Missouri City is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 76,773 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Missouri City is the 53rd largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Missouri City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Missouri City is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Missouri City who work in office and administrative support (12.16%), sales jobs (9.33%), and management occupations (9.06%). Also of interest is that Missouri City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.24% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. One downside of living in Missouri City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Missouri City, the average commute to work is 33.09 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Missouri City are among the most well-educated in the nation: 41.83% of adults in Missouri City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Missouri City in 2022 was $42,624, which is wealthy relative to Texas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,496 for a family of four. However, Missouri City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Missouri City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Missouri City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Missouri City residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Missouri City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Missouri City include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French. Foreign born people are also an important part of Missouri City's cultural character, accounting for 22.54% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Missouri City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
