Manvel, Texas Manvel, Texas Location of Manvel, Texas Location of Manvel, Texas Manvel is a town/city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States.
Manvel is positioned in northern Brazoria County at 29 28 45 N 95 21 23 W (29.479200, -95.356299). Iowa Colony is to the west, Pearland is to the north, and Alvin is to the east.
Texas State Highway 6 passes through the community, dominant 7 miles (11 km) east to Alvin, 37 miles (60 km) east to Galveston, and 20 miles (32 km) northwest to Sugar Land.
Texas State Highway 288, a four-lane freeway, runs through the northwest part of Manvel, dominant north 20 miles (32 km) to downtown Houston and south 23 miles (37 km) to Angleton, the Brazoria County seat.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 23.6 square miles (61.0 km2), of which 23.5 square miles (60.9 km2) is territory and 0.039 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.12%, is water. As of the census of 2000, Manvel had a populace of 3,046, 1,085 homeholds, and 870 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.9% from 25 to 44, 28.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $65,862, and the median income for a family was $79,217.
Brazoria County operates the Manvel Substation in Manvel. The United States Postal Service Manvel Post Office is positioned at 6925 Masters Road. Manvel High School Students in Manvel attend schools in the Alvin Independent School District.
Mason Elementary School, Don Jeter Elementary School, Dr.
James "Red" Duke Elementary School, Mary Marek Elementary School, Manvel Junior High School, Rodeo Palms Junior High School Manvel High School serve the town/city of Manvel.
Manvel was served by Alvin High School (in the close-by city of Alvin) until fall 2006.
With the passage of a small-town bond, a several new schools, including an additional high school, will be constructed in coming years.
Manvel is served by the Alvin Community College system, with limited evening and weekend courses being offered at Manvel High School amid the Fall and Spring terms.
Manvel is also inside commuting distance of a several larger universities including the University of Houston, Rice University, Texas A&M Galveston, University of St.
Thomas, Houston Community College, Texas Southern University, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas at Houston School of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch and Houston Baptist University.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Manvel city, Texas".
"Manvel Library." City of Manvel official website Manvel, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online Municipalities and communities of Brazoria County, Texas, United States Alvin Angleton Brazoria Brookside Village Clute Danbury Freeport Lake Jackson Liverpool Manvel Oyster Creek Pearland Richwood Sandy Point Surfside Beach Sweeny West Columbia This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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