Neighborhood Profile

Spring Branch East

Houston, TX | Harris County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
42.6
National rank: #10,196 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
44.4
Score
Value Opportunity
38.1
Score
Momentum
46.0
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationHouston, TX
CountyHarris County
National rank#10,196 of 14,967
State rank#827 of 1,241
City rank#27 of 87
County rank#28 of 88
National percentile31.9
National bandMIDDLE_50_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$624,993
Year-over-year home value change-0.1%
Month-over-month home value change0.08%
Home value to income ratio7.71
Median household income$81,086
Bachelor's degree or higher37.3%
Civilian unemployment rate5.5%
Homeownership rate47.3%
Housing vacancy rate9.6%
Rent burden 30% or higher52.6%

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 Spring Branch East

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Spring Branch East?

Spring Branch East is ranked #27 of 87 eligible neighborhoods in Houston; #827 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #10,196 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Spring Branch East one of the best neighborhoods in Houston?

Spring Branch East has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 42.6 and a city ranking of #27 of 87 eligible neighborhoods in Houston.

How much are homes worth in Spring Branch East?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Spring Branch East is approximately $624,993.

Are home values rising or falling in Spring Branch East?

Zillow neighborhood values changed -0.1% year over year and 0.08% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Spring Branch East?

Spring Branch East has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 46.0. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Spring Branch East?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $81,086.

How affordable is Spring Branch East relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 7.71. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Spring Branch East primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 47.3%.

What is the unemployment rate in Spring Branch East?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.5%.

How educated are residents of Spring Branch East?

Approximately 37.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Spring Branch East face high rent burden?

Approximately 52.6% 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 Spring Branch East?

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

FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL

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 applications620
Estimated originations367
Home-purchase applications429
Origination rate59.2%
Home-purchase share69.2%
Average application loan$484,719
Total application loan amount$300,591,543
National application rank#391 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications -7.3% YoY; originations -4.0% 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 Spring Branch East

A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.

126
Active listings observed
$530,000
Median asking price
$242.44
Median asking price / sq. ft.
74.0
Median days on market
2,349 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $69,000 to $3,500,000 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.

121 exact polygon matches; 5 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.