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Fort Bend County

County · Texas · Houston metroAppraisal data 2026-09-16

Fort Bend County (county, the Houston metro, Texas): 283,598 homes, median value $377,300, tax rate about 2.26%, 2.6% in a FEMA high-risk flood zone. Flood zones, property taxes, home values and pipelines from public records.

283,598homes

$377,300median value, 2026

2.26%median tax rate

2.6%in FEMA high-risk flood zones

-0.4%value change since 2025

ZIP codes in Fort Bend County

Appraisal district data

ZIP	Homes	Median value	Tax rate	High-risk flood
77053	4,967	$194,019	2.00%	4%
77082	102	$245,236	1.89%	0%
77083	9,006	$265,111	1.99%	0%
77085	197	$225,000	2.00%	0%
77099	256	$201,760	2.00%	69%
77406	23,784	$418,506	2.26%	14%
77407	23,739	$383,801	2.53%	0%
77417	1,499	$250,586	1.90%	4%
77423	3,271	$431,590	2.79%	1%
77430	361	$410,574	1.95%	42%
77435	196	$211,774	1.45%	6%
77441	16,721	$502,900	2.67%	3%
77444	303	$234,162	1.95%	4%
77450	6,122	$518,208	2.01%	0%
77451	251	$135,424	2.50%	1%
77459	29,138	$398,484	2.44%	0%
77461	4,378	$289,974	1.95%	4%
77464	226	$260,748	1.81%	1%
77469	24,337	$339,934	2.46%	2%
77471	12,417	$274,159	1.87%	7%
77476	263	$382,027	1.95%	70%
77477	5,911	$276,300	1.74%	0%
77478	8,346	$416,015	1.84%	0%
77479	27,935	$541,900	2.06%	0%
77481	48	$244,704	1.57%	85%
77485	510	$321,634	1.45%	41%
77489	11,854	$224,220	2.36%	1%
77493	47	$295,000	1.96%	4%
77494	35,300	$514,222	2.24%	1%
77498	14,057	$320,000	2.01%	1%
77545	9,954	$277,400	2.48%	2%
77583	5,841	$283,286	2.84%	3%
77584	2,144	$419,361	2.53%	0%

Each ZIP page compares its neighborhoods. A ZIP that crosses a county line is counted here only for homes in this county.

Flood zones

FEMA data

7,422homes in a FEMA high-risk zone (A or V, 1% chance a year): 2.6% of mapped homes, below the 9.3% across the Houston metro.

15,230homes in the moderate zone (0.2% chance a year): 5.4%.

566homes with the lot center in a regulatory floodway, where building rules are strictest.

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer, zone at the center of each lot, for the 283,471 homes with a mapped lot. Flooding outside mapped zones does happen; check the flood insurance claims history and an elevation certificate for a specific house.

Property taxes

Appraisal district data

2.26%median combined property tax rate (most homes fall between 1.80–2.93%).

$8,523yearly tax on the $377,300 median home at the full rate, before any exemption.

Taxing units on homes here

Taxing unit	Share of homes
Fort Bend County Drainage	100%
Fort Bend County General Fund	100%
Fort Bend ISD	52%
Lamar CISD	30%
Katy ISD	15%
Fort Bend ESD 4	13%
Sugar Land, City of	12%
Missouri City, City of	9%
Harris-fort Bend ESD 100	9%
Houston City College-missouri City	9%

Rates are the sum of every taxing unit on each property at 2025 adopted rates, the latest full year. Values from Fort Bend Central Appraisal District files dated 2026-09-16. Homestead exemptions and caps belong to the current owner and do not transfer to a buyer.

Homes and values

Appraisal district data

Measure	Value
Median market value, 2026	$377,300 (above the the Houston metro median of $292,237)
Median change in value, 2025–2026	-0.4% (same homes, 282,707 with values in both years)
Median year built	2006
Median living area	2,505 sq ft
Median lot size	7,875 sq ft

When the homes were built

Decade	Homes
1860s	1
1870s	1
1880s	1
1890s	6
1900s	38
1910s	148
1920s	294
1930s	559
1940s	1,076
1950s	2,148
1960s	3,152
1970s	22,466
1980s	30,493
1990s	35,465
2000s	69,271
2010s	68,967
2020s	46,171

Single-family homes, townhomes, condos and mobile homes on owned land. Market value is the appraisal district's estimate, not an appraisal or sale price.

Pipelines

Railroad Commission data

34,950homes within 500 ft of an in-service transmission pipeline.

70,924homes within 1,000 ft.

2,200 ftmedian distance from a home to the nearest line.

2,503homes with no transmission line within 3 miles.

Operators of lines within 1,000 ft of homes

Operator	Homes
Energy Transfer Company	9,068
Dow Pipeline, LLC	7,967
Kinder Morgan Tejas Pipeline LLC	6,564
Monument Pipeline, LP	6,209

Straight-line distance from the center of each lot to the nearest in-service transmission line on the Texas Railroad Commission's map. Distribution gas lines are not included.

Look up a house in Fort Bend County

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Each house report shows its own value history, tax units, flood zone at the center of the lot and the nearest pipeline.