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Energy Corridor vs The Heights

Greater Houston, TX — ACS figures, FEMA flood zone, and commute for both

Should you live in Energy Corridor or The Heights? Energy Corridor and The Heights are both communities in the Greater Houston metro area. Energy Corridor has the lower ACS median owner-occupied home value, by about 39%. Energy Corridor is $371,887 against $609,300 for The Heights. On FEMA maps Energy Corridor is Zone X (AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD) and The Heights is not one single zone. Every figure is sourced and linked.

Cost and Demographics

Both columns below come from the same Census ACS tables, so Energy Corridor and The Heights are measured the same way and each side links its own source.

Metric	Energy Corridor	The Heights	Source
Median owner-occupied home value (ACS)	$371,887	$609,300	US Census ACS
Median gross rent (ACS)	$1,411	$1,567	US Census ACS
Median household income	$71,025	$142,414	US Census ACS
Population	196,955	40,155	US Census ACS

Flood Zone in Each Community

FEMA maps Energy Corridor as Zone X (AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD) and The Heights as more than one flood zone. Where the zone varies, whether flood insurance is federally required depends on the specific address rather than the community.

FEMA flood zone	X (AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD)	VARIES (AE, X)
Special Flood Hazard Area	No	varies

Each designation was sampled at the community centroid and at four points about a mile out; "varies" means those samples disagreed, so the community genuinely has no single zone. Check a specific address on the FEMA Map Service Center before drawing an insurance conclusion either way.

Commute to Job Centers from Each

Estimated one-way minutes from each community's centroid to every major Houston employer campus, so the same commute is priced from both sides.

Job center	Energy Corridor	The Heights	Closer
SLB	2 min	26 min	Energy Corridor
Sysco	2 min	28 min	Energy Corridor
Baker Hughes	6 min	27 min	Energy Corridor
ConocoPhillips	6 min	27 min	Energy Corridor
McDermott International	6 min	27 min	Energy Corridor
Chevron	33 min	9 min	The Heights
NRG Energy	34 min	10 min	The Heights
Devon Energy	11 min	17 min	Energy Corridor
Memorial Hermann	30 min	13 min	The Heights
Houston Methodist	30 min	14 min	The Heights
MD Anderson	30 min	14 min	The Heights
Halliburton	47 min	24 min	The Heights
United Airlines	52 min	30 min	The Heights
HPE	55 min	42 min	The Heights
ExxonMobil	59 min	47 min	The Heights
Daikin	57 min	70 min	Energy Corridor
NASA	77 min	58 min	The Heights

Straight-line distance converted at ~45mph effective speed — estimates, not measured drive times. Real I-10, 290 and 59 traffic can exceed them.

Want this scored against your actual constraints? Run the match engine → — it weighs commute, cost, housing and risk instead of leaving you to eyeball two columns.

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