Missouri City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 76,500 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Missouri City is the 53rd largest community in Texas.
Missouri City real estate is some of the most expensive in Texas, although Missouri City house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Also of interest is that Missouri City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.83% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Missouri City is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Missouri City really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Missouri City perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
One downside of living in Missouri City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Missouri City, the average commute to work is 32.93 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Missouri City are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.90% of adults in Missouri City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Missouri City in 2022 was $41,033, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $164,132 for a family of four. However, Missouri City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Missouri City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Missouri City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Missouri City residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Missouri City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.38% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Missouri City include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Nigerian.
In addition, Missouri City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (23.22%).
The most common language spoken in Missouri City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.