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Pecan Grove, Texas

Pecan Grove, Texas
Census-designated place
Plantation Memorial Park in Pecan Grove
Plantation Memorial Park in Pecan Grove
FortBend County PecanGrove.svg
Coordinates: 29°37′33″N 95°43′53″W / 29.62583°N 95.73139°W / 29.62583; -95.73139Coordinates: 29°37′33″N 95°43′53″W / 29.62583°N 95.73139°W / 29.62583; -95.73139
Country United States
State Texas
County Fort Bend
Area
 • Total 8.8 sq mi (22.9 km2)
 • Land 8.7 sq mi (22.5 km2)
 • Water 0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation 82 ft (25 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 15,963
 • Density 1,834/sq mi (708.3/km2)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 77406
FIPS code 48-56482
GNIS feature ID 1867561

Pecan Grove is a census-designated place and master-planned community within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of Richmond in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,963 at the 2010 census.

Pecan Grove is located northeast of the center of Fort Bend County at 29°37′34″N 95°43′54″W / 29.62611°N 95.73167°W / 29.62611; -95.73167 (29.626060, -95.731591). It is bordered to the southwest by the Brazos River. The city limits of Richmond form 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 4 miles (6 km) southwest of the center of Pecan Grove, and downtown Houston is 29 miles (47 km) to the northeast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Pecan Grove CDP has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.9 km2), of which 8.7 square miles (22.5 km2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km2), or 1.69%, is water.

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 1,552.2 people per square mile (599.3/km²). There were 4,662 housing units at an average density of 534.0/sq mi (206.2/km²). 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.


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