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Pine Forest is a tiny town of 519 people in Orange County, Texas. It's about 9 miles from Beaumont, TX and 85 miles from Houston, TX, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 92°F and winter highs 62°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $156k and rent runs about $1k a month.
519people
$156kTypical home
$1,069/moRent
92° / 62°Summer / winter
0"Snow
243Sunny days
106Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 519
- Part of a metro area
- About 184 people per sq mi
- 85 mi to Houston, TX
- 9 mi to Beaumont, TX
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $156k (≈$981/mo)
- Median rent $1,069/mo
- Median household income $98k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 92°F
- Winter highs around 62°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 243 sunny days a year (114 totally clear)
- 122 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 106 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (204 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (858 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 45% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to BPT airport
- 79 mi to IAH (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 75% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 43 ft
- 17 mi to the ocean
- 41 mi to a big lake
- 67 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 22 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 241 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 15 bars within 25 mi
- 100 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 19 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 40 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Texas districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Orange County: R+67 in 2024
- Texas: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Moderate hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk