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Kingwood

Greater Houston, TX

At a glance

Distance to Houston city center (straight-line)
21 mi from stored coordinates; not a driving distance
ACS median owner-occupied home value
$301,206 · US Census ACS · 2023
ACS median gross rent
$1,797 · US Census ACS · 2023
Population
146,515 · US Census ACS · 2023
School district
Humble Independent School District · US Census TIGERweb School Districts
TEA accountability letter
C · Verify on txschools.gov · 2024-25
FEMA flood zone
VARIES (AE, X) · FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer · 2026
What is it like to live in Kingwood in the Greater Houston area? Kingwood is a community in the Greater Houston metro area. The median household income is $114,560 (ZIP/ZCTA-level proxy). The ACS median owner-occupied home value is $301,206. The ACS median gross rent is $1,797/mo. ~146,515 residents. Homes here fall within Humble Independent School District. Every figure is sourced.

Key Data

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

MetricValueSource
Median gross rent (ACS)$1,797US Census ACS · 2023
Median owner-occupied home value (ACS)$301,206US Census ACS · 2023
Median household income$114,560US Census ACS · 2023
Population146,515US Census ACS · 2023

Zillow market estimates for Kingwood

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.

Zillow metricValueGeography and vintage
Typical home value (Zillow ZHVI)$312,363median across ZIPs 77339,77345,77346 (ZIP-level proxy; not a single Zillow neighborhood figure) · as of 2026-06-30 · Zillow ZHVI/ZORI (Zillow Research)
Typical rent (Zillow ZORI)$1,829median across ZIPs 77339,77345,77346 (ZIP-level proxy; not a single Zillow neighborhood figure) · as of 2026-06-30 · Zillow ZHVI/ZORI (Zillow Research)

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 Kingwood

The sourced median gross rent here is $1,797 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 Kingwood

Homes in Kingwood fall within Humble 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.

School districtHumble Independent School DistrictUS Census TIGERweb School Districts · 2026

Census TIGERweb "Unified School Districts" point-in-polygon at the community centroid (30.019709, -95.186581); district GEOIDs [Humble Independent School District=4823910]. Sampled 5 points ~1mi apart: all fell in Humble Independent School District.

The Texas Education Agency's 2024-25 accountability rating for that district is HUMBLE ISD C (score 77). 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.

DistrictTEA ratingRated campusesCampus grades within it
HUMBLE ISDC50A:6 B:14 C:18 D:8 F:1 Not Rated:3

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 Kingwood

Kingwood scores 7.2 on the EPA National Walkability Index (a 1–20 scale), with block groups across the community ranging from 4.2 to 8.8. The index is published per census block group, which is much smaller than Kingwood, so the range matters as much as the midpoint, because parts of a community can be far more walkable than others.

EPA walkability index (median of 5 samples)7.2 / 20EPA National Walkability Index
Observed range across the community4.2–8.8same source

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.

How the Kingwood figures above were derived (and the spread they hide)

Kingwood is not a Census place, so each figure below is combined from the ZIP Code Tabulation Areas that cover it. Where the component ZCTAs differ widely, a single blended number describes no single part of the area well; the per-ZCTA values are listed so you can see that rather than take the blend on trust.

  • Median gross rent (ACS): pop-weighted average of ZCTA medians across 77339,77345,77346 (weights=B01003 pop; not a true pooled median); per-ZCTA: 77339=$1605, 77345=$2172, 77346=$1770
  • Median owner-occupied home value (ACS): pop-weighted average of ZCTA medians across 77339,77345,77346 (weights=B01003 pop; not a true pooled median); per-ZCTA: 77339=$274900, 77345=$370000, 77346=$291200
  • Median household income: pop-weighted average of ZCTA medians across 77339,77345,77346 (weights=B01003 pop; not a true pooled median); per-ZCTA: 77339=$84015, 77345=$156844, 77346=$116658
  • Population: sum across 77339,77345,77346

Flood Zone in Kingwood

FEMA does not map Kingwood 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 flood zone (varies by address)VARIES (AE, X)FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer · 2026

FEMA NFHL point query at the community centroid (30.019709, -95.186581). FIRM panel 48201C. 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. Kingwood 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 Kingwood to Major Houston Job Centers

Kingwood sits 10 miles from United Airlines, its nearest major employer campus, and 40 miles from Daikin, its farthest. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates; the minute ranges are estimates, not measured drive times.

Job centerMilesTypicalBad morning
United Airlines · George Bush Intercontinental (IAH)1021 min27 min
Halliburton · North Belt1125 min31 min
ExxonMobil · Spring / The Woodlands1636 min45 min
HPE · Spring Campus1636 min45 min
Chevron · Downtown Houston2147 min59 min
NRG Energy · Downtown Houston2147 min59 min
Houston Methodist · Texas Medical Center2555 min69 min
MD Anderson · Texas Medical Center2556 min70 min
Memorial Hermann · Texas Medical Center & Memorial City2554 min68 min
Devon Energy · Memorial City2761 min76 min
Baker Hughes · Energy Corridor3067 min84 min
ConocoPhillips · Energy Corridor3168 min85 min
McDermott International · Energy Corridor3168 min85 min
SLB · Dairy Ashford3169 min86 min
Sysco · Enclave3270 min88 min
NASA · Clear Lake3373 min91 min
Daikin · Waller (Daikin Texas Technology Park)4089 min112 min

Method: great-circle distance between Kingwood 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: Kingwood 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.

Kingwood (2023, a population-weighted average of ZCTA medians (ZIP/ZCTA proxy))$301,206
Houston, citywide (2023, a figure whose derivation method is not recorded)$253,400

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