Living in Spring Valley Village, TX
Spring Valley Village is a small town of 4,290 people in Harris County, Texas. It's about 7 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 64°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.2M and rent runs about $2k a month.
4,290people
$1.2MTypical home
$2,055/moRent
94° / 64°Summer / winter
0"Snow
256Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 4,290
- Part of a metro area
- About 3,531 people per sq mi
- 7 mi to Houston, TX
- 7 mi to Houston, TX
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.2M (≈$7,294/mo)
- Median rent $2,055/mo
- Median household income $245k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 3.0% 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
- Low violent crime (253 per 100k)
- About average property crime (1,825 per 100k)
People
- Median age 39
- 50% of households have kids
- 15% are 65 or older
- 81% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to IAH airport
- 17 mi to IAH (major hub)
- 85 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 96% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 95 ft
- 27 mi to the ocean
- 123 mi to a big lake
- 23 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 72 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4,008 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 473 bars within 25 mi
- 1,397 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 38 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 67 museums within 25 mi
- 28 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 49% of Texas districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 5 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.