Mission Bend vs Sugar Land

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

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

Sugar Land has the higher population (109,735 vs 37,280 in Mission Bend). Sugar Land has the higher median household income ($137,511 vs $72,492 in Mission Bend). Sugar Land has the higher median home value ($406,600 vs $221,800 in Mission Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Mission Bend	Sugar Land
Population	37,280	109,735
Median age	35.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,492	$137,511
Median home value	$221,800	$406,600
Median gross rent	$1,613	$1,939
Housing units	11,470	39,196
Homeownership rate	80.8%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mission Bend	Sugar Land
Population	37,979 → 37,280 (-1.8%)	118,709 → 109,735 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$63,486 → $72,492 (+14.2%)	$121,274 → $137,511 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $221,800 (+51.1%)	$323,300 → $406,600 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,426 → $1,613 (+13.1%)	$1,775 → $1,939 (+9.2%)

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

Sugar Land

Population

118,709109,735

Median household income

$121,274$137,511

Median home value

$323,300$406,600

Median gross rent

$1,775$1,939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mission Bend	Sugar Land
Under 5	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.7%
75 and over	3.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mission Bend	Sugar Land
White (non-Hispanic)	9.8%	36.7%
Black or African American	30.8%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	16.2%	39.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	40.1%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mission Bend	Sugar Land
No high school diploma	16.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	27.6%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mission Bend	Sugar Land
Drove alone	72.8%	69.4%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.9%	20.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mission Bend	Sugar Land
1-unit, detached	89.4%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Mission Bend	Sugar Land
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.1%
Average household size	3.41	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1986	1994