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Sugar Land, TX

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sugar Land, TX: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 149,159. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SUGAR-LAND-TX · Sugar Land, TX 3 ZIPs · 149,159 pop · #1817/25278 · Fort Bend County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $125,393
  • RANK-TOP #1817/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Richmond
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-MID 149,159
  • SPREAD-MOD 77498→77479
  • HOME-MID $395,167

Nearest income peer: Richmond, TX ( $11,091 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Sugar Land

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sugar Land on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Sugar Land, TX sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 7%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
149,159
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$125,393
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $125,393 and home value $395,167 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 58.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Sugar Land as a pure owner town.

Within Texas, Justin is the closest lower-income city and Cedar Park the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Sugar Land.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Sugar Land differ

Sugar Land's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $100,950 in ZIP 77498 to $156,735 in ZIP 77479, while home values span $302,600 in 77498 to $478,300 in 77479. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.6×

77498 to 77479

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.6×

77498 to 77479

Poverty-rate spread
3.1 points

77479 to 77498

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 77479 skews compact Sugar Land

In this 3-ZIP cluster, 77479 covers about 50% of Sugar Land's 149,159 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Sugar Land

Citywide ZBP: 6,087 establishments, 78,008 employees , annual payroll $4,762,365k (~41 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 77479 (2,949 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (1,069) · also Professional, scientific, and technical services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Sugar Land, TX

These ZIP codes sit in Fort Bend County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Sugar Land. See the Fort Bend County roll-up →

Sugar Land sits in the upper half of Fort Bend County on income: Houston, Richmond and Missouri City report less, while Katy and Fulshear report more. Houston marks the far end of that range at $66,510, 47% below Sugar Land.

Side-by-side: Compare 77479 vs 77498 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
77479 74,514 $156,735 2,949 871
77498 49,906 $100,950 679 1,242
77478 24,739 $118,495 2,459 983
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Sugar Land roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Sugar Land, .