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Missouri City, TX
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Missouri City profile


Living in Missouri City


Missouri City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 78,582 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Missouri City is the 53rd largest community in Texas.

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: 13.76% 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.

One downside of living in Missouri City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.49 minutes every day commuting to work.

Missouri City is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 41.80% of adults in Missouri City have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.

The per capita income in Missouri City in 2022 was $42,554, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,216 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 Asian. 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 20.77% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Missouri City include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Missouri City's cultural character, accounting for 23.95% of the city’s population.

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