Missouri City, TX — Momentum Score, Home Values & Best-For

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Fort Bend County · Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land · population 78,582

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Missouri City, TX
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57
Stable
Momentum score · 0–100

Where Missouri City stands

Steady, no major recent move.

Median home $337,496
1-year -2.2%
5-yr CAGR +4.3%
vs 5-yr peak -3.2%
Population +1.4%/yr

Home value trajectory · last 10 years

Zillow ZHVI · monthly
peak 2024-10$337k$203k$256k$309k$363k201620182020202220242026

Lifestyle scores

🚶
Walkability
35/100
Car-dependent
Estimated from population density. Higher = denser, more amenities within walking distance.
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Public transit
22/100
Transit limited
Curated list of major US transit systems + population-based estimate. Higher = real subway/rail/bus options.
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Remote work fit
98/100
Excellent for remote work
Composite of city size, housing cost, state tax structure, and region's remote-work track record.

Scores are heuristic estimates from population density, state, and known transit/walkable cities. Not based on a paid Walk Score / Transit Score API — see methodology for the formula.

Rent trajectory · last 5 years

Zillow ZORI · monthly
$2,035/mo$0$1,087$2,174202220242026

Home value vs rent · indexed to 100

Both rebased at first month of ZORI data (~2015)
Home valueRent12312280100120202220242026

Rent vs buy

Price-to-rent ratio: 13.8
Buy

At a 13.8 price-to-rent ratio, buying generally beats renting in Missouri City on a long-enough horizon. The headline math is that one year of mortgage payments approximates 13.8 years of rent — well below the 15+ threshold where ownership starts to dominate.

How the momentum score breaks down

methodology →
Home YoY
39 · w22%
Home 5-yr CAGR
61 · w22%
Distance from peak
71 · w18%
Population growth
71 · w16%
Rent YoY
43 · w12%
Home 10-yr CAGR
57 · w10%
Long thesis

Missouri City has held up across the cycle: home values at $337,496 with +4.3% 5-year CAGR. The bull case is structural — population, location, employer base — and holds even if next year's print is soft.

Short thesis

Missouri City's bear case is the boring one: the cycle is real and any market that's run hard can stall. Watch for slowing population growth, rising days-on-market, or builder discounts as the early warning signals.

About Missouri City

Missouri City is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, with an estimated population of 78,582. It anchors the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area. The population grew 1.4% annually from 2020 to 2024, a moderate gain. The median home value in Missouri City is $337,496 as of 2026-04, down 2.2% over the last 12 months. Over the last five years, home values have averaged +4.3% annual growth (-3.2% from the 5-year peak). Rents in Missouri City average $2,035 per month, roughly flat year-over-year (-0.4%). The composite momentum score is 57 of 100 (Stable). Conditions are neither hot nor cold, so the local fit matters more than market timing.

▲ Bull case

●Net positive migration: population up 1.4% per year — demand fundamentals are intact.
○The data is the data: Missouri City has at least 5 years of Zillow tracking, full Census identification, and is included in the 2-criteria momentum score on this page.

▼ Bear case

●Cooling: -2.2% over the trailing year — momentum has stalled.
○Local nuance: city-level data smooths over neighborhood differences. School zones, HOA rules, and street-level character matter — visit before deciding.

About Missouri City (Wikipedia)

Missouri City is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County, with a small portion in Harris County. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 74,259, an increase over the figure of 67,358 tabulated in 2010.

Source: Wikipedia · this summary is contributed and licensed under CC-BY-SA.

City facts

Mayorubl
Area30.39 sq mi
Elevation75 ft
EstablishedMarch 13, 1956
MottoMo City, The Show Me City
Density2601.07/sq mi

Extracted from the Wikipedia infobox. Values may be slightly out of date relative to the latest sources.

Playbook

Buyer

Lifestyle fit matters more than market timing in a Stable market. Take your time on the home and neighborhood; the macro trend isn't urgent. Negotiate normally.

Seller

Price competitively from day one or risk a 60+ day listing. Staging, photography, and presentation matter more in Stable markets than in Hot ones.

Investor

Stable cap rates, no big appreciation story to lean on. Underwrite this as a pure cash-flow play — the math has to work on rent alone.

Local safety & alerts

No active National Weather Service alerts for Fort Bend County right now.

NWS active alerts (TX)Texas Emergency ManagementHow to prepare (NWS)

Public-safety links are official .gov sources, not curated by us. Fort Bend County routes NWS alerts; check the state EM portal for non-weather emergencies.

Neighborhoods of Missouri City

22 tracked · ranked by median home value
1Silver Ridge$997,894+3.7%
2Waterbrook$692,130-1.1%
3The Crossing at Riverstone$664,607+2.3%
4Brightwater$456,532-0.7%
5Colony Lakes$437,119+0.3%
6Lake Shore Harbour$423,258-3.8%
7Heritage Colony$406,387-1.4%
8Sienna Village of Anderson Springs$394,448-2.9%
9First Colony$386,437-1.9%
10Lake Olympia$378,508-1.5%
11Lake Colony$378,295-1.3%
12Plantation Creek$369,806-1.0%
13Creekmont$332,509-3.0%
14Lexington Colony$328,567-2.7%
15Olympia Estates$322,653-3.1%
16Vicksburg Village$317,701-1.6%
17Sedona Creek$315,252-0.7%
18Quail Valley$287,357-2.7%
19Meadowcreek$275,105-4.8%
20Hunters Green$243,094-5.4%
21Quail Green$241,255-2.7%
22Hunters Glen$237,261-3.9%

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Run the numbers for Missouri City

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Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Climate & natural-disaster risk

Winter (Jan)
60° / 39°
avg high / low
Summer (Jul)
95° / 73°
avg high / low
Sunny days/yr
232
~64% of year
Annual precip
29″ rain
1″ snow
Disaster risk (1=very low, 5=very high)
Hurricane
High
Tornado
Very high
Wildfire
Moderate
Earthquake
Low
Flood
Very high

State-level averages from NOAA Climate Normals (1991-2020) and FEMA National Risk Index. City-level conditions can vary significantly within a state.

Local sports teams

Major professional teams the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area cheers for. Detailed stats, schedules, and player pages on intherafters.com.

Current weather

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Find rentals & listings

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Local news & community

Updated 2026-05-21 from Google News + Reddit RSS. Headlines link to original sources.

Local economy & environment

Humidity
64%
Moderate climate
Median household income
$73,000
Texas state median
Top industries (state-level)
Energy/Oil & GasTech (Austin)Healthcare

Humidity is annual average relative humidity (NOAA). Income is Census ACS 5-year estimate. Industries are largest employment sectors statewide (BLS); the local mix in a given city may vary.

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