Mission Bend, Texas

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Mission Bend is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Houston within Fort Bend County and Harris County, Texas. The population was 30,831 at the 2000 census.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Mission Bend is located at 29°41′37″N, 95°39′42″W (29.693667, -95.661721)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.6 km² (5.3 mi²). 13.5 km² (5.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.57%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 30,831 people, 8,978 households, and 7,864 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,276.1/km² (5,900.1/mi²). There were 9,202 housing units at an average density of 679.3/km² (1,761.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 46.32% White, 21.50% African American, 0.31% Native American, 16.96% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 10.63% from other races, and 4.20% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 27.06% of the population.

There were 8,978 households out of which 55.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.5% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.4% were non-families. 9.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 1.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.43 and the average family size was 3.67.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 33.7% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 32.9% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 3.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 97.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $60,222, and the median income for a family was $60,999. Males had a median income of $39,323 versus $31,119 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $20,029. About 4.5% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Education

Mission Bend residents in Fort Bend County are zoned to schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District. In addition, some areas of unincorporated Harris County across the county line may be considered "Mission Bend". Those areas are zoned to schools in the Alief Independent School District.

Fort Bend schools include Mission Bend Elementary School, Hodges Bend Middle School, and George Bush High School.

Alief schools that serve Harris County areas that are sometimes thought of as "Mission Bend" include Petrosky Elementary School, Miller Intermediate School, and Albright Middle School (Alief students are randomly assigned to either Elsik, Hastings, or Taylor high schools).