A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Fulshear$3,340/mo

Typical home $499K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.75%+ · or rent about $1,952/mo · Housing →

Murphy$3,700/mo

Typical home $564K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.59% · or rent about $2,847/mo · Housing →

The difference: $360 a month, about $4,300 a year, between Murphy and Fulshear.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Report cards

Fulshear places higher on 11 of 21 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

AFulshearSafer than 93% of U.S. towns AMurphySafer than 85% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−FulshearBetter than 84% of districts in the state A−MurphyBetter than 84% of districts in the state

Health

A+FulshearHealthier than 96% of U.S. towns AMurphyHealthier than 87% of U.S. towns

11Fulshear

10Murphy

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 535 towns #5#453 Most trailsOutdoors · 405 towns #390#176 Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #392#108 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 632 towns #327#92 Fastest growingGrowth · 640 towns #1#195 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #185#85 Shortest commuteGetting around · 653 towns #622#540 Cheapest rentCost of living · 624 towns #548#615

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Fulshear’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

FulshearMurphy

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th 60th

Outdoors & history

FulshearMurphy

Trails1 mi 3 mi

Conserved land1.1%6.6%

Community

FulshearMurphy

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

233 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FulshearTX MurphyTX

Fulshear ↔ Murphy233 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

FulshearMurphy

People

Population 34,868Highest 21,188Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1,386.4%Highest TX: +15.9% +18.7%Lowest TX: +15.9%

Median age 36.3±2Lowest about the TX average 41.7±2.3Highest 17% above TX

Kids under 18 34.8%±5.6Highest TX: 25% 29%±3.5Lowest TX: 25%

Fulshear and Murphy are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 8%±1.9Lowest TX: 13.4% 11.3%±1.9Highest TX: 13.4%

Murphy and Fulshear are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 74.8%Highest TX: 33.8% 62.1%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.3%±2.9Lowest TX: 6.2% 8.4%±1.6Highest TX: 6.2%

Murphy and Fulshear are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $187,035±$23kHighest 138% above TX $175,699±$17kLowest 124% above TX

Fulshear and Murphy are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $572,700±$49kHighest 102% above TX $555,500±$25kLowest 96% above TX

Fulshear and Murphy are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,952±$2kLowest 39% above TX $2,847±$334Highest 103% above TX

Murphy and Fulshear are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 136% above TX $8,835Lowest 109% above TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.4%±22.1Lowest TX: 51.7% 85.9%±71.1Highest TX: 51.7%

Murphy and Fulshear are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 1.6%Lowest TX: 13.8% 3%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 90%Lowest TX: 62.6% 93.7%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2016Highest 24 yrs newer than TX 2005Lowest 13 yrs newer than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 38 minHighest 42% above TX 32 minLowest 21% above TX

Work from home 28.6%±6.1Lowest TX: 14.4% 32%±4.3Highest TX: 14.4%

Murphy and Fulshear are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 2.1%Lowest 2.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.3 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Lowest 0.35Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Houston (51%)Dallas (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MurphyFew work in Fulshear

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Lowest 6.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 2.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 81.9Lowest 103Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #24 of 583 in TX #44 of 583 in TX

School district KATY ISD · LAMAR CISDPLANO ISD · WYLIE ISD

High school in town Fulshear H SNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 23.2 —

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Fulshear vs Murphy

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $360 more a month in Murphy

Fulshear places higher on 11 of 21 TX lists

What daily life feels like in each

233 miles apart

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