Southwest Houston is a large area of Houston that has many different types of places to live. From the exclusive and affluent Sugar Land area to the small but quaint Alief area, there are plenty of places to suit almost any desire. Click on a link below to get more information about that area.
| Alief | Bellaire | Braeswood | Clear Lake City | Friendswood | Galleria | Houston | Medical Center | Memorial | Meyerland | Missouri City | Pearland | Sharpstown | Stafford | Sugar Land |
- The metro area's population of 4.8 million is 10th largest among U.S. metropolitan statistical areas.
- The Houston CMSA covers 8,778 square miles, an area slightly smaller than Massachusetts but larger than New Jersey.
- Houston's latitude is 29 degrees 58 minutes north and its longitude is 95 degrees 21 minutes west
- Each year more than 38 million people zip in and out of Houston's two major airports.
- Houstonians eat out more than residents of any other city. While here you can choose to indulge in one of the more than 11,000 restaurants ranging from award-winning and upscale to memorable deli shops.
- Houston has a Theater District second only to New York City with its concentration of seats in one geographic area. Located downtown, the 17-block Theater District is home to eight performing arts organizations with more than 12,000 seats.
- Houston has a unique museum district offering a range of museums, galleries, art and cultural institutions, including the City's major museums.
- Houston has more than 500 cultural, visual and performing arts organizations, 90 of which are devoted to multicultural and minority arts.
- More than 90 languages are spoken throughout the Houston area.
- Houston has professional teams representing every major sport.
- Houston is home to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. The largest rodeo in the world, it attracts more than 1.8 million visitors each year.
- Houston has a young population; 37 percent of Houstonians are 24 years old or younger and 34 percent are between the ages of 25 and 44.
- Houston boasts more than 40 colleges, university and institutions - offering higher education options to suit all interests.
- Houston is home to the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical center in the world, with a local economic impact of $10 billion. More than 52,000 people work within its facilities, which encompass 21 million square feet. Altogether 4.8 million patients visit them each year.
- For Houstonians, 2000 was a banner year economically. Employment growth was 3 percent, or 63,000 new jobs. Per capita income rose 5 percent.
- Home to 18 Fortune 500 companies and more than 5,000 energy related firms, Houston is considered by many as the Energy Capital of the world.
- The Port of Houston ranks as the nation's largest port in international tonnage and second in total tonnage.
- Houston has the most affordable housing of 10 most populated metropolitan areas; Houston housing costs are 39 percent below the average of 26 U.S. urban populations of more than 1.5 million.
- Houston has the second lowest cost of living among major American cities.
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Areas include:
Sharpstown apartments, Alief apartments, Sugar Land apartments, Stafford apartments, Richmond
apartments, Rosenberg apartments, Westchase apartments, Memorial apartments, Missouri City
apartments, Pearland apartments, Hwy 288 apartments, Braeswood apartments, Meyerland apartments,
Hwy 6 apartments, Bellaire apartments, Westwood apartments, West Park, Inner loop apartments,
Galleria apartments, Medical Center apartments
