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Pearland

Greater Houston, TX

At a glance

Distance to Houston city center (straight-line)
14 mi from stored coordinates; not a driving distance
ACS median owner-occupied home value
$330,900 · US Census ACS · 2023
ACS median gross rent
$1,759 · US Census ACS · 2023
Population
125,983 · US Census ACS · 2023
School district
Pearland Independent School District · US Census TIGERweb School Districts
TEA accountability letter
A · Verify on txschools.gov · 2024-25
FEMA flood zone
VARIES (AE, X) · FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer · 2026
What is it like to live in Pearland in the Greater Houston area? Pearland is a community in the Greater Houston metro area. The median household income is $112,470. The ACS median owner-occupied home value is $330,900. The ACS median gross rent is $1,759/mo. ~125,983 residents. Homes here fall within Pearland Independent School District. Every figure is sourced.

Key Data

Every Pearland figure below comes from a named public dataset, with the survey year and a link to the source table beside each value.

MetricValueSource
Median gross rent (ACS)$1,759US Census ACS · 2023
Median owner-occupied home value (ACS)$330,900US Census ACS · 2023
Median household income$112,470US Census ACS · 2023
Population125,983US Census ACS · 2023

Zillow market estimates for Pearland

Zillow publishes its own modeled estimates alongside the Census survey figures above. These are Zillow's estimates, not ACS survey medians, and the two are not comparable: one models a current market value, the other describes owner-occupied homes across a survey year.

Zillow metricValueGeography and vintage
Typical home value (Zillow ZHVI)$383,652median across ZIPs 77581,77584 (ZIP-level proxy; not a single Zillow neighborhood figure) · as of 2026-06-30 · Zillow ZHVI/ZORI (Zillow Research)
Typical rent (Zillow ZORI)$1,793median across ZIPs 77581,77584 (ZIP-level proxy; not a single Zillow neighborhood figure) · as of 2026-06-30 · Zillow ZHVI/ZORI (Zillow Research)

Data © Zillow, from Zillow's public research data files. Displayed as clearly labelled Zillow estimates under the site's redisplay decision (bead houston-relocate-guide-agr); never mixed into the Census comparisons on this page.

Renting in Pearland

The sourced median gross rent here is $1,759 per month (as of 2023). Renters dodge the parcel-level property-tax question but not flood diligence or commute reality, so both still apply. Where this fits against the other communities: the cost-of-living hub, and the budget sizer filters every covered community by a rent number you choose.

School District for Pearland

Homes in Pearland fall within Pearland Independent School District. Sampling points about a mile apart across the community landed in that same district each time, though individual campus attendance zones still vary within any district.

School districtPearland Independent School DistrictUS Census TIGERweb School Districts · 2026

Census TIGERweb "Unified School Districts" point-in-polygon at the community centroid (29.55573, -95.32301); district GEOIDs [Pearland Independent School District=4834440]. Sampled 5 points ~1mi apart: all fell in Pearland Independent School District.

The Texas Education Agency's 2024-25 accountability rating for that district is PEARLAND ISD A (score 91). That is the DISTRICT's rating, an average across every campus in it, not a rating of the specific schools a given address is zoned to.

DistrictTEA ratingRated campusesCampus grades within it
PEARLAND ISDA24A:18 B:5 Not Rated:1

Campus grades are counts of individual schools at each letter, so a district rated B can contain both A and D campuses, so check the specific campuses an address is zoned to rather than reading the district letter as a description of them. Verify on txschools.gov · retrieved 2026-08-22

Walkability in Pearland

Pearland scores 7.8 on the EPA National Walkability Index (a 1–20 scale), with block groups across the community ranging from 6.2 to 9. The index is published per census block group, which is much smaller than Pearland, so the range matters as much as the midpoint, because parts of a community can be far more walkable than others.

EPA walkability index (median of 5 samples)7.8 / 20EPA National Walkability Index
Observed range across the community6.2–9same source

A US federal measure (public domain), sampled at the community centroid and four points about a mile out. This is not Walk Score and is not comparable to it.

Flood Zone in Pearland

FEMA does not map Pearland as one flood zone. Sampling points about a mile apart across the community returns different designations: AE, X, so whether flood insurance is federally required depends on the specific address, not on the neighborhood.

FEMA flood zone (varies by address)VARIES (AE, X)FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer · 2026

FEMA NFHL point query at the community centroid (29.55573, -95.32301). FIRM panel 48039C. Verified by sampling 5 points ~1mi apart: they returned AE, X Check a specific address on the FEMA Map Service Center before relying on this. Pearland spans multiple zones and a property two streets away can carry a different designation and a different insurance requirement. Full flood-map walkthrough →

Commute from Pearland to Major Houston Job Centers

Pearland sits 11 miles from MD Anderson, its nearest major employer campus, and 47 miles from Daikin, its farthest. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates; the minute ranges are estimates, not measured drive times.

Job centerMilesTypicalBad morning
MD Anderson · Texas Medical Center1125 min31 min
Houston Methodist · Texas Medical Center1226 min32 min
Memorial Hermann · Texas Medical Center & Memorial City1226 min33 min
Chevron · Downtown Houston1431 min39 min
NASA · Clear Lake1431 min39 min
NRG Energy · Downtown Houston1431 min39 min
Devon Energy · Memorial City2045 min56 min
SLB · Dairy Ashford2249 min61 min
Sysco · Enclave2350 min63 min
Baker Hughes · Energy Corridor2453 min66 min
ConocoPhillips · Energy Corridor2453 min66 min
McDermott International · Energy Corridor2453 min66 min
Halliburton · North Belt2659 min74 min
United Airlines · George Bush Intercontinental (IAH)3066 min82 min
ExxonMobil · Spring / The Woodlands3885 min107 min
HPE · Spring Campus3885 min106 min
Daikin · Waller (Daikin Texas Technology Park)47104 min131 min

Method: great-circle distance between Pearland and each campus, converted with the site's disclosed 0.45 straight-line miles-per-minute estimator. Real I-10, 290 and 59 traffic can exceed the bad-morning column. Treat this as a shortlist filter, not routing.

Housing value context: Pearland and Houston

Both figures are ACS median owner-occupied home values, but they are not directly comparable:a derivation method is not recorded. Both are shown for context; no percentage gap is claimed.

Pearland (2023, a figure whose derivation method is not recorded)$330,900
Houston, citywide (2023, a figure whose derivation method is not recorded)$253,400

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