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Memorial

Greater Houston, TX

What is it like to live in Memorial in the Greater Houston area? Memorial is a community in the Greater Houston metro area. The median household income is $142,039 (ZIP/ZCTA-level proxy). Typical home values are around $1,164,400. Rent averages $1,796/mo. ~37,647 residents. Homes here fall within Spring Branch Independent School District. Every figure is sourced.

Key Data

Every Memorial 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)$1,796US Census ACS · 2023
Median owner-occupied home value (ACS)$1,164,400US Census ACS · 2023
Median household income$142,039US Census ACS · 2023
Population37,647US Census ACS · 2023

Renting in Memorial

The sourced median gross rent here is $1,796 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 Memorial

Homes in Memorial fall within Spring Branch 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 districtSpring Branch Independent School DistrictUS Census TIGERweb School Districts · 2026

Census TIGERweb "Unified School Districts" point-in-polygon at the community centroid (29.76715, -95.50563); district GEOIDs [Spring Branch Independent School District=4841100]. Sampled 5 points ~1mi apart: all fell in Spring Branch Independent School District.

The Texas Education Agency's 2024-25 accountability rating for that district is SPRING BRANCH ISD B (score 80). 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
SPRING BRANCH ISDB43A:15 B:11 C:8 D:5 F:2 Not Rated:2

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 Memorial

Memorial scores 11.2 on the EPA National Walkability Index (a 1–20 scale), with block groups across the community ranging from 6.3 to 14.5. The index is published per census block group, which is much smaller than Memorial, so the 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)11.2 / 20EPA National Walkability Index
Observed range across the community6.3–14.5same 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.

Flood Zone in Memorial

FEMA does not map Memorial 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 (29.76715, -95.50563). 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. Memorial 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 Memorial to Major Houston Job Centers

Memorial sits 2 miles from Devon Energy, its nearest major employer campus, and 29 miles from NASA, its farthest. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates; the minute ranges are estimates, not measured drive times.

Job centerMilesTypicalBad morning
Devon Energy · Memorial City25 min7 min
SLB · Dairy Ashford614 min17 min
Baker Hughes · Energy Corridor715 min19 min
ConocoPhillips · Energy Corridor715 min19 min
Houston Methodist · Texas Medical Center717 min21 min
McDermott International · Energy Corridor715 min19 min
Memorial Hermann · Texas Medical Center & Memorial City717 min21 min
Sysco · Enclave715 min19 min
Chevron · Downtown Houston818 min23 min
MD Anderson · Texas Medical Center817 min22 min
NRG Energy · Downtown Houston919 min24 min
Halliburton · North Belt1534 min42 min
United Airlines · George Bush Intercontinental (IAH)1840 min50 min
ExxonMobil · Spring / The Woodlands2352 min65 min
HPE · Spring Campus2351 min64 min
Daikin · Waller (Daikin Texas Technology Park)2964 min80 min
NASA · Clear Lake2965 min81 min

Method: great-circle distance between Memorial 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.