Rosenberg vs Sugar Land

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

Rosenberg 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 39,467 in Rosenberg). Sugar Land has the higher median household income ($137,511 vs $64,897 in Rosenberg). Sugar Land has the higher median home value ($406,600 vs $218,600 in Rosenberg).

Population, income & housing

	Rosenberg	Sugar Land
Population	39,467	109,735
Median age	31.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,897	$137,511
Median home value	$218,600	$406,600
Median gross rent	$1,337	$1,939
Housing units	15,741	39,196
Homeownership rate	51.3%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	62.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rosenberg	Sugar Land
Population	37,059 → 39,467 (+6.5%)	118,709 → 109,735 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$52,138 → $64,897 (+24.5%)	$121,274 → $137,511 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $218,600 (+41.7%)	$323,300 → $406,600 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,085 → $1,337 (+23.2%)	$1,775 → $1,939 (+9.2%)

Rosenberg

Population

37,05939,467

Median household income

$52,138$64,897

Median home value

$154,300$218,600

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,337

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)

	Rosenberg	Sugar Land
Under 5	7.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.7%
75 and over	5.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rosenberg	Sugar Land
White (non-Hispanic)	19.1%	36.7%
Black or African American	12.3%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.7%	39.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	56.0%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rosenberg	Sugar Land
No high school diploma	13.8%	4.9%
High school graduate	34.7%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rosenberg	Sugar Land
Drove alone	76.8%	69.4%
Carpooled	12.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.9%	20.0%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rosenberg	Sugar Land
1-unit, detached	57.5%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	8.7%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Rosenberg	Sugar Land
Poverty rate	16.8%	5.1%
Average household size	2.64	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1994	1994