Sienna Plantation, Texas
Encyclopedia
Sienna Plantation is a census-designated place
and master-planned community located in Missouri City
, mostly in its extraterritorial jurisdiction
, within Fort Bend County, Texas
. The population was 1,896 at the 2000 census.
and Sugar Land
. Zen T. C. Zheng of the Houston Chronicle
said that the region was "not an inviting environment for a community." Johnson founded the Johnson Development Corp in 1975, bought the land, and began development of the project. The project stalled during the economic meltdown of the 1980s. The developer refocused his efforts in 1994. The development of Sienna Plantation was organized by Tan Yu, a billionaire developer from the Philippines who, in 1997, was based in Taiwan
. In 2009 5,000 of the 5,200 houses in Sienna Plantation were occupied.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the CDP has a total area of 16.5 square miles (42.7 km²), of which, 16.1 square miles (41.7 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square mile (0.776996433 km²) of it (1.82%) is water.
Sienna Market Place, located at the entrance to the Sienna Plantation community, and a Kroger
store located 1 miles (1.6 km) east of Sienna Plantation opened; before the openings, Sienna Plantation had a lack of proximity to grocery stores.
of 2000, there were 1,896 people, 565 households, and 510 families residing in the CDP. The population density
was 117.4 people per square mile (45.3/km²). There were 665 housing units at an average density of 41.2/sq mi (15.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.67% White, 16.56% African American, 0.58% Native American, 4.59% Asian, 9.18% from other races
, and 2.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.09% of the population.
There were 565 households out of which 57.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 84.1% were married couples
living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.6% were non-families. 8.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 0.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.36 and the average family size was 3.56.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 35.6% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 40.5% from 25 to 44, 16.2% from 45 to 64, and 2.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 106.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $97,466, and the median income for a family was $100,310. Males had a median income of $63,241 versus $41,607 for females. The per capita income
for the CDP was $34,432. About 2.9% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
. The community is within the East Division, controlling school board slots 5 through 7. As of 2008 the board members in the slots are Laurie Caldwell, Steve Smelley, and David Reitz, respectively.
The community is zoned to Sienna Crossing Elementary School, Scanlan Oaks Elementary School and Jan Schiff Elementary School (three separate attendance zones). The community is also zoned to Baines Middle School, which is located within Sienna Plantation. The portion east of Sienna Parkway is zoned to Hightower High School
in Missouri City
, while the portion west of Sienna Parkway is zoned to Elkins High School in Missouri City. As of fall 2010, all of Sienna will be served by the new FBISD Ridge Point High School
located in Sienna Plantation on Waters Lake Blvd. Lake Olympia Middle School in Missouri City served all of Sienna Plantation until the northern hemisphere fall 2006, when Baines Middle School was built.
Sienna Lutheran Academy, a private school, is located in Sienna Plantation.
operates the Sienna Branch, which opened on Saturday April 24, 2010. The $15 million, two story facility, which has 45000 square foot of space, was a joint project between the library system and Houston Community College. The library is a part of the HCC campus and is open to the public and HCC students.
said that Sienna Plantation has "a natural environment." The community has lakes, parks, trees, and a trail along 4 miles (6.4 km) of the frontage of the Brazos River
. Sienna Plantation has a 160 acres (64.7 ha) sports complex, an 18 hole championship golf course, recreational centers, and water parks. The recreational centers include an amphitheater and a fitness room.
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
and master-planned community located in Missouri City
Missouri City, Texas
Missouri City is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County with a small portion within Harris County. As of the 2000 U.S...
, mostly in its extraterritorial jurisdiction
Extraterritorial jurisdiction
Extraterritorial jurisdiction is the legal ability of a government to exercise authority beyond its normal boundaries.Any authority can, of course, claim ETJ over any external territory they wish...
, within Fort Bend County, Texas
Fort Bend County, Texas
Fort Bend County is a county located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. In 2000 its population was 354,452, while the 2010 U.S...
. The population was 1,896 at the 2000 census.
History
In the 1970s developer Larry Johnson found 10500 acres (4,249.2 ha) of partially wooded land in eastern Fort Bend County and envisioned a master planned community there. At the time few businesses existed on Texas State Highway 6 between AlvinAlvin, Texas
Alvin is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area and Brazoria County. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city population was 21,413. Alvin's claim to fame is Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan, who moved with his family to the city in 1947 as...
and Sugar Land
Sugar Land, Texas
Sugar Land is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area and Fort Bend County. Sugar Land is one of the most affluent and fastest-growing cities in Texas, having grown more than 158 percent in the last decade. In the time period of 2000–2007, Sugar Land also enjoyed a...
. Zen T. C. Zheng of the Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Texas, USA, headquartered in the Houston Chronicle Building in Downtown Houston. , it is the ninth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States...
said that the region was "not an inviting environment for a community." Johnson founded the Johnson Development Corp in 1975, bought the land, and began development of the project. The project stalled during the economic meltdown of the 1980s. The developer refocused his efforts in 1994. The development of Sienna Plantation was organized by Tan Yu, a billionaire developer from the Philippines who, in 1997, was based in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
. In 2009 5,000 of the 5,200 houses in Sienna Plantation were occupied.
