ZIP Code 77459

Missouri City is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the HoustonThe WoodlandsSugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 74,259, up from 67,358 in 2010. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County, with a small portion in Harris County. The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway (BBB&C), began operating its first 20 miles (32 km) of rail line that stretched from Harrisburg (now Houston) to Stafford's Point (now Stafford) in August 1853. In 1890, two real estate investors from Houston (R.M. Cash and L.E. Luckle) purchased 4 sq mi (10 km²) of land directly on the route of the BBB &C. They advertised the property as "a land of genial sunshine and eternal summer" in St. Louis, Missouri, and its surrounding areas. The settlement was officially registered in Texas in 1894, and began to take shape as a railroad town along Main Street and Blue Ridge Road, now known as US 90A and Texas Parkway, respectively. On March 13, 1956, the community that began as a small settlement more than 55 years earlier was incorporated. Unlike neighboring Quail Valley, Missouri City has been a zoned city since the late 1980s. In the 1980s, an influx of middle-class African Americans became the majority of residents. Movement by black families has been characterized by neighborhood hopping, whereby families can afford to go farther west.

History

Missouri City is the primary city name, but also Sienna Plant, Sienna Plantation are acceptable city names or spellings. The official name is Missouri City, Texas. The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway (BBB&C), began operating its first 20 miles (32 km) of rail line that stretched from Harrisburg (now Houston) to Stafford's Point (now Stafford) In 1890, two real estate investors from Houston (R.M. Cash and L.E. Luckle) purchased 4 sq mi (10 km²) of land directly on the route of the BBB &C. They advertised the property as "a land of genial sunshine and eternal summer" in St. Louis, Missouri, and its surrounding areas. Three years later, W.R. McElroy purchased 80 acres (32 ha) in the same vicinity, and in an effort to promote the area jointly with Cash and Luckle, he named it "Missouri City" The settlement was officially registered in Texas in 1894, and began to take shape as a railroad town along Main Street and Blue Ridge Road, now known as US 90A and Texas Parkway, respectively. In 1956, the community that began as a small settlement more than 55 years earlier was incorporated. Missouri City has since seen tremendous economic growth, moving eastward, southward, and then westward. In the 1980s, an influx of middle-class African Americans attracted to developing communities south and west of Houston. Many of them made Missouri City home after an economic downturn caused property values and interest rates to drop. In 2000, Missouri City was named a model city for middle class African Americans.

Geography

Missouri City is located in eastern Fort Bend County with a portion of the city extending north into Harris County. Missouri City is bordered by the city of Houston to the north and east, Stafford to the northwest, Sugar Land to the west, and Arcola to the southeast. Downtown Houston is 17 mi (27 km) to the northeast. Oyster Creek flows in a southerly direction through the municipality.According to the United States Census Bureau, Missouri City has a total area of 29.8 square miles (77.2 km²), of which 28.4 square miles are land and 1.4 sq mi (3.6 km²) is covered by water. Former communities annexed into Missouri City have included: DeWalt, Trammels, Fresno, Fifth Street, and Sienna Plantation. The city has a population of 2,816. It is located on the Brazos River, which is a tributary of the Red Cypress River. The river flows through the city and empties into the Texas Gulf Coast. It was once known as "Missouri Bay" and was the site of an oil refinery. It has been named after Missouri City, Texas, where the city was founded in the 1800s. The current name is derived from the name of Missouri City's first post office, which was established in 1881. The name Missouri City was first used in the 19th century by a German-speaking community. The town was named after the Missouri River, a river that once flowed through the area.

Demographics

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 74,259 people, 24,827 households, and 20,099 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 24.9% non-Hispanic White, 46.1% African American, 0.4% Native American, 16.2% Asian, and 2. 9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.3% of the population. The median income for a household in theCity was $81,854, and the median family income was $87,089. The per capita income for the City was $27,210. 41.4 per cent of the residents over the age of 25 years held a bachelor's degree or higher. The city has a population of 67,358, with 20,228 households and 16,711 families. The average household size was 3.17 and the average family size was3.54. According to 2010 estimates, the median incomes for a Household in the City in the U.S. were $81.854 and $87.089. About 9.1 percent of the City's population was below the poverty line, including 15.4 percent of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 18 or over. The City has one of the highest percentage of high school grads in the United States, with 17.7% of residents having a degree or more from a local college or university.

