Missouri City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 76,773 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Missouri City is the 53rd largest community in Texas.Missouri City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. 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 (12.16%), sales jobs (9.33%), and management occupations (9.06%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Missouri City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.24% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. One downside of living in Missouri City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.09 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Missouri City ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Missouri City, 41.83% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Missouri City in 2022 was $42,624, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,496 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 21.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Missouri City include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French. In addition, Missouri City has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.54%). The most common language spoken in Missouri City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
