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.

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.