Elevation of Sugar Land
77ft
above sea level · 23 m
Sugar Land is a city in Texas with 107,726 people, the 42nd most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 63rd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 29.62° N · 95.63° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 29° 37′ 11″ N · 95° 38′ 6″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 15R · 244,856 E · 3,279,545 N
- Zone 15 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Central Time
- UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 107,726 people
- 40.5 sq mi of land · 2,661 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from December 2024: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Sugar Land had 107,726 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 3.0% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 111,018. Its 40.5 sq mi of land work out to 2,661 people/sq mi; the state average is 121 people/sq mi.
It’s the 42nd most populous of the 1,862 places the Census counts in Texas (cities, towns and CDPs), after Houston (2,397,315), and holds 0.3% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Fort Bend County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.9 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Sugar Land sits at 77 ft (23 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Sugar Land is 785 ft below it.
The state capital, Austin, is 134 mi away in a straight line and 410 ft higher than Sugar Land.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Houston, 19 mi away in a straight line and 41 ft lower.
Of the 44 cities in Texas with a page, Sugar Land is the 8th lowest: the highest is El Paso (3,713 ft) and the lowest is Corpus Christi (7 ft).
The highest point in Texas is Guadalupe Peak, at 8,749 ft according to the USGS: 8,672 ft above Sugar Land, 570 mi away in a straight line.
- 187 Sugar Land 77 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Sugar Land.
What is the elevation of Sugar Land?
Sugar Land is 77 feet (23 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Sugar Land?
Latitude 29.61968 and longitude -95.63495, in decimal degrees (29° 37′ 11″ N · 95° 38′ 6″ W). In UTM, zone 15: 244,856 E and 3,279,545 N, on NAD83.
How does Sugar Land rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 63rd lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Sugar Land in?
Fort Bend County, Texas.
Which is higher, Sugar Land or Austin?
Austin. Sugar Land sits at 77 ft and Austin at 487 ft: a difference of 410 ft, 134 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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