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SiennaTX
A town of 24,992.
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Photo: RM VM · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
24,992
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$470K
Census ACS
Household income
$178K
median
Median age
35.9
years
Jobs based here
715
A commuter town
TownGrade
B+
#86 of 640 in TX
Is Sienna a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sienna grades B+ overall, 86th among Texas's 640 graded towns. The median household earns $178K. Residents are healthier than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $470K, 5.7 years of the Houston metro’s $82K median household income. 66% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Sienna, against 23% in Texas’ towns and 29% across U.S. towns. On history, just 84 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 69% of U.S. towns.
What makes Sienna stand out
Where Sienna beats most towns.
A commuter town
98% of working residents leave Sienna for work
Where Sienna’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
715jobs based in Sienna
2%of working residents work in town
18 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Sienna grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Sienna is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 96% of comparable towns) to D for cost of living (better than 14%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
Jobs & incomeA+Open →HealthHouston Methodist Sugarland Hospital 9.6 miles awayA+Open →Cost of livingDOpen →WalkabilityEPA walkability 6.3 of 20; 0.5% of households have no car; 0.9% of workers walk, bike or ride transitCOpen →SchoolsB+Open →Hazard riskinland flooding tops the listB−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.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All 60 attractions →Reliant Stadium and 45 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sienna. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaReliant Stadium
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaDaikin Park
19 mi MuseumRothko Chapel
20 mi Stadium & arenaToyota Center
19 mi Stadium & arenaTDECU Stadium
21 mi Stadium & arenaShell Energy 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 · TDECU Stadium: Brian Reading, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Shell Energy Stadium: HDFC PR, CC BY-SA 4.0
Getting set up
Moving to Sienna: who provides what
Sienna is unincorporated, so Fort Bend County and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerCenterPoint EnergyEIAHIFLD · EIA
WaterSienna MUD 3No health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet8 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesFort Bend CountyFort Bend County provides services here
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 codes77459, 7758377459 97% · 77583 3%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 Sienna.
Sienna has a longer frost-free season than nearly all U.S. towns, has less tooth loss than most of Texas and sends most of its workers to Houston and beyond.
HealthA+
Compared with most of Texas and the rest of the country, fewer of Sienna’s adults report frequent physical distress
Its widest gap with Texas is tooth loss: 5.1% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 12.5% statewide. Against the 1,432 U.S. towns with household incomes like Sienna’s, it is healthier than 61%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Sienna, 9.9% worry about having enough food. In Sienna, 13% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 18% get no exercise outside work.
95%healthier than U.S. townsA+Health Grade
| Sienna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 15% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 24% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 30% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 14% | 14% |
31 measures vs. Texas
19 better12 too close to call0 worse
| What stands out | Sienna | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.1% | 12.5% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.1% | 19.1% |
Houston Methodist Sugarland Hospital
9.6 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
96th
percentile among TX towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
SchoolsB+
Public schools in Sienna beat 67% of Texas districts
Three of its 7 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The largest public high school is Ridge Point H S, with 2,816 students. Public schools: Fort Bend ISD.
67%of TX districts it outscoresB+School Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Thornton MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,760 | B+ |
| Ridge Point H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,816 | A |
| Sienna Crossing ElTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 1,035 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
OutdoorsB−
In Sienna, 3.8% of the land is conserved
The concentration of trails for Sienna comes to 0.7 miles per square mile. 8.9 miles of trail.
#114for trails in TX
| Sienna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.8% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
3.8%
conserved · 315 of 8,246 acres
8.9 mi
of trails · 0.7 per sq mi
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A+
Fewer of Sienna’s residents live below the poverty line than in the typical Texas or U.S. town
Sienna has 715 jobs for its 9,811 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.9 minutes, against 26.7 across Texas.
For half of commuters, work is under 18 miles away. Sienna had 715 jobs in 2023, up 395 from 2013. In Sienna, just over a fifth of workers work remotely from home. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 2% of working residents work locally.
2%work in town
| Sienna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $178,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 36 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 22% | 9.6% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 1.5% | 12% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
In Sienna2%
Houston54%
Sugar Land9%
Missouri City3%
Austin2%
18 mi
median commute distance
715
jobs based in Sienna
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C
Walkability grade: more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
Expect mild winters and hot summers in Sienna
The Thompsons 3 Wsw weather station, 8 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 297 days, longer than in 95% of U.S. towns. The Thompsons 3 Wsw weather station, 8 miles away, records that about 122 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
For Sienna, the midsummer high is 93°F.
94°summer high
Typical low → high °F
Winter46–66°
Spring61–80°
Summer74–93°
Fall61–82°
Dec 6
typical first frost
Feb 15
typical last frost
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
94°
typical summer high
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B−
Sienna has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Flood insurance has paid out on 36 claims in Sienna since 2016. Just over two fifths of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 25%. One declared disaster, in 2024, has brought federal aid to Sienna households.
55risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Inland floodingHurricanesTornadoes
36
paid flood claims since 2016
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
HousingCost of living grade D
The median home in Sienna sells for about $547K
For households in Sienna, the share who live in a home they own is 97%. Among 613 Texas towns, just 10 have a higher going rate for rent than Sienna. A home in Sienna typically sold within 98 days of listing.
$547Kmedian sale price
| Sienna | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,837 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 97% | 69% | 73% |
Market temperature
98
days on market
96.6%
sale-to-list price
58
homes sold in May
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Sienna
17pages on Sienna
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Sienna
North American UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Stafford12.2 mi$15,436 tuitionHouston Christian UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Houston14.4 mi$39,430 tuition
About 5 of every 100 Sienna residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Texas.
About Sienna
Census-designated master-planned community in Fort Bend County, Texas
Sienna, formerly known as Sienna Plantation, is a census-designated place and master-planned community located in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. It is mostly in the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) of Missouri City with the remainder in the ETJ of Arcola. The population was 20,204 at the 2020 census, up from 13,721 at the 2010 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 14 sq mi
- Elevation
- 59 ft
Sienna’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Sienna.
Missouri CityArcolaSienna
How the neighbors grade
| Town | TX rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sienna | #86 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A+ |
| Missouri City | #197 | B− | D | B | B+ | B+ |
| Arcola | — | — | C+ | C | B+ | B |
Arcola has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Sienna reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Sienna with a neighbor →
Questions about Sienna
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sienna, TX a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Sienna grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #86 of 640 in Texas. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Sienna, TX expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $470,000, 59% above 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 D.