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Eagle Lake is a small town of 3,485 people in Colorado County, Texas. It's about 58 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 63°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $138k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,485people
$138kTypical home
$1,229/moRent
95° / 63°Summer / winter
0"Snow
253Sunny days
99Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,485
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,189 people per sq mi
- 58 mi to Houston, TX
- 58 mi to Houston, TX
- 27 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $138k (≈$870/mo)
- Median rent $1,229/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 95°F
- Winter highs around 63°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 72°F)
- 253 sunny days a year (120 totally clear)
- 112 cloudy days a year
- 36 of 90 winter days are gray
- 99 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 15 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (87 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (320 per 100k)
People
- Median age 31
- 28% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 62 mi to VCT airport
- 63 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 94 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 174 ft
- 57 mi to the ocean
- 174 mi to a big lake
- 29 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 28 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 27 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 29% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 40 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 16 mi to the nearest vet
- 28 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 36 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Colorado County: R+57 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- High heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk