Mission Bend vs Pecan Grove

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

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

Mission Bend has the higher population (37,280 vs 24,798 in Pecan Grove). Pecan Grove has the higher median household income ($137,275 vs $72,492 in Mission Bend). Pecan Grove has the higher median home value ($359,300 vs $221,800 in Mission Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Bend	Pecan Grove
Population	37,280	24,798
Median age	35.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,492	$137,275
Median home value	$221,800	$359,300
Median gross rent	$1,613	$1,833
Housing units	11,470	8,779
Homeownership rate	80.8%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Bend	Pecan Grove
Population	37,979 → 37,280 (-1.8%)	17,380 → 24,798 (+42.7%)
Median household income	$63,486 → $72,492 (+14.2%)	$111,594 → $137,275 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $221,800 (+51.1%)	$251,000 → $359,300 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,613 (+13.1%)	$1,314 → $1,833 (+39.5%)

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

Pecan Grove

Population

17,38024,798

Median household income

$111,594$137,275

Median home value

$251,000$359,300

Median gross rent

$1,314$1,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Bend	Pecan Grove
Under 5	6.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	13.2%
75 and over	3.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Bend	Pecan Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	9.8%	49.2%
Black or African American	30.8%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	16.2%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	40.1%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Bend	Pecan Grove
No high school diploma	16.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	27.6%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Bend	Pecan Grove
Drove alone	72.8%	77.1%
Carpooled	15.9%	6.3%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	14.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Bend	Pecan Grove
1-unit, detached	89.4%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mission Bend	Pecan Grove
Poverty rate	13.0%	7.4%
Average household size	3.41	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1986	1995