Living in Aldine, TX
Aldine is a small city of 17,167 people in Harris County, Texas. It's about 9 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $103k and rent runs about $1k a month.
17,167people
$103kTypical home
$1,428/moRent
94° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
104Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 17,167
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,181 people per sq mi
- 9 mi to Houston, TX
- 9 mi to Houston, TX
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $103k (≈$651/mo)
- Median rent $1,428/mo
- Median household income $44k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 72°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (115 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 104 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 7 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (616 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,726 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 46% of households have kids
- 8% are 65 or older
- 7% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to IAH airport
- 5 mi to IAH (major hub)
- 76 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 66% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1975
- 82% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 92 ft
- 23 mi to the ocean
- 115 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 12 mi to the nearest campground
- 72 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,685 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 461 bars within 25 mi
- 1,222 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 55 museums within 25 mi
- 27 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 19% of Texas districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 13 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Harris County: D+5 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk