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Tiki Island is a small town of 1,210 people in Galveston County, Texas. It's about 44 miles from Houston, TX. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 63°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $679k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,210people
$679kTypical home
$1,639/moRent
91° / 63°Summer / winter
0"Snow
252Sunny days
95Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,210
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,542 people per sq mi
- 44 mi to Houston, TX
- 44 mi to Houston, TX
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $679k (≈$4,281/mo)
- Median rent $1,639/mo
- Median household income $129k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 63°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 74°F)
- 252 sunny days a year (118 totally clear)
- 113 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 95 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (145 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (838 per 100k)
People
- Median age 58
- 20% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 49% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to HOU airport
- 32 mi to HOU (major hub)
- 72 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1996
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 10 ft
- Right on the coast
- 97 mi to a big lake
- 64 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 461 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 88 bars within 25 mi
- 165 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 15 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 35 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 36% of Texas districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 21 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 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