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29.48° N · 95.50° W · GEOID 4867763

Sienna

Fort Bend County, Texas · part of the Houston, TX metro

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The short answer

Sienna is home to 24,992 people. Median household income is $177,837 a year and median rent is $2,837 a month, 19.1% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $470,100, about 2.6x annual median household income.

What sets Sienna apart is how far household money goes. After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $147,600 a year, more than in 94% of places its size. Also notable: OpenStreetMap shows 0 grocery stores per 10,000 residents, fewer than in 93% of places its size. It is the lowest of 415 Texas places we track.

66OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Above average

Sienna scores better than 66% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 97th of 407 in Texas.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%74
Economy 20%84
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%2
Education 10%93
Commute 10%5
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$2,837
108% above the median place
Median household income
$177,837
121% above the median place
Median home value
$470,100
47% above the median place
Unemployment
3.9%
21% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Sienna

  • HousingHalf the homes were built after 2010, newer housing than in 98% of the 2,300 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.
  • Housing96% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 99% of the 2,298 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track.
  • Value for moneyHome values are about 24% lower than we would expect for a place with these incomes, education levels, housing age and household types in the same metro area. That can mean good value, or drawbacks these figures do not capture, such as crime, schools or location. Experimental
01

Moving to Sienna

Fort Bend County gains about 13.9 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in56,259
Moved out45,677
Net+10,582

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Texas, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within TexasOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$82K
Leavers$86K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Fort Bend County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
7.3% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.6% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Fort Bend County report $81,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $86,200, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$113,500 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $2,837 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $3,403 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $470,100.
Getting to work
36 minutes each way on average; 21.8% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Independent Hill, VA matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
7.3%
28% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
13.9
above the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving out6
$86,227
23% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureSiennaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year17.3%28% above
Moved from another state1County figure1.6%20% below
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure13.9above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$81,58016% above
Income of households moving out6County figure$86,22723% above
02

What it costs to live here

Rent is about 25% higher than we would expect for a place with these incomes, education levels, housing age and household types in the same metro area. The premium usually reflects location, amenities or schools that these figures do not capture.

Sienna19.1%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$113,480
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
19.1%
6% below the median place
Home price to income
2.6x
31% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
19%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$147,800
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Sienna, $2,837 a month, and local prices for everything else (97.4 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Sienna, but easier on the budget

Places that match Sienna on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Independent Hill, VA8413.4% vs 19.1%$29,400Compare
Scenic Oaks, TX8112.6% vs 19.1%$13,800Compare
Prosper, TX7813.4% vs 19.1%$21,500Compare
Sunnyvale, TX7710.0% vs 19.1%$5,600Compare

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Homeownership1
96.5%
45% above the median place
Median year built1
2010
2% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$10,001
206% above the median place
All 14 cost and housing measures
MeasureSiennaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$2,837108% above
Rent to income119.1%6% below
Home price to income12.6x31% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure98.62% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,4977% below
Property tax paid (median)1$10,001206% above
Median home value1$470,10047% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure6.0%87% above
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure55.7%8% above
Homeownership196.5%45% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure53.6%6% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,40382% above
Vacant homes1County figure4.2%40% below
Median year built120102% above
03

Work and pay

Median household income is $177,837, 121% above the median place.

Median household income1
$177,837
121% above the median place
Mean commute1
36 min
44% above the median place
Income per person1
$61,056
52% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureSiennaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$177,837121% above
Income per person1$61,05652% above
Unemployment13.9%21% below
Average annual pay5County figure$63,4724% below
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure1.4%62% below
Jobs5County figure260,92973% above
Poverty rate1County figure7.6%30% below
Mean commute136 min44% above
Works from home121.8%75% above
Commutes by transit1County figure0.6%26% below
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 98.9%, 7% above the median place.

