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Pearland, TX

131,626 Population
48.7 square miles 2,701.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 35.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 35.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,922 ±$3,021 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $42,976 ±$543
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $41,614 ±$237
$135,469 ±$11,420 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $81,417 ±$936
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $79,721 ±$564

4% ±1.6% (5,237  ±2,145) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 14.4% 1,105,434 (±0.5% / ±41,219)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 13.4% 4,108,899 (±0.3% / ±76,334)

32.7 minutes ±1 (1,793,930  ±86,310) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 29.9 90,767,090 (±0.1 / ±553,485)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.7 326,057,150 (±0.1 / ±1,096,205)

Families

46,043 ±2,740 Number of households
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2,768,708 ±9,921
  • Texas: 11,449,769 ±22,867
2.9 ±0.2 (131,051  ±5,233) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 2.8 7,712,285 (±0 / ±1,167)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 30,665,006

4.2% ±1.9% (1,444  ±653) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 5.6% 110,990 (±0.4% / ±8,289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Texas: 5.2% 400,404 (±0.2% / ±16,095)

Housing

49,496 ±2,988 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 3,044,006 ±1,431
  • Texas: 12,616,736 ±820

$376,400 ±$10,902 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: $327,400 ±$2,789
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Texas: $313,200 ±$1,780

7.4% ±1.9% (9,595  ±2,441.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 13.3% 1,022,046 (±0.5% / ±37,366.5)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 13.9% 4,289,833 (±0.2% / ±69,081.8)

Social

94.7% ±4.4% (80,959  ±5,442.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 85.5% 4,348,703 (±0.8% / ±40,725.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 86.7% 17,837,644 (±0.4% / ±79,388.3)
48.3% ±3.8% (41,247  ±3,775) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 37.3% 1,896,297 (±0.5% / ±26,298.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Texas: 35.2% 7,235,647 (±0.2% / ±50,280.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

17% ±2.3% (22,430  ±3,159) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 25.4% 1,979,300
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 18.4% 5,762,477

5.2% ±1% (5,007  ±1,018) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area: 4.5% 263,840 (±0.2% / ±10,709)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Texas: 6% 1,416,215 (±0.1% / ±19,072)
5,007 Total veterans ±1,018 4,460 Male ±925 547 Female ±277

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