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Clear Lake Shores is a small town of 1,140 people in Galveston County, Texas. It's about 27 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $463k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,140people
$463kTypical home
$1,808/moRent
92° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,140
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,621 people per sq mi
- 27 mi to Houston, TX
- 27 mi to Houston, TX
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $463k (≈$2,922/mo)
- Median rent $1,808/mo
- Median household income $112k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 64°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (115 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (138 per 100k)
- Above-average property crime (2,279 per 100k)
People
- Median age 54
- 21% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 44% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to HOU airport
- 16 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 66 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 16 ft
- Right on the coast
- 98 mi to a big lake
- 47 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 24 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,222 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 197 bars within 25 mi
- 413 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 21 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 39 museums within 25 mi
- 12 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 35% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 4 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Galveston County: R+27 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk