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All new growth, it can annex into roughly 40,000 people right now but the growth in the last two years has been the existing borders. The thing is Fulshear's growth isn't that unusual. For the last 10 years or so especially from 2010-2020 there is no doubt in my mind the Greater Katy area was the fastest growing area in the United States the only issue is that it was all in unincorporated areas so all of that growth basically went unregistered.
For example my parent's zip code, 77494 went from roughly 70,000 to 129,000 people between 2010 and 2020. 77493 went from 23,000 to 48,000 in the same period. The area overall increased like 120,000 people in that same time period.
No surprise to me seeing that whole side of Houston keep getting sprawl further out and out. Grand Parkway was all farmland, now basically all sprawl between Sugar Land and Katy (and being built up between Katy and Cypress also).
And this is with Fulshear not including developments like Tamarron.
Westpark Tollway will also be extend a few miles west sooner or later (There is already the empty median...just waiting for the concrete to be pour). Even right now it's only like 30 mins to Galleria (without traffic, of course) anyway.
Fulshear, Texas is seeing insane growth with census estimates saying the population has doubled in 2 years. On the ground this seems accurate but I guess there’s also a delay between housing built and folks moving in because I would have said a few years ago ti felt like the amount of housing in Fulshear doubled.
It’s population growth and it’s median household income are two of the most impressive things about it. It’s basically an exurb of the Katy/Richmond area which is already upper middle class so it makes a lot of sense, that it’s even wealthier overall. It’s currently the wealthiest city in Houston area that’s not a Memorial Village. It will probably be the wealthiest one over 100,000 people. Speaking of which Conroe just entered the club.
This means from 2010 till today Houston has went from 1 city, Pasadena being over 100,000 people to Sugar Land, Conroe, League City, Pearland and The Woodlands all entering this club. We’ll probably see a few more trot over the line by 2030, however largely depending on annexation rather than growth.
One point. The Woodlands isn't a city. We rejected the incorporation vote in 2021.
One point. The Woodlands isn't a city. We rejected the incorporation vote in 2021.
Your right. I meant city in a more colloquial sense, as I’m having some form of government leadership with well defined boundaries which The Woodlands has over Greater Katy, Greater Richmond, Klein, Cypress, Spring/Greater Spring areas.
Does anyone know where I can get an official spread sheet of 2020 final census numbers for MSAs and CSAs? I can't seem to find the official numbers and I'm not trusting what I'm seeing on Wikipedia. I'm doing a study on core city growth vs. MSA and CSA over the last 2 years and I can't post it until I verify.
Yep I know that one. If you look at the attached sheets they only have estimates base for 2020, and the 2020 estimates. Not the official census numbers. If I go that route I'm worried i'll be off from the actual census.
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