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Stafford city, Texas: commercial real estate data.
Stafford city is a Census city of 17,401 people across 7.01 square miles of land, in Fort Bend County. Median household income is $87,432, 38.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 77 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $56.8 m.
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Stafford
What Stafford is
- Census place typecity
- Land area7.01 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,482
- County holding the largest share of its areaFort Bend County, 99.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Stafford
How many people live in Stafford
- Population17,401
- Median age32.3
- Population under 183,913
- Share under 1822.5 percent
- Population 65 and over1,870
- Share 65 and over10.7 percent
- Households6,643
- Family households4,228
- Share of households that are families63.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Stafford
Income and work in Stafford
- Median household income$87,432
- Per capita income$38,516
- Civilian labor force10,213
- Employed9,625
- Unemployed588 plus or minus 219
- Unemployment rate5.8 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Adults 25 and over11,651
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher41.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.3 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Stafford
Housing in Stafford
- Housing units7,099
- Occupied units6,643
- Vacant units456 plus or minus 228
- Vacancy rate6.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
- Owner occupied2,574
- Renter occupied4,069
- Ownership rate38.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$257,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,519
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.8 percent
- Single family units3,238
- Share single family45.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,571
- Share in buildings of two or more50.3 percent
- Mobile homes290 plus or minus 144
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Stafford
How Stafford gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute8,169
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,537 plus or minus 462
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.8 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,363
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.2 percent
- Drove alone76.3 percent
- Carpooled4.8 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Public transport0.4 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked4.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home10.1 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Stafford
SBA loans in Stafford (7(a))
- Approvals77
- Gross approval$56,776,600
- Average approval$737,358
- Median approval$344,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,090,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported669
- Jobs per approval8.7
- Loans with a final outcome17
- Paid in full14
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans17.6 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.9 percent
- Share to franchises18.2 percent
- Distinct lenders36
- Distinct industries by NAICS50
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Stafford
SBA loans in Stafford (504)
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$33,237,000
- Average approval$1,749,316
- Median approval$1,232,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported345
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Stafford
Flood risk in Stafford
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number480233
- Currently effective map date01/29/21
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Fort Bend County, not Stafford
Fort Bend County context, not Stafford figures
These are Fort Bend County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Stafford measurements.
- Establishments in Fort Bend County18,519
- Employment at those establishments, Fort Bend County222,203
- Covered employment, Fort Bend County251,283
- Average annual pay, Fort Bend County$62,566
- Average weekly wage, Fort Bend County$1,203
- Housing units permitted, Fort Bend County12,017
- Of those, single family, Fort Bend County11,200
- County product, 2024, Fort Bend County$49,615,352,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fort Bend County7.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fort Bend County$86,193
Every figure in this section is published for Fort Bend County as a whole and is not a measurement of Stafford. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Stafford questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Stafford, Texas?
17,401, in 6,643 households. Stafford city covers 7.01 square miles of land, which is 2,482 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Stafford in?
Fort Bend County, which holds 99.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Stafford?
$87,432. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $257,700. Median gross rent is $1,519 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Stafford businesses?
77 7(a) approvals totalling $56.8 m, across 36 lenders, median approval $344,000, plus 19 504 approvals worth $33.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Stafford, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Stafford borrowers get paid back?
Of the 17 loans that have reached a final outcome, 14 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 17.6 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Stafford in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Stafford appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 480233, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Stafford figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fort Bend County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Stafford.
Is zoning published for Stafford?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.