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Mission BendTX
36,586 residents make their home in this town in Texas.
2 bordering townsMap →
Photo: Judahdavis · Public domain
Population
36,586
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$234K
Census ACS
Household income
$67K
median
Median age
35.3
years
Jobs based here
669
A commuter town
TownGrade
C−
#419 of 640 in TX
Is Mission Bend a good place to live?
Several subjects drag its grade down. Cost of living is its weak spot: the typical home is worth about $234K, 2.8 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income. At C− overall, Mission Bend ranks 419th of 640 in Texas. That leaves it better than 17% of U.S. towns. It lags on hazard risk as well — FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. Walkability is its strong suit: it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 60% of U.S. towns. Elsewhere it is close to typical: B− for schools, C+ for health and B− for incomes.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · schools, state test and graduation results · health, CDC PLACES.
A commuter town
100% of working residents leave Mission Bend for work
Where Mission Bend’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
669jobs based in Mission Bend
0%of working residents work in town
14 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Mission Bend grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Mission Bend is from typical.
Hazard riskInland flooding tops the listDOpen →Cost of livingIn the bottom fifth of the towns comparedC−Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 9.2 of 20; 4.2% of households have no car; 1.2% of workers walk, bike or ride transitBOpen →HealthAltus Houston Hospital, LP 4.9 miles awayC+Open →Jobs & income$67K median household incomeB−Open →SchoolsGraded on exam and test resultsB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
ClimateMild winters, 95° summer afternoons–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 35.3; 24% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All 63 attractions →Reliant Stadium and 46 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mission Bend. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaReliant Stadium
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaDaikin Park
17 mi MuseumRothko Chapel
19 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Center
19 mi Stadium & arenaShell Energy Stadium
19 mi Stadium & arenaTDECU StadiumSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Reliant Stadium: User eschipul on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Daikin Park: Delaywaves, CC BY 3.0 · Rothko Chapel: Unknown, Public domain · Toyota Center: Ed Uthman from Houston, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Shell Energy Stadium: HDFC PR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · TDECU Stadium: Brian Reading, CC BY-SA 4.0
Getting set up
Moving to Mission Bend: who provides what
Mission Bend is unincorporated, so Fort Bend County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerCenterPoint EnergyEIAHIFLD · EIA
WaterChelford City MUDNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet6 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesFort Bend CountyFort Bend County provides services here
SchoolsFort Bend Independent School DistrictAlief Independent School District2 districts serve Mission Bend; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteIn personTexas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereFort Bend County Early Voting ClerkFort Bend County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Oct 2024
ZIP codes77083, 7740777083 99% · 77407 1%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Mission Bend.
Mission Bend has homes that are cheap against local pay and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Texas (mostly inland flooding).
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D
In Mission Bend, the FEMA risk score runs higher than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 99% of Texas towns, with expected losses of about $425 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
FEMA puts 58% of Mission Bend’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 18% to tornadoes. Since 1979, 263 flood insurance claims have been paid out in the town. Federal aid has come to Mission Bend households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2021.
87risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingTornadoesHurricanes
263
paid flood claims since 1979
3
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
SchoolsB−
On state tests, Mission Bend’s schools beat 50% of Texas districts
Two of its 8 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Public schools: Fort Bend ISD. 6 public schools serve Mission Bend, with 3,627 students in all.
50%of TX districts it outscoresB−School Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albright MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 945 | B− |
| George Bush H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,428 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Work & commuteJobs & income grade B−
More than half of Mission Bend’s working residents commute to Houston
Mission Bend has 669 jobs for its 16,806 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 976 in 2013 to 669.
Mission Bend’s typical journey to work stands at 32 minutes, where Texas’ towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. It had 669 jobs in 2023, down 307 from 2013. Among working residents in the town, 0.5% work locally. The top destinations are Houston (57%), Sugar Land (6%) and Stafford (2%).
0%work in town
| Mission Bend | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
In Mission Bend0%
Houston57%
Sugar Land6%
Stafford2%
Austin2%
14 mi
median commute distance
669
jobs based in Mission Bend
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B
Walkability grade: more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
OutdoorsC
In Mission Bend, 1% of the land is conserved
Walkers can cover 1.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Mission Bend: 4, covering 20 acres. The town’s trail network density stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
#290for trails in TX
| Mission Bend | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1%
conserved · 29 of 3,054 acres
1.2 mi
of trails · 0.3 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mission Bend Community Park | 0.4 mi | 3 |
| 2. Ambrose Park | 0.3 mi | 4 |
| 3. Mission West Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Climate
Mild winters and hot summers: that is Mission Bend’s year
January nights average 43.7°, milder than in 96% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 93.8°.
The January low in Mission Bend is 44°F. The town’s peak summer temperature stands at 94°F, close to Texas’ towns (95°F) and above U.S. towns (85°F). Snow is a rarity.
95°summer high
| Mission Bend | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 44°F | 37°F | 22°F |
| July high | 94°F | 95°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
Winter46–66°
Spring60–80°
Summer74–93°
Fall61–82°
Dec 13
typical first frost
Feb 9
typical last frost
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
95°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
HealthC+
Mission Bend is less healthy than 58% of U.S. towns
Mission Bend: 21% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Against the Texas average, Mission Bend comes out ahead on 3 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 8. In Mission Bend, a quarter of adults worry about having enough food, and 16% have diabetes. Only 8 of the 641 Texas towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Mission Bend.
42%healthier than U.S. townsC+Health Grade
| Mission Bend | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 20% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
31 measures vs. Texas
3 better20 too close to call8 worse
| What stands out | Mission Bend | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults with depression | 17.8% | 21.2% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 25.2% | 19.3% |
Altus Houston Hospital, LP
4.9 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
56th
percentile among TX towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
HousingCost of living grade C−
A home in Mission Bend sells for about $265K at the median
At 2.8 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 75% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C− for cost of living. 69.8% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 51.7% across Texas.
Homes sold in Mission Bend spent a median 28 days on the market. For Mission Bend, the typical rent is $1,747 a month. 77% of households live in a home they own locally.
$265Kmedian sale price
| Mission Bend | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,747 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 69% | 73% |
Market temperature
28
days on market
97.6%
sale-to-list price
17
homes sold in September
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Mission Bend
17pages on Mission Bend
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Mission Bend
North American UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Stafford5.7 mi$15,436 tuitionDenver College of Nursing-HoustonUniversity or college · Private for-profit · Houston7 miAmerican InterContinental University-HoustonUniversity or college · Private for-profit · Houston7.5 mi$14,829 tuition
About 7 of every 100 Mission Bend residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Mission Bend
Census-designated place in Texas, United States
Mission Bend is a census-designated place (CDP) around Texas State Highway 6 within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston in Fort Bend and Harris counties in the U.S. state of Texas; Mission Bend is 4 miles (6 km) northwest of the city hall of Sugar Land and 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Downtown Houston. The population was 36,914 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 95 ft
Mission Bend’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Mission Bend.
HoustonFour CornersMission Bend
How the neighbors grade
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Bend | #419 | C− | C− | — | B− | C+ |
| Houston | #606 | D− | C− | D− | C− | C+ |
| Four Corners | #349 | C− | D | — | B+ | B− |
Mission Bend and Four Corners report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mission Bend with a neighbor →
Questions about Mission Bend
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mission Bend, TX a good place to live?
Mission Bend grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #419 of 640 in Texas. It grades C+ for health and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Mission Bend, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $234,000, 21% below the Texas typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.