Missouri City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 52,477 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Missouri City is the 47th largest community in Texas.

Missouri City is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.93% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Missouri City is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Missouri City who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.51%), sales jobs (13.18%), and management occupations (12.84%).

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.

In addition, Missouri City is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

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 night life, 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.

In Missouri City, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.43 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Missouri City is a very car-oriented city: 97.4% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Missouri City is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Even though Missouri City is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Missouri City Information and Demographics

The population of Missouri City is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 44.52% of adults in Missouri City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Missouri City in 2000 was $27,210, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $108,840 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 come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Missouri City is White, followed by African-American. 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 10.21% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Missouri City include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Missouri City's cultural character, accounting for 17.57% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Missouri City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.