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Fannett, Texas.

A community in Jefferson County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Jefferson County’s.

Living in Fannett, Jefferson County, Texas

Fannett, in Jefferson County, had 2,363 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Jefferson County was 6.3% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Jefferson County work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 2,363 in the 2020 census; median age 48.5
Household income Too few homes in Fannett for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 6.3% Jefferson County, August 2026; 6.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Fannett for the Census survey to measure.
  • 706households
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 0%work from home

What people in Jefferson County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Building trades12%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jefferson County had 124,810 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 42°; warmest in August, 93° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 42° F M A M J J A 93° 74° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 62° and 42°; warmest in August, 93° and 74° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 62° 42° F M A M J J A 93° 74° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 42°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 74°. About 62 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Beaumont Rsch Ctr weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Jefferson County

  1. Port Arthur Liquefaction ProjectIndustrial building construction5,809
  2. McDermott International- CCZJV ProjectNatural gas processing plant construction5,300
  3. Beaumont ISDSchool district2,342FTE
  4. Christus HospitalGeneral hospital1,653FTE
  5. Baptist Beaumont HospitalGeneral hospital1,536FTE
  6. Lamar UniversityUniversity or college1,461
  7. Port Arthur ISDSchool district1,303FTE
  8. Coburn Supply CoFittings and valves, plumbers', merchant wholesalers1,190

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 262 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 49,338 people in all across the county; Fannett has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningVery high
  2. TornadoesVery high
  3. WildfireRelatively high
  4. HurricanesRelatively high
  5. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  6. Inland floodingRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Fannett’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Jefferson County.