Living in Piney Point Village, TX
Piney Point Village is a small town of 3,097 people in Harris County, Texas. It's about 8 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,097people
$2.0MTypical home
$1,401/moRent
94° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,097
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,458 people per sq mi
- 8 mi to Houston, TX
- 8 mi to Houston, TX
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $1,401/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.5% 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
- 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 51
- 32% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 76% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 16 mi to HOU airport
- 16 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 86 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 95 ft
- 27 mi to the ocean
- 124 mi to a big lake
- 21 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 16 mi to the nearest campground
- 64 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,808 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 457 bars within 25 mi
- 1,333 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 68 museums within 25 mi
- 27 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 44% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 1 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 2 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 3 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.