Homes with broadband1
98.9%
7% above the median place
Household size1
3.5
38% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
66.1%
106% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

High school or higher96.7% +5%
Median age35.9 −8%
Born abroad14.3% +62%
No health insurance6.1% −5%
All 8 people measures
MeasureSiennaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population124,9921866th largest
Median age135.98% below
Bachelor's or higher166.1%106% above
High school or higher196.7%5% above
Household size13.538% above
Born abroad114.3%62% above
No health insurance16.1%5% below
Homes with broadband198.9%7% above
05

Life in Sienna

The nearest National Park Service site is Big Thicket National Preserve, about 97 miles away.

8 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents3.2 −69%
Playgrounds per 10k2.4 −74%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Big Thicket National Preserve 97 miles
  • El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail 145 miles
  • Waco Mammoth National Monument 177 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars17.0 −18%
Shops27.3 −10%
Arts, recreation and fitness2.8 −32%
Doctors' offices and clinics25.6 +27%
Child care centers2.6 +13%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site9
96.9
215% above the median place
Public school students11
191,372
above the median place (median 4,897)
Public schools11
194
above the median place (median 9)
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureSiennaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure194above (median 9)
Public school students11County figure191,372above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher11County figure16.57% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure17.018% below
Shops per 10k7County figure27.310% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure2.832% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure25.627% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure2.613% above
Parks per 10k83.269% below
Playgrounds per 10k82.474% below
Grocery stores per 10k80.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k80.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site996.9215% above
National Park Service sites within 60 miles90below (median 2)
National Register listings10County figure838% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

Good air days is 10.1%, 85% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Sienna. Larger places are fetched first.

Good air days14
10.1%
85% below the median place
Median air quality index14
63
47% above the median place
Tornado risk13
99.2
22% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureSiennaAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure94°F8% above
January average low12County figure44°F74% above
Average temperature12County figure70°F28% above
Annual precipitation12County figure50.4 in15% above
Natural hazard risk13County figure97.55% above
Hurricane risk13County figure97.638% above
Tornado risk13County figure99.222% above
Wildfire risk13County figure80.131% above
Heat wave risk13County figure97.89% above
Median air quality index14Metro figure6347% above
Good air days14Metro figure10.1%85% below
08

Sienna in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 20% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 19% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Sienna does better than 72% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 41%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$2,837/mo (2024)$3,700/mo$3,040 to $4,510/mo+4.5%
Median household income$177,837 (2024)$226,500$191,500 to $268,000+4.1%
Median home value$470,100 (2024)$670,000$486,000 to $923,000+6.1%

The median home would be worth 3.0 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.6 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Sienna

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Linganore, MD$2,523$175,833Compare
Urbana, MD$2,649$182,500Compare
Newington, VA$2,805$155,027Compare
Aledo, TX$2,550$163,231Compare
Aledo, TXNewington, VAUrbana, MDLinganore, MDSienna, TXSiennaLinganoreUrbanaNewingtonAledoSiennaLinganoreUrbanaNewingtonAledo

Places built like Sienna

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Sienna performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Sienna, TX19.1%6.4%/yrn/a
Timberwood Park, TX15.3%7.7%/yrn/aCompare
Lantana, TX20.8%6.2%/yrn/aCompare
Melissa, TX21.9%3.2%/yr115.6%Compare
Fate, TX22.6%3.8%/yr61.3%Compare
Linton Hall, VA17.3%4.4%/yrn/aCompare
Southlake, TX16.8%0.8%/yr-0.3%Compare

Common questions

Is Sienna a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 66 out of 100, better than 66% of the places we rate and 97th of 407 in Texas. Half the homes were built after 2010, newer housing than in 98% of the 2,300 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. 96% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 99% of the 2,298 places of 10,000 to 25,000 people we track. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Sienna expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 19.1% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $470,100.

What salary do you need to live in Sienna?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $113,480 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Sienna?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Linganore, MD, Urbana, MD, Newington, VA and Aledo, TX.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Sienna with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Sienna itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/sienna-texas

Citytistics. “Sienna, Texas.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/sienna-texas/

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