Sugar Land is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 63,507 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Sugar Land is the 37th largest community in Texas.

Sugar Land is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 91.40% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sugar Land is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sugar Land who work in management occupations (16.56%), sales jobs (14.44%), and office and administrative support jobs (12.71%).

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

Because of many things, Sugar Land 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, Sugar Land really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Sugar Land 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.

One notable thing about Sugar Land is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Sugar Land is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97.6% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Sugar Land Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Sugar Land. 53.67% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Sugar Land in 2000 was $33,506, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $134,024 for a family of four. However, Sugar Land contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sugar Land is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Sugar Land home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sugar Land is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sugar Land include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Sugar Land's cultural character, accounting for 23.49% of the city's population.

The languages spoken by people in Sugar Land are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Sugar Land is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese.