Mission Bend vs Missouri City

A side-by-side comparison of Mission Bend and Missouri City: population, income, housing, and more.

Mission Bend and Missouri City are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Missouri City has the higher population (75,234 vs 37,280 in Mission Bend). Missouri City has the higher median household income ($96,746 vs $72,492 in Mission Bend). Missouri City has the higher median home value ($281,600 vs $221,800 in Mission Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Bend	Missouri City
Population	37,280	75,234
Median age	35.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,492	$96,746
Median home value	$221,800	$281,600
Median gross rent	$1,613	$1,908
Housing units	11,470	27,906
Homeownership rate	80.8%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Bend	Missouri City
Population	37,979 → 37,280 (-1.8%)	74,557 → 75,234 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$63,486 → $72,492 (+14.2%)	$87,915 → $96,746 (+10.0%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $221,800 (+51.1%)	$197,200 → $281,600 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,613 (+13.1%)	$1,690 → $1,908 (+12.9%)

Mission Bend

Population

37,97937,280

Median household income

$63,486$72,492

Median home value

$146,800$221,800

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,613

Missouri City

Population

74,55775,234

Median household income

$87,915$96,746

Median home value

$197,200$281,600

Median gross rent

$1,690$1,908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Bend	Missouri City
Under 5	6.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.9%
75 and over	3.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Bend	Missouri City
White (non-Hispanic)	9.8%	18.9%
Black or African American	30.8%	39.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.2%	17.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	40.1%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Bend	Missouri City
No high school diploma	16.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	27.6%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Bend	Missouri City
Drove alone	72.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.9%	12.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Bend	Missouri City
1-unit, detached	89.4%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Mission Bend	Missouri City
Poverty rate	13.0%	6.1%
Average household size	3.41	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1986	1993