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Energy Corridor vs Pearland

Greater Houston, TX — ACS figures, FEMA flood zone, and commute for both

Should you live in Energy Corridor or Pearland? Energy Corridor and Pearland are both communities in the Greater Houston metro area. Pearland has the lower ACS median owner-occupied home value, by about 11%. Energy Corridor is $371,887 against $330,900 for Pearland. On FEMA maps Energy Corridor is Zone X (AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD) and Pearland is not one single zone. Every figure is sourced and linked.

Cost and Demographics

Both columns below come from the same Census ACS tables, so Energy Corridor and Pearland are measured the same way and each side links its own source.

MetricEnergy CorridorPearlandSource
Median owner-occupied home value (ACS)$371,887$330,900US Census ACS
Median gross rent (ACS)$1,411$1,759US Census ACS
Median household income$71,025$112,470US Census ACS
Population196,955125,983US Census ACS

Flood Zone in Each Community

FEMA maps Energy Corridor as Zone X (AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD) and Pearland as more than one flood zone. Where the zone varies, whether flood insurance is federally required depends on the specific address rather than the community.

FEMA flood zoneX (AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD)VARIES (AE, X)
Special Flood Hazard AreaNovaries

Each designation was sampled at the community centroid and at four points about a mile out; "varies" means those samples disagreed, so the community genuinely has no single zone. Check a specific address on the FEMA Map Service Center before drawing an insurance conclusion either way.

Commute to Job Centers from Each

Estimated one-way minutes from each community's centroid to every major Houston employer campus, so the same commute is priced from both sides.

Job centerEnergy CorridorPearlandCloser
SLB2 min49 minEnergy Corridor
Sysco2 min50 minEnergy Corridor
Baker Hughes6 min53 minEnergy Corridor
ConocoPhillips6 min53 minEnergy Corridor
McDermott International6 min53 minEnergy Corridor
Devon Energy11 min45 minEnergy Corridor
MD Anderson30 min25 minPearland
Houston Methodist30 min26 minPearland
Memorial Hermann30 min26 minPearland
NRG Energy34 min31 minPearland
Chevron33 min32 minPearland
NASA77 min32 minPearland
Halliburton47 min59 minEnergy Corridor
United Airlines52 min66 minEnergy Corridor
HPE55 min81 minEnergy Corridor
Daikin57 min104 minEnergy Corridor
ExxonMobil59 min85 minEnergy Corridor

Straight-line distance converted at ~45mph effective speed — estimates, not measured drive times. Real I-10, 290 and 59 traffic can exceed them.

Want this scored against your actual constraints? Run the match engine → — it weighs commute, cost, housing and risk instead of leaving you to eyeball two columns.

Full Energy Corridor data · Full Pearland data