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Mission Bend is a small city of 36,586 people in Fort Bend County, Texas. It's about 18 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $234k and rent runs about $2k a month.
36,586people
$234kTypical home
$1,747/moRent
95° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
104Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 36,586
- Part of a metro area
- About 7,676 people per sq mi
- 18 mi to Houston, TX
- 18 mi to Houston, TX
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $234k (≈$1,474/mo)
- Median rent $1,747/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 9.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 95°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 73°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (115 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 104 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 7 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (133 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (930 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 40% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 24 mi to HOU airport
- 24 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 96 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 92% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 102 ft
- 36 mi to the ocean
- 133 mi to a big lake
- 12 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest campground
- 53 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,290 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 398 bars within 25 mi
- 1,134 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 37 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 61 museums within 25 mi
- 25 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 49% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Fort Bend County: Purple — split almost evenly
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk