Pearland, Texas population is 129,930 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #224 nationally and #30 in Texas. Cost of living runs 1.4% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); a family of four needs roughly $98,516/yr to break even (2025 modeled). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
At a glance.
2025 population
129,930
-859 in the last year
Top 2% of 19,483 U.S. cities
Census Vintage 2025
Cost of living
RPP 98.6
−1.4% vs US
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro · BEA 2024
Family-of-4 budget
$98,516/yr
+23% vs US
Modeled 2025 · federal sources
Median HH income
$118,842
+53% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
Median home value
$356,300
+17% vs US
ACS 2020–2024 5-yr
2-BR fair-market rent
$1,359/mo
HUD FY2026 · 40th pct
Avg July high
93°F
NOAA 1991–2020
Gigabit broadband
85%
ISP-reported, FCC BDC
Explore Pearland, TX demographics, including age, race and ethnicity, households, origins, language, and education.
How many people live in Pearland?
129,930 people live in Pearland as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #224 largest U.S. city.
How big is Pearland?
Pearland covers 49.2 square miles of land and 0.2 square miles of water. Its population density is about 2,640 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 1.8% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 127,624 → 2025: 129,930 (+1.8%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
127,624
April 1, 2020
2020
127,799
July 1, 2020
2021
127,838
July 1, 2021
2022
129,038
July 1, 2022
2023
129,939
July 1, 2023
2024
130,789
July 1, 2024
2025
129,930
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 30.2% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Pearland is the #224 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #30 in Texas.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
127,624
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+2,306
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+1.8%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
-859
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
-0.7%
within V2025 only
Density
2,640
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
49.2
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#224
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#30
of 1,224 in Texas
What is the median household income in Pearland?
Median household income is 53% above the U.S. median ($118,842 vs $77,719); 4.1% live in poverty — 8.4 points below the 12.5% U.S. rate.
Median household income$118,842
US
Pearland: $118,842 — 53% above the US median of $77,719.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data
Pearland
$118,842
United States
$77,719
Income and poverty estimates for Pearland from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
118,842+52.9% vs US
±4,906
Per capita income
51,157+18.2% vs US
±1,913
Population in poverty
4.1%
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 17% above the U.S. median ($356,300 vs $303,400); median rent is 38% above ($1,860 vs $1,348); price-to-income ratio is 3.0×, making it 1.3× as affordable as the typical U.S. city (3.9×).
Median home value$356,300
US
Pearland: $356,300 — 17% above the US median of $303,400.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,359/mo
US
Pearland: $1,359/mo — 26% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2024 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Pearland. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
3.9%
Pearland (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
67,933
2024 annual avg
Worked from home
14.4%+2.6% vs US
share of workers 16+ commuting from home · U.S. median: 14% · ACS
County context — Pearland spans 3 counties; all are listed (no weighted average):
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Brazoria County
9.1%
$100,255
4.4%
Fort Bend County
7.7%
$115,538
4.1%
Harris County
16.7%
$74,682
4.4%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Pearland's linked 3 counties in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2024 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
334,047
$1,285 / wk
#2
Accommodation and food services (72)
267,191
$542 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
263,119
$817 / wk
#4
Professional and technical services (54)
234,920
$2,478 / wk
#5
Manufacturing (31-33)
205,992
$2,010 / wk
What workers earn in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest tracked occupation in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro (105,810 jobs, median $27,570/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Fast Food and Counter Workers
105,810
$27,570
$13.25
Stockers and Order Fillers
72,970
$36,890
$17.74
Customer Service Representatives
65,510
$40,380
$19.42
Home Health and Personal Care Aides
63,820
$23,440
$11.27
Cashiers
54,950
$29,350
$14.11
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
52,520
$38,000
$18.27
Waiters and Waitresses
51,330
$22,080
$10.61
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
97,320
$119,600
$57.50
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
78,960
$31,340
$15.07
Registered Nurses · benchmark
65,910
$99,830
$48.00
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
49,750
$56,840
$27.33
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 1.4% below the U.S. average (RPP 98.6); other services run 4.4% below (RPP 95.6) — the metro's services savings is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 98.6
US
Pearland's cost of living runs 1.4% below the U.S. average (RPP 98.6 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 98.6
−1.4% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,359/mo
FY2026 · Brazoria County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
0%
no state income tax · TY2025
Family-of-four monthly budget total
$8,210/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources
Single-adult monthly budget total
$4,797/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources
Local income tax
—
not applicable in Texas · no modeled local income tax
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
18.8% foreign-born (U.S. median 14%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (13.5% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Pearland's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
These are K-12 public school districts. Higher education (colleges and universities) is not represented in this dataset.
6 districts serve Pearland, from the NCES EDGE Geographic Relationship Files (GRF25, 2024–25 school year boundaries). The join is many-to-many — large cities often span multiple districts. Expand the list below to see every district sorted primary first. See methodology §12.
Source: NCES EDGE GRF25 · school year 2024–25 · methodology →
What is the climate like in Pearland?
Hottest month: August (93°F avg high). Coldest: January (45°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 53.6 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Pearland from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Composite risk spans 93.6–99.9/100 across 3 counties; most-cited top hazard is Tornado (in 2 of 3).
Natural-hazard exposure for Pearland from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
Pearland spans 3 counties. We list each separately because hurricane, flood, and fire risk varies meaningfully across county lines — manufacturing a single “city-level” risk score would hide that signal.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Brazoria County
93.6
Relatively Moderate
Tornado 97.0 Relatively High · Hurricane 96.9 Relatively High · Lightning 95.5 Relatively High
Fort Bend County
97.5
Relatively High
Lightning 99.4 Very High · Tornado 99.2 Very High · Heat Wave 97.8 Relatively High
Harris County
99.9
Very High
Tornado 100.0 Very High · Hurricane 100.0 Very High · Riverine Flooding 100.0 Very High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Pearland?
13 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 85% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Pearland from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of June 30, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
13 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
10
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
84.6%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
84.6%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
49,728
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of June 30, 2025 · methodology →
In-state context.
Pearland sits at state rank #30 among 1,224 cities in Texas. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Columbia, MO · #223 · 130,851 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Athens, GA · #225 · 129,921 residents.
Quick travel facts for Pearland
Quick travel facts.
Nearest commercial airport
William P. Hobby Airport(HOU) · 7 mi 11 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
Feb, Mar, Nov · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS Elevation Point Query Service (3DEP) · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (FAA-aligned, type=large/medium, scheduled_service=yes) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Pearland.
How many people live in Pearland, TX?
Pearland has 129,930 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #224 largest city in the United States and #30 in Texas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Pearland growing or shrinking?
Pearland has grown 1.8% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 2,306 residents. The most recent year ticked down slightly (−859 residents, −0.7% from 2024 to 2025). Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was Pearland's population in the 2020 census?
Pearland spans Brazoria County, Fort Bend County, Harris County in Texas.
How big is Pearland?
Pearland covers 49.2 square miles of land, with a population density of about 2,640 residents per square mile. Source: Census Gazetteer 2025.
What is the median household income in Pearland?
$118,842, about 53% above the U.S. median. Source: ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024.
SourceU.S. Census · PEP
VintageV2025
Reference2025-07-01
Place typeIncorporated place
GEOID4856348
Last build2026-08-27
Sources · provenance
Every listed dataset is used on this page.
The GEOID for Pearland is 4856348. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
