Katy

Key Data

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

Zillow market estimates for Katy

Zillow publishes its own modeled estimates alongside the Census survey figures above. These are Zillow's estimates, not ACS survey medians, and the two are not comparable: one models a current market value, the other describes owner-occupied homes across a survey year.

Data © Zillow, from Zillow's public research data files. Displayed as clearly labelled Zillow estimates under the site's redisplay decision (bead houston-relocate-guide-agr); never mixed into the Census comparisons on this page.

Renting in Katy

The sourced median gross rent here is $1,609 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 Katy

Homes in Katy fall within Katy Independent School District. Sampling points about a mile apart across the community landed in that same district each time, though individual campus attendance zones still vary within any district.

Census TIGERweb "Unified School Districts" point-in-polygon at the community centroid (29.79125, -95.84096); district GEOIDs [Katy Independent School District=4825170]. Sampled 5 points ~1mi apart: all fell in Katy Independent School District.

The Texas Education Agency's 2024-25 accountability rating for that district is KATY ISD B (score 88). That is the DISTRICT's rating, an average across every campus in it, not a rating of the specific schools a given address is zoned to.

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 Katy

Katy scores 5 on the EPA National Walkability Index (a 1–20 scale), with block groups across the community ranging from 5 to 10.5. The index is published per census block group, which is much smaller than Katy, so 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 Katy

FEMA does not map Katy as one flood zone. Sampling points about a mile apart across the community returns different designations: AE, X, so whether flood insurance is federally required depends on the specific address, not on the neighborhood.

FEMA NFHL point query at the community centroid (29.79125, -95.84096). FIRM panel 48473C. Verified by sampling 5 points ~1mi apart: they returned AE, X Check a specific address on the FEMA Map Service Center before relying on this. Katy 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 Katy to Major Houston Job Centers

Katy sits 13 miles from ConocoPhillips, its nearest major employer campus, and 48 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 Katy and each campus, converted with the site's disclosed 0.45 straight-line miles-per-minute estimator. Real I-10, 290 and 59 traffic can exceed the bad-morning column. Treat this as a shortlist filter, not routing.

Housing value context: Katy and Houston

Both figures are ACS median owner-occupied home values, but they are not directly comparable:a derivation method is not recorded. Both are shown for context; no percentage gap is claimed.