What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Lake Houston?
Lake Houston is ranked #5 of 87 eligible neighborhoods in Houston; #304 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #3,998 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Lake Houston
Houston, TX | Harris County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
60.1
Stability and Strength
67.7
Value Opportunity
76.7
Momentum
24.7
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 | #3,998 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #304 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #5 of 87 |
| County rank | #6 of 88 |
| National percentile | 73.3 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $367,257 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -2.1% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.15% |
| Home value to income ratio | 2.88 |
| Median household income | $127,593 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 44.0% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 3.1% |
| Homeownership rate | 87.7% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 6.3% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 58.6% |
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 Lake Houston
Is Lake Houston one of the best neighborhoods in Houston?
Lake Houston has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 60.1 and a city ranking of #5 of 87 eligible neighborhoods in Houston.
How much are homes worth in Lake Houston?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Lake Houston is approximately $367,257.
Are home values rising or falling in Lake Houston?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -2.1% year over year and -0.15% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Lake Houston?
Lake Houston has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 24.7. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Lake Houston?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $127,593.
How affordable is Lake Houston relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 2.88. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Lake Houston primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 87.7%.
What is the unemployment rate in Lake Houston?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 3.1%.
How educated are residents of Lake Houston?
Approximately 44.0% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Lake Houston face high rent burden?
Approximately 58.6% 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 Lake 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 applications774
Estimated originations402
Home-purchase applications547
Origination rate52.0%
Home-purchase share70.6%
Average application loan$224,735
Total application loan amount$173,969,225
National application rank#277 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 19.6% YoY; originations 17.2% 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 Lake Houston
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
704
Active listings observed
$299,990
Median asking price
$145.69
Median asking price / sq. ft.
68.5
Median days on market
2,172 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $15,000 to $14,000,000
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-18 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact neighborhood matches plus strong Census Block Group associations.
161 exact polygon matches; 543 strong supplemental associations. 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.