Energy Corridor

Key Data

Every Energy Corridor figure below comes from a named public dataset, with the survey year and a link to the source table beside each value.

Renting in Energy Corridor

The sourced median gross rent here is $1,491 per month (as of 2023). Renters dodge the parcel-level property-tax question but not flood diligence or commute reality, so both still apply. Where this fits against the other communities: the cost-of-living hub, and the budget sizer filters every covered community by a rent number you choose.

School District for Energy Corridor

Energy Corridor is not covered by a single school district. Sampling points about a mile apart lands in Houston Independent School District, Katy Independent School District, Spring Branch Independent School District, so which district a home is zoned to depends on the address, so confirm with the district before signing anything.

Census TIGERweb "Unified School Districts" point-in-polygon at the community centroid (29.762376, -95.628033); district GEOIDs [Houston Independent School District=4823640 Katy Independent School District=4825170 Spring Branch Independent School District=4841100]. Sampled 5 points ~1mi apart: they fell in Houston Independent School District / Katy Independent School District / Spring Branch Independent School District

Because Energy Corridor spans more than one district, it has more than one accountability rating: HOUSTON ISD B (score 84) / KATY ISD B (score 88) / SPRING BRANCH ISD B (score 80). These are not averaged, because an average of two districts' ratings is not a number that means anything.

Campus grades are counts of individual schools at each letter, so a district rated B can contain both A and D campuses, so check the specific campuses an address is zoned to rather than reading the district letter as a description of them. Verify on txschools.gov · retrieved 2026-08-22

Walkability in Energy Corridor

Energy Corridor scores 14.3 on the EPA National Walkability Index (a 1–20 scale), with block groups across the community ranging from 8.3 to 16.7. The index is published per census block group, which is much smaller than Energy Corridor, so the the range matters as much as the midpoint, because parts of a community can be far more walkable than others.

A US federal measure (public domain), sampled at the community centroid and four points about a mile out. This is not Walk Score and is not comparable to it.

Flood Zone in Energy Corridor

The FEMA flood map covering Energy Corridor shows Zone X (AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARD), which is outside the Special Flood Hazard Area, so flood insurance is not federally required. Sampling points about a mile apart across the community returned this same designation each time.

FEMA NFHL point query at the community centroid (29.762376, -95.628033). FIRM panel 48201C. Verified by sampling 5 points ~1mi apart: all returned zone X. Check a specific address on the FEMA Map Service Center before relying on this. Energy Corridor spans multiple zones and a property two streets away can carry a different designation and a different insurance requirement. Full flood-map walkthrough →

Commute from Energy Corridor to Major Houston Job Centers

Energy Corridor sits 1 miles from SLB, its nearest major employer campus, and 35 miles from NASA, its farthest. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates; the minute ranges are estimates, not measured drive times.

Method: great-circle distance between Energy Corridor and each campus, converted at ~45mph effective speed. Real I-10, 290 and 59 traffic can exceed the bad-morning column. Treat these as a shortlist filter, not a routing answer.