The Woodlands

Key Data

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

Renting in The Woodlands

The sourced median gross rent here is $1,792 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 The Woodlands

Homes in The Woodlands fall within Conroe 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 (30.17256, -95.50981); district GEOIDs [Conroe Independent School District=4815000]. Sampled 5 points ~1mi apart: all fell in Conroe Independent School District.

The Texas Education Agency's 2024-25 accountability rating for that district is CONROE ISD B (score 85). 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 The Woodlands

The Woodlands scores 7.8 on the EPA National Walkability Index (a 1–20 scale), with block groups across the community ranging from 6.3 to 8.2. The index is published per census block group, which is much smaller than The Woodlands, 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 The Woodlands

FEMA does not map The Woodlands 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 (30.17256, -95.50981). FIRM panel 48339C. 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. The Woodlands 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 The Woodlands to Major Houston Job Centers

The Woodlands sits 6 miles from ExxonMobil, its nearest major employer campus, and 50 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 The Woodlands 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.