Sugar Land

Population & Demographics

Sugar Land, TX

Sugar Land is home to 110,016 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 53,801 resident workers commute each day.

TexasCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
110,016
people
Population

110,016 residents

Median age 42.8 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Sugar Land population & demographics

Who lives in Sugar Land — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
110,016
Median age
42.8yrs
Median household income
$136,217
Median home value
$430,200
Median gross rent
$1,957/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
63.0%
Poverty rate
5.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Sugar Land

How Sugar Land breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Asian38.5%
White36.5%
Hispanic or Latino13.3%
Black7.3%
Two or more races3.7%
Some other race0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Sugar Land

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Sugar Land.

Sugar Land at a glance
Employed Residents
53,801
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
18.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
14.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
23.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Houston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Sugar Land proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Sugar Land commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

46 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Sugar Land

53,801 commutes, one dot at a time

Sugar Land

Where 53,801 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Sugar Land, by worker count.

1Houston18.4 mi27,927
2Sugar Land0.0 mi8,002
3Stafford4.6 mi1,170
4Austin136.1 mi1,061
5Rosenberg10.6 mi884
6Missouri City5.6 mi742
7Dallas231.2 mi722
8San Antonio174.1 mi498

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Sugar Land.

1Houston18.4 mi18,567
2Sugar Land0.0 mi8,002
3Missouri City5.6 mi3,540
4Pearland18.9 mi1,521
5Rosenberg10.6 mi1,490
6Pecan Grove6.5 mi1,328
7Mission Bend7.0 mi1,156
8Sienna10.2 mi989

Top industries

The sectors that employ Sugar Land’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance21.0%
EDEducational Services14.8%
RTRetail Trade11.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.5%
MFManufacturing6.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.2%
WSWholesale Trade3.7%
FIFinance and Insurance3.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Sugar Land

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 4 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps92%
See all internet providers in Sugar Land

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