Pearland is a medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 37,596 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Pearland is the 62nd largest community in Texas.

Pearland is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Pearland is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pearland who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.55%), sales jobs (13.17%), and management occupations (12.14%).

Also of interest is that Pearland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

"If you live in Pearland, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Pearland residents do (98%). Pearland is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Pearland is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Pearland Information and Demographics

The education level of Pearland citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 29.10% of adults in Pearland have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Pearland in 2000 was $26,306, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,224 for a family of four. However, Pearland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pearland is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pearland home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Pearland is White, followed by African-American. Pearland also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.46% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Pearland include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Pearland is English. Some people also speak Spanish.