Pecan Grove is a census-designated place and master-planned community within the extraterritorial jurisdictions of Houston and Richmond in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 22,782 at the 2020 census.
Pecan Grove is located northeast of the center of Fort Bend County at (29.626060, -95.731591). It is bordered to the southwest by the Brazos River. The city limits of Richmond forms a convoluted pattern in the southern part of the CDP, and the northern part is bordered by an exclave of the city of Houston. Downtown Richmond is southwest of the center of Pecan Grove, and downtown Houston is to the northeast.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Pecan Grove CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 1.69%, is water.
Pecan Grove first appeared as a census designated place in the 1990 U.S. census.
As of the 2020 census, Pecan Grove had a population of 22,782. The median age was 38.0 years. 25.7% of residents were under the age of 18 and 13.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.5 males age 18 and over.
99.9% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.1% lived in rural areas.
There were 7,830 households in Pecan Grove, including 5,485 families; 41.1% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 67.8% were married-couple households, 9.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 19.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 8,186 housing units, of which 4.3% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4% and the rental vacancy rate was 6.2%.
As of the census of 2000, there were 13,551 people, 4,516 households, and 3,847 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 4,662 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.29% White, 3.29% African American, 0.19% Native American, 1.34% Asian, 2.51% from other races, and 1.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.08% of the population.
There were 4,516 households, out of which 52.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.3% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.8% were non-families. 12.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.29.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 33.4% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 4.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $83,515, and the median income for a family was $91,059. Males had a median income of $62,213 versus $37,658 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $33,816. About 0.6% of families and 1.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.5% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over.
Pecan Grove Volunteer Fire Station #1 is in the CDP, and Pecan Grove Volunteer Fire Station #2 is adjacent to the CDP. Additionally, the City of Richmond maintains its Fire Station #3 adjacent to the CDP.
A portion of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Jester State Prison Farm property is located in Pecan Grove.
Fort Bend County does not have a hospital district. OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's charity hospital which the county contracts with.
Most of the students who live in Pecan Grove are zoned to Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD) schools. The Fort Bend ISD attendance zones for Pecan Grove are:
Secondary schools:
Previously students were divided between Garcia and Hodges Bend middle schools. Bowie Middle School opened in August 2011.
Prior to fall 2006 students were divided between Austin High School and George Bush High School. At the time of the rezoning, the present 11th and 12th graders remained at Austin and Bush, while 9th and 10th graders were immediately rezoned; the Travis zoning was phased in each year. Neill opened in 2017, taking territory from Oakland ES and Pecan Grove ES.
Other students who live in Pecan Grove area are zoned to Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD) Schools.
Students zoned to Austin Elementary use the following feeder pattern:
Students zoned to Frost Elementary use the following feeder pattern:
Foster previously served all of LCISD Pecan Grove.
The designated community college for LCISD is Wharton County Junior College.
The Texas Legislature specifies that the Houston Community College (HCC) boundary includes "the part of the Fort Bend Independent School District that is not located in the service area of the Wharton County Junior College District and that is adjacent to the Houston Community College System District." Wharton College's boundary within FBISD is defined only as the City of Sugar Land and the ETJ of Sugar Land, and FBISD Pecan Grove is not in the Sugar Land ETJ. FBISD Pecan Grove is in HCC.