Geography
Sienna Plantation is located at 29°29′35"N 95°30′24"W (29.493136, -95.506707).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the CDP has a total area of 16.5 square miles (42.7 km²), of which, 16.1 square miles (41.7 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square mile (0.776996433 km²) of it (1.82%) is water.
Cityscape
Sienna Parkway, the main thoroughfare in Sienna Plantation, is located off of Texas State Highway 6. Sienna Plantation has many single family houses of various designs and styles. In 2009 the prices ranged from $160,000s to the millions. A section of Sienna Plantation has custom houses that, as of 2009, were priced in the $500,000s. As of that year a 272 unit apartment complex was under construction at the entrance to Sienna Plantation. In January 2009 the H-E-BH-E-B
HEB Grocery Company, LP is a privately held San Antonio, Texas-based supermarket chain with more than 315 stores throughout Texas and northern Mexico. The company also operates Central Market, an upscale organic and fine foods retailer.H-E-B ranked No...
Sienna Market Place, located at the entrance to the Sienna Plantation community, and a Kroger
Kroger
The Kroger Co. is an American supermarket chain founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It reported US$ 76.7 billion in sales during fiscal year 2009. It is the country's largest grocery store chain and its second-largest grocery retailer by volume and second-place general retailer...
store located 1 miles (1.6 km) east of Sienna Plantation opened; before the openings, Sienna Plantation had a lack of proximity to grocery stores.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 1,896 people, 565 households, and 510 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 117.4 people per square mile (45.3/km²). There were 665 housing units at an average density of 41.2/sq mi (15.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 66.67% White, 16.56% African American, 0.58% Native American, 4.59% Asian, 9.18% from other races
Race (United States Census)
Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau, are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 2.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 17.09% of the population.
There were 565 households out of which 57.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 84.1% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.6% were non-families. 8.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 0.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.36 and the average family size was 3.56.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 35.6% under the age of 18, 5.1% from 18 to 24, 40.5% from 25 to 44, 16.2% from 45 to 64, and 2.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 106.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.2 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $97,466, and the median income for a family was $100,310. Males had a median income of $63,241 versus $41,607 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the CDP was $34,432. About 2.9% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
Primary and secondary schools
Sienna Plantation is served by the Fort Bend Independent School DistrictFort Bend Independent School District
The Fort Bend Independent School District, also known as Fort Bend ISD or FBISD, is a school district system in the U.S. state of Texas based in the city of Sugar Land....
. The community is within the East Division, controlling school board slots 5 through 7. As of 2008 the board members in the slots are Laurie Caldwell, Steve Smelley, and David Reitz, respectively.
The community is zoned to Sienna Crossing Elementary School, Scanlan Oaks Elementary School and Jan Schiff Elementary School (three separate attendance zones). The community is also zoned to Baines Middle School, which is located within Sienna Plantation. The portion east of Sienna Parkway is zoned to Hightower High School
Hightower High School
L.V. Hightower High School is a secondary school located at 3333 Hurricane Lane, Missouri City, Texas, United States.Hightower is administered by Fort Bend Independent School District and its mascot is Poseidon, but they are known as the Hightower Hurricanes.Hightower serves parts of Missouri City...
in Missouri City
Missouri City, Texas
Missouri City is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County with a small portion within Harris County. As of the 2000 U.S...
, while the portion west of Sienna Parkway is zoned to Elkins High School in Missouri City. As of fall 2010, all of Sienna will be served by the new FBISD Ridge Point High School
Ridge Point High School
Ridge Point High School is a public high school located in Sienna Plantation, an unincorporated area of Fort Bend County, Texas, United States....
located in Sienna Plantation on Waters Lake Blvd. Lake Olympia Middle School in Missouri City served all of Sienna Plantation until the northern hemisphere fall 2006, when Baines Middle School was built.
Sienna Lutheran Academy, a private school, is located in Sienna Plantation.
Community colleges
Houston Community College (HCC) serves Sienna Plantation. In the northern hemisphere fall of 2008 HCC opened a satellite campus near the entrance to Sienna Plantation.Public libraries
Fort Bend County LibrariesFort Bend County Libraries
Fort Bend County Libraries is a public library system in Fort Bend County, Texas .The library system, headquartered in the George Memorial Library in Richmond, operates two libraries and nine branches throughout Fort Bend County.-Libraries:...
operates the Sienna Branch, which opened on Saturday April 24, 2010. The $15 million, two story facility, which has 45000 square foot of space, was a joint project between the library system and Houston Community College. The library is a part of the HCC campus and is open to the public and HCC students.
Parks and recreation
Zen T. C. Zheng of the Houston ChronicleHouston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Texas, USA, headquartered in the Houston Chronicle Building in Downtown Houston. , it is the ninth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States...
said that Sienna Plantation has "a natural environment." The community has lakes, parks, trees, and a trail along 4 miles (6.4 km) of the frontage of the Brazos River
Brazos River
The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers , is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a drainage...
. Sienna Plantation has a 160 acres (64.7 ha) sports complex, an 18 hole championship golf course, recreational centers, and water parks. The recreational centers include an amphitheater and a fitness room.