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Sugar Land, TX

109,337 Population
40.5 square miles 2,701.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 35.3 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$54,506 ±$5,458 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $36,472 ±$540
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $34,717 ±$230
$112,868 ±$7,396 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $70,893 ±$1,037
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $66,963 ±$513

5.1% ±2.3% (5,550  ±2,466) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.1% 1,000,281 (±0.5% / ±37,426)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,122,538 (±0.3% / ±79,332)

30.3 minutes ±0.6 (1,405,485  ±60,798) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 29.8 89,803,304 (±0.1 / ±527,655)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 325,335,260 (±0.1 / ±1,164,079)

Families

37,008 ±2,151 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,601,401 ±10,498
  • Texas: 10,796,247 ±19,104
3 ±0.2 (109,055  ±374) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.7 7,123,710 (±0 / ±13,231)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 2.7 28,965,772

2.7% ±2% (622  ±477) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 6.3% 114,161 (±0.5% / ±8,865)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 6% 434,357 (±0.2% / ±16,121)

Housing

38,412 ±2,301 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,823,969 ±4,881
  • Texas: 11,867,820 ±1,642

$369,300 ±$17,013 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $252,300 ±$3,316
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $237,400 ±$1,389

10.8% ±3.4% (11,723  ±3,671.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14% 994,780 (±0.6% / ±40,057.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 14% 4,083,551 (±0.2% / ±68,340.6)

Social

94.6% ±5.5% (69,724  ±4,837) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 84.5% 3,947,963 (±1% / ±45,216.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.4% 16,415,784 (±0.4% / ±81,190.8)
65.3% ±4.4% (48,150  ±3,714.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 35.8% 1,675,719 (±0.6% / ±29,008.1)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,366,437 (±0.3% / ±48,097.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

35.9% ±4.1% (39,276  ±4,517) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 24.1% 1,734,249 (±0.5% / ±33,616)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 17.3% 5,092,132 (±0.2% / ±51,263)

4.6% ±1.5% (3,671  ±1,243) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5% 265,605 (±0.3% / ±13,531)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,464 (±0.1% / ±23,343)
3,671 Total veterans ±1,243 3,055 Male ±952 616 Female ±539

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