Parks and recreation

The Missouri City Parks and Recreation Department is a Texas Gold Medal Award-winning department. The department maintains and operates a wide variety of park and natural areas, trails, athletic complexes and other facilities. The Parks Department currently maintains 20 developed parks totaling 393 acres (159 ha) Park amenities include multiple lighted sports fields, lakes, playgrounds, splash pad, and walking trails, as well as boating and fishing sites. The Missouri City Recreation and Tennis Center is the heart of the recreation division and houses the majority of the city's recreation and fitness classes. The center features 13 tennis courts, 4 batting cages, a cardio/weight room, multi-purpose rooms, locker rooms and a full-size gymnasium. The city's historic Freedom Tree Park is named after the Freedom Tree, which sits along Misty Hollow Drive between Glenn Lakes and Lake Olympia boulevards, at the former Palmer Plantation site. The parks and recreation department has daytime and evening recreational programs and provides numerous special events throughout the year. It is also the home of the Missouri City YMCA, a non-profit organization that provides youth and adults with a wide range of sports and fitness programs. It was founded in the early 1900s and is located on the site of a former cotton plantation. It has been named after a former plantation owner, who owned the land for more than 100 years. The park is one of the oldest parks in Missouri City, Texas, with a history dating back to the early 1800s.

Education

The Fort Bend County portion of Missouri City is served by Fort Bend Independent School District, while the Harris County portion is served. The entire city is also served by the Houston Community College System. There are 13 private primary and secondary schools in Missouri City.Divine Savior Academy at Sienna Campus is a Christian preschool, elementary, and middle school of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. The Missouri City Branch of the Fort Bend county Libraries system, opened in June 1992, is across the street from the City Hall complex and the Missouri City Civic Center. It was the first of four branches built with 1989 bond funds. It is located on the former Missouri City High School site, which is now home to Missouri City Middle School and E. A. Jones Elementary School. The former combined elementary school site now houses Lakeview Elementary School, and the high school site is home to Annie Wilcox Elementary. The city is zoned to schools in the city limits of Houston. It also has its own high school, Elkins High School, as well as Dulles High School and First Colony Middle and Clements High School. Some areas of Missouri city are served by other schools, such as Blue Ridge Elementary and Lakeview Middle School. It has a public library, which was built in 1992, and is located across the road from the city hall complex. The library was designed by Hall/Merriman Architects, and opened with a 1,731.9-square-foot (1,732.9 m2) branch.

Government and infrastructure

As of 1996 some places in the city of Missouri City have Houston postal addresses. The U.S. postal system does not base its mailing address names on municipal boundaries. Fort Bend County does not have a hospital district. OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's charity hospital which the county contracts with. Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District), designated Valbona Health Center for ZIP code 77071 (Harris County Missouri City) The nearest public hospital is Ben Taub General Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. The city's anti-smoking law, which bans smoking in most public places, went into effect on October 1, 2010. On the same day, the City of Houston passed a law banning smoking in public places. The law took effect on November 1, 2011. The City of Missouri city has a population of 2,000, with the majority of residents living in the central part of the city. The majority of the population lives in the eastern part of Missouri County. The population of the county is 2,100, with most of the residents living near the city's eastern edge. The county's population is 1,500, with many of its residents living further south. The town has a total of 1,800 residents. The average household income is about $30,000. It has a median household income of about $50,000 per year. It is the second-largest city in Texas, after Houston. It also has one of the highest crime rates in the state.

Transportation

Missouri City is crossed by US 90A, Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway), Fort Bend Toll Road, State Highway 6, FM 1092 (Murphy Road), FM 2234 (Texas Parkway), and FM 3345 (Cartwright Road) Other nearby highways are US 59 to the northwest and Interstate 610 (Loop 610) to the northeast. Missouri City does not have public transportation within the city limits itself, but it is part of the service area of METRO. METRO operates the Missouri City Park and Ride located on Beltway8 and Fondren Road. The US 90 a/Southwest Rail Corridor project was put on hold on September 28, 2012.Discussions continue on commuter service along US 90a from METRORail's Fannin South station. Expansion westward awaits, among other things, formation of a transportation district or other funding means for communities that are not now in the METRO service area. The city is home to the Texas Medical Center, which has a METRO Transit Center and a number of other medical centers. The Missouri City Express runs from the Medical Center to Sharpstown and Westheimer, and from Sharpstown to the Hiram Clarke Transit Center. It also runs from HiramClarke to the Sharpstown-Hiram Clarke transit center, and the Texas medical center Express to the Houston Medical Center Transit Center, where it terminates at the Houston-Fannin station. The METRO Service Area Plan calls for the city to be part of a larger transportation district.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Missouri City, Fort Bend County, Texas = 26. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 47. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 97. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Missouri City = 5.8 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 6,418 individuals with a median age of 35.2 age the population grows by 43.03% in Missouri City, Fort Bend County, Texas population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 2,601.07 residents per square mile of area (1,004.28/km²). There are average 3.13 people per household in the 24,119 households with an average household income of $84,755 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 7.60% of the available work force and has dropped -2.52% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 27.36%. The number of physicians in Missouri City per 100,000 population = 155.9.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Missouri City = 46.6 inches and the annual snowfall = 0.1 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 92. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 207. 94 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 42 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 23, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Missouri City, Fort Bend County, Texas which are owned by the occupant = 90.19%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 17 years with median home cost = $146,920 and home appreciation of -3.24%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $24.03 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,459 per student. There are 14.6 students for each teacher in the school, 576 students for each Librarian and 487 students for each Counselor. 7.00% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 31.03% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 15.97% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).