycamore Road, was started in 1999.
Teal Run North (Villages of Teal Run and Teal Run Meadows), located just off Teal Bend Boulevard, directly adjacent to both Teal Run and Teal Run Estates, was started in 2001. There are over 3,100 total homes in the Fort Bend MUD #23 area in 2006.
NewPoint Estates, located across from Teal Run on Highway 6 and Darby Road, is an area for acreage-type home sites, stables and expensive properties. Winfield Lakes, which is located on Trammel Fresno Road, was started in 2004. Andover Farms, which is located on Highway 6 and South Post Oak Road, was started in 2004. Cambridge Falls started with infrastructure additions (lights, gas, water, sewer lines, streets) in 2005.
The newly built Fort Bend Tollway has given eastern Fort Bend County residents another option of travel into the city of Houston, as the Tollway is long from Highway 6 to U.S. Highway 90 in southwest Houston, and eventually will travel all the way to Loop 610. The average commute time for those living in eastern Fort Bend County using the full route from Highway 6 to Loop 610 (when it opens) should average 20 minutes. A typical trip down FM 521, which turns into Almeda in Houston, or State Highway 288 north into the Texas Medical Center, takes at least 30–45 minutes in rush hour traffic.
A Houston Chronicle article from February 25, 2007, titled "Straddling urban, rural in Fresno" highlights the unregulated nature of Fresno.
Demographics
Fresno first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!
!%2000
!%2010
!
|-
|White (NH)
|1,428
|1,011
|style='background: #ffffe6; |898
|21.63%
|5.30%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.67%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|1,739
|11,225
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,690
|26.34%
|58.87%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |55.91%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|7
|15
|style='background: #ffffe6; |30
|0.11%
|0.08%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.12%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|65
|181
|style='background: #ffffe6; |289
|0.98%
|0.95%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.18%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|0.00%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|8
|43
|style='background: #ffffe6; |87
|0.12%
|0.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.36%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|62
|274
|style='background: #ffffe6; |524
|0.94%
|1.44%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.14%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|3,294
|6,318
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,957
|49.89%
|33.13%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |36.58%
|-
|Total
|6,603
|19,069
|style='background: #ffffe6; |24,486
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Fresno had a population of 24,486. The median age was 32.2 years. 30.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 7.4% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 90.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 85.2 males age 18 and over.
99.4% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.6% lived in rural areas.
The 2020 census counted 7,247 households, including 5,789 family households; 50.2% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 51.2% were married-couple households, 12.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 14.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Fort Bend County does not have a hospital district. OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's charity hospital which the county contracts with.
Education
School age children in Fresno attend schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District.
The community is within the East Division, controlling school board slots 5 through 7.
School zones are as follows: Some middle school students (grades 6–8) attend Lake Olympia Middle School in Missouri City, while other Fresno students attend Billy Baines Middle School. Most of Fresno is zoned to Hightower High School in Missouri City, while some of it is zoned to Willowridge High School in Houston.
Prior to the opening of Hightower, Elkins High School served Fresno. For a period, the majority of Fresno was in the Hightower zone. Prior to 2023, portions of Fresno were zoned to Ridge Point High School in Sienna (formerly Sienna Plantation). Wharton College's boundary within FBISD is defined only as the City of Sugar Land and the ETJ of Sugar Land, and Fresno is not in the Sugar Land ETJ.
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File:FBISD Burton Elementary School.jpg|Walter Moses Burton Elementary School
File:FBISD Goodman Elementary School.jpg|Lula Belle Goodman Elementary School
File:FBISD Rosa Parks Elementary School.jpg|Rosa Parks Elementary School
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Parks and recreation
Fort Bend County operates the Mustang Community Center in Fresno. The community center includes one baseball field, benches, one meeting room, two pavilions, one play area, tables, and one walking trail.
References
External links
- 1990 U.S. Census block maps (had a different shape before Pearland annexations):
- Overall of Fort Bend County
- Parcel 30
- Parcel 31
- Parcel 39
- Parcel 40
- 2000 Census block map