What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for East Houston?
East Houston is ranked #75 of 87 eligible neighborhoods in Houston; #1,183 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #14,390 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
East Houston
Houston, TX | Harris County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
23.2
Stability and Strength
17.7
Value Opportunity
32.7
Momentum
18.8
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Houston, TX |
| County | Harris County |
| National rank | #14,390 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #1,183 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #75 of 87 |
| County rank | #76 of 88 |
| National percentile | 3.9 |
| National band | LOWER_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $167,516 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -3.5% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.12% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.46 |
| Median household income | $37,527 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 11.9% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 15.7% |
| Homeownership rate | 56.5% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 9.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 68.6% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in East Houston
Is East Houston one of the best neighborhoods in Houston?
East Houston has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 23.2 and a city ranking of #75 of 87 eligible neighborhoods in Houston.
How much are homes worth in East Houston?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for East Houston is approximately $167,516.
Are home values rising or falling in East Houston?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -3.5% year over year and -0.12% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for East Houston?
East Houston has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 18.8. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in East Houston?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $37,527.
How affordable is East Houston relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.46. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is East Houston primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 56.5%.
What is the unemployment rate in East Houston?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 15.7%.
How educated are residents of East Houston?
Approximately 11.9% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in East Houston face high rent burden?
Approximately 68.6% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score East Houston?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications308
Estimated originations156
Home-purchase applications199
Origination rate50.7%
Home-purchase share64.6%
Average application loan$197,427
Total application loan amount$60,807,367
National application rank#1,137 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 0.3% YoY; originations 5.0% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.
Texas Current Housing Market
Current housing market in East Houston
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
140
Active listings observed
$181,750
Median asking price
$149.18
Median asking price / sq. ft.
102.5
Median days on market
1,446 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $22,000 to $2,499,950
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-17 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact neighborhood matches plus strong Census Block Group associations.
139 exact polygon matches; 1 strong supplemental association. Exact Zillow polygon membership and supplemental Census Block Group association remain separate in the governed data. Supplemental associations are not represented as exact Zillow polygon membership.
Current listing observations are separate from BestNeighborhoodsUSA rankings and do not change neighborhood scores, ranks, historical Zillow trends, Census measures, or HMDA mortgage intelligence.