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Sugar Land, TX

118,500 Population
40.5 square miles 2,927 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 34.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 35.1 ±0.1

Economics

$53,560 ±$3,950 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $35,190 ±$485
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $32,267 ±$223
$127,598 ±$13,122 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $69,193 ±$1,380
  • about double the amount in Texas: $64,034 ±$500

3.5% ±1.6% (4,142  ±1,880) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 12.9% 899,953 (±0.5% / ±37,139)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Texas: 13.6% 3,865,010 (±0.3% / ±70,183)

31.2 minutes ±0.4 (1,662,735  ±50,092) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 30.2 93,470,590 (±0.1 / ±454,825)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Texas: 26.6 331,801,795 (±0.1 / ±983,868)

Families

40,077 ±2,259 Number of households
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,436,438 ±12,238
  • Texas: 9,985,126 ±25,440
3 ±0.2 (118,144  ±351) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2.9 6,985,870 (±0 / ±4,967)
  • a little higher than the figure in Texas: 2.8 28,395,188 (±0)

2.8% ±2.2% (771  ±621) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5.5% 98,373 (±0.4% / ±7,382)
  • about half the rate in Texas: 5.5% 390,925 (±0.2% / ±12,308)

Housing

41,472 ±2,438 Number of housing units
  • the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 2,690,001 ±1,990
  • Texas: 11,283,892 ±954

$345,100 ±$13,629 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: $219,100 ±$2,006
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Texas: $200,400 ±$1,201

11.2% ±3.2% (13,192  ±3,766.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 14.3% 999,235 (±0.5% / ±35,551.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Texas: 15% 4,294,700 (±0.2% / ±64,565.9)

Social

93.7% ±4.9% (76,744  ±4,931.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 84.6% 3,868,728 (±0.9% / ±40,482.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 84.7% 15,890,162 (±0.4% / ±75,187)
58.3% ±4.2% (47,768  ±3,838.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 33.3% 1,522,732 (±0.5% / ±24,596.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Texas: 30.8% 5,776,533 (±0.2% / ±42,322.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

33.6% ±4% (39,774  ±4,722) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 23.4% 1,654,511 (±0.4% / ±29,242)
  • about double the rate in Texas: 17.1% 4,951,156 (±0.2% / ±53,285)

4.5% ±1.4% (4,129  ±1,326) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metro Area: 5% 260,807 (±0.2% / ±8,976)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Texas: 6.5% 1,405,059 (±0.1% / ±15,978)
4,129 Total veterans ±1,326 3,674 Male ±1,238 455 Female ±369

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