Get to Know Pearland

Pearland’s motto is “Where Town Meets Country,” and it’s a good description of this quickly growing suburb that’s just a 20-minute drive from central Houston. Back when Pearland first became a stop on the railroad in 1882, the prairie was a farming paradise, supporting pear trees, fig trees, cantaloupes, and watermelons. But after the two famous Galveston hurricanes, one in 1900 and one in 1915, wiped out the fruit orchards, Pearland pivoted to become a bit of a boomtown, entertaining workers from the nearby oil fields at beer joints and dance halls in the 1930s and 1940s. Today, Pearland is a boomtown again, but this time, the beer joints are serving craft beers and the dancers are more likely to be kids practicing a tap routine. Here, homes are mostly part of master-planned communities, all conveniently located near Pearland’s major retail destinations.

Nearby Neighborhoods:

League City

Living in Greater Houston

Like all of Texas, Greater Houston’s history is the story of oil, with suburban towns developed by and for gas and oil executives, with Houston’s Energy Corridor remaining a major employer today. The suburbs of Houston stretch in all directions, from Kingwood, technically inside the city limits, all the way up to and beyond The Woodlands, whose growth and prominence has earned it its own identity, separate from H-Town. These suburbs are young metropolises — towns that grew out of farmland and forest in the past 50 years, with houses, office parks, newly created lakes, and golf courses emerging from rural lands where only cows and feral pigs once roamed. As Houston’s economy has diversified and as the region has created more new jobs, Houston residents have looked farther and farther out for more space to settle. Greater Houston is booming and there’s no better place to call home.