Photo: Adavyd · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Missouri City, TX: what to set up and who to call
CenterPoint Energy delivers the power in Missouri City, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. Xfinity and AT&T wire most of Missouri City, and 94% of addresses can get fiber.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Missouri City, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Missouri City.
Power comes from CenterPoint Energy
CenterPoint Energy (CenterPoint Energy), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Missouri City.
Start or move service: centerpointenergy.com · (800) 259-5544
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Quail Valley Utility District
Quail Valley Utility District supplies Missouri City: about 14% of residents live in its service area. First Colony MUD 9 serves another 10%. Blue Ridge West MUD serves another 10%. City of Missouri City Mustang Bayou Wate serves another 8%. Fort Bend County MUD 26 Quail Green West serves another 7%. Fort Bend County Wcid 2 serves another 6%. Fort Bend County MUD 42 Wat Plat serves another 5%. About 9% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws ground water (EPA lists Fort Bend County Wcid 2 and Thunderbird Utility District 1 and Meadowcreek MUD and Thunderbird Utility District System 2 and Palmer Plantation MUD 1 as sellers) and serves 14,409 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 0.0 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 0.5 ppb. Results below detection are reported as 0, so 0 doesn’t mean no lead at any tap.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. TX0790028.
6 home internet providers serve Missouri City
100% of 27,702 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 94% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xfinity | Cable, Fiber | 100% | 2,000/250 |
| AT&T | Fiber, Fixed wireless, DSL | 86% | 5,000/5,000 |
| Frontier | Fiber, DSL | 39% | 7,000/7,000 |
| Ezee Fiber | Fiber | 34% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 86% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 57% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Missouri City depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Missouri City, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on missouricitytx.gov →
- Bulky itemsEvery week
Missouri City Recycling Center (permanently closed); Fort Bend County Recycling Center is the alternative
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Single-stream recycling
All your recyclables go in one bin, no sorting.
- Plastics
- All metal cans
- All cardboard
- Glass
- Paper or paper cartons
Fort Bend County Recycling Center
1200 Blume Road, Rosenberg, TX 77471
Living Earth Technology
1503 Industrial Drive, Missouri City, TX 77489
From missouricitytx.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-09-27, January 1, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Missouri City (95%) is in Fort Bend Independent School District; parts are in Houston Independent School District (5%).
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Oct 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Missouri City spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Missouri City residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Missouri City | ZIP’s residents in Missouri City |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77459 | Missouri City, TX | 64% | 59% |
| 77489 | Missouri City, TX | 28% | 55% |
| 77071 | Houston, TX | 6% | 17% |
| 77545 | Fresno, TX | 2% | 6% |
A few homes fall in 77477.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Missouri City
Who supplies Missouri City’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Quail Valley Utility District (EPA ID TX0790028). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 0.0 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Missouri City?
CenterPoint Energy (CenterPoint Energy), an investor-owned utility.
What internet providers serve Missouri City?
Xfinity, AT&T, Frontier, Ezee Fiber, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Missouri City?
77459 (64%), 77489 (28%), 77071 (6%), 77545 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Missouri City in?
Fort Bend Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Houston Independent School District.
How do I register to vote in Missouri City?
Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Fort Bend County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Missouri City’s own website (missouricitytx.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.