Missouri City vs Sugar Land

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

Missouri City 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 75,234 in Missouri City). Sugar Land has the higher median household income ($137,511 vs $96,746 in Missouri City). Sugar Land has the higher median home value ($406,600 vs $281,600 in Missouri City).

Population, income & housing

	Missouri City	Sugar Land
Population	75,234	109,735
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,746	$137,511
Median home value	$281,600	$406,600
Median gross rent	$1,908	$1,939
Housing units	27,906	39,196
Homeownership rate	81.4%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Missouri City	Sugar Land
Population	74,557 → 75,234 (+0.9%)	118,709 → 109,735 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$87,915 → $96,746 (+10.0%)	$121,274 → $137,511 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$197,200 → $281,600 (+42.8%)	$323,300 → $406,600 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,690 → $1,908 (+12.9%)	$1,775 → $1,939 (+9.2%)

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

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)

	Missouri City	Sugar Land
Under 5	6.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.7%
75 and over	5.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Missouri City	Sugar Land
White (non-Hispanic)	18.9%	36.7%
Black or African American	39.3%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	17.6%	39.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Missouri City	Sugar Land
No high school diploma	9.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	19.7%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Missouri City	Sugar Land
Drove alone	77.1%	69.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	8.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.2%	20.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Missouri City	Sugar Land
1-unit, detached	87.8%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	3.2%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Missouri City	Sugar Land
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1993	1994