Baytown, TX — Momentum Score, Home Values & Best-For

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Why look at Baytown?

  • Affordable housing. Median home is $246k — well below the national median.
  • Stable market. Home values -0.5% year-over-year — neither overheated nor falling.
  • No state income tax. Higher take-home pay than equivalent salary in a high-tax state.
Baytown, TX
Image: Wikipedia · Baytown, Texas
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60
Stable
Momentum score · 0–100

Where Baytown stands

At or near all-time high.

Median home $246,415
1-year -0.5%
5-yr growth +3.8%
vs 5-yr peak -1.2%
Population +0.7%/yr

Home value trajectory · last 10 years

Zillow ZHVI · monthly
peak 2022-11$246k$128k$172k$216k$259k201620182020202220242026

Lifestyle scores

🚶
Walkability
35/100
Car-dependent
Estimated from population density. Higher = denser, more amenities within walking distance.
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Public transit
30/100
Minimal transit
Curated list of major US transit systems + population-based estimate. Higher = real subway/rail/bus options.
💻
Remote work fit
98/100
Excellent for remote work
Composite of city size, housing cost, state tax structure, and region's remote-work track record.

Scores are heuristic estimates from population density, state, and known transit/walkable cities. Not based on a paid Walk Score / Transit Score API — see methodology for the formula.

Rent trajectory · last 5 years

Zillow ZORI · monthly
$1,577/mo$1,223$1,452$1,680202220242026

Home value vs rent · indexed to 100

Both rebased at first month of ZORI data (~2015)
Home valueRent120121100120202220242026

Rent vs buy

Price-to-rent ratio: 13.0
Buy

At a 13.0 price-to-rent ratio, buying generally beats renting in Baytown on a long-enough horizon. The headline math is that one year of mortgage payments approximates 13.0 years of rent — well below the 15+ threshold where ownership starts to dominate.

How the momentum score breaks down

methodology →
Home YoY
48 · w22%
Home 5-yr growth
58 · w22%
Distance from peak
83 · w18%
Population growth
59 · w16%
Rent YoY
46 · w12%
Home 10-yr growth
68 · w10%

About Baytown (Wikipedia)

Baytown is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, within Harris and Chambers counties. Located in the metropolitan statistical area of Greater Houston, it lies on the northern side of the Galveston Bay complex near the outlets of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou. It is the sixth-largest city within this metropolitan area and seventh largest community. Major highways serving the city include State Highway 99, State Highway 146 and Interstate 10. At the 2020 U.S. census, Baytown had a population of 83,701, and it had an estimated population of 84,324 in 2022.

Source: Wikipedia · this summary is contributed and licensed under CC-BY-SA.

City facts

Area37.99 sq mi
Elevation23 ft
IncorporatedJanuary 24, 1948
Density2091.58/sq mi

Extracted from the Wikipedia infobox. Values may be slightly out of date relative to the latest sources.

Things to see in Baytown(Tourism and recreation)

  • Baytown Nature Center
  • Houston Raceway
  • National Hot Rod Association

Extracted from the Wikipedia article. Names linked in the source — open the city’s Wikipedia page for details.

Local safety & alerts

No active National Weather Service alerts for Harris County right now.

NWS active alerts (TX)Texas Emergency ManagementHow to prepare (NWS)

Public-safety links are official .gov sources, not curated by us. Harris County routes NWS alerts; check the state EM portal for non-weather emergencies.

Neighborhoods of Baytown

26 tracked · ranked by median home value
1Parkwood Place$374,633-2.6%
2Tierra Del Oro$342,939+0.0%
3Whispering Pines$299,824-1.5%
4Roseland Oaks$297,932+1.3%
5Hunters Creek$294,806-1.1%
6Lakewood$260,454+1.4%
7Eastpoint$246,992-0.8%
8Briarcreek$241,594-2.0%
9West Meadows$238,905+2.4%
10Kings Bend$229,981-2.7%
11Allenbrook$224,170-3.0%
12Chaparral Village$219,124-2.0%
13Creekwood$218,723-3.7%
14Quail Hollow$200,359-3.4%
15Ginger Creek Estates$199,806-0.8%
16Plumwood$196,378-5.8%
17Glenmeadow$193,125-2.1%
18Glen Arbor$187,948-0.4%
19Danubina$184,694-4.3%
20Craigmont Place$174,970+2.9%
21Fair Park$166,486-4.2%
22Goose Creek$133,767-7.2%
23Morell Park$133,432-7.3%
24East Baytown$128,791-11.1%

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Texas context

Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Climate & natural-disaster risk

Winter (Jan)
60° / 39°
avg high / low
Summer (Jul)
95° / 73°
avg high / low
Sunny days/yr
232
~64% of year
Annual precip
29″ rain
1″ snow
Disaster risk (1=very low, 5=very high)
Hurricane
High
Tornado
Very high
Wildfire
Moderate
Earthquake
Low
Flood
Very high

State-level averages from NOAA Climate Normals (1991-2020) and FEMA National Risk Index. City-level conditions can vary significantly within a state.

Local sports teams

Major professional teams the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area cheers for. Detailed stats, schedules, and player pages on intherafters.com.

Current weather

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Local news & community

Updated 2026-05-28 from Google News + Reddit RSS. Filtered for Baytown-specific coverage. Headlines link to original sources.

Local economy & environment

Humidity
64%
Moderate climate
Median household income
$73,000
Texas state median
Top industries (state-level)
Energy/Oil & GasTech (Austin)Healthcare

Humidity is annual average relative humidity (NOAA). Income is Census ACS 5-year estimate. Industries are largest employment sectors statewide (BLS); the local mix in a given city may vary.

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Cost-of-ownership at the median

Tax burden
no state income tax
~25% all-in for a $150k earner
Property tax / yr
$4k
1.74% × median home $246k
Climate / hazard
limited data
Plan for the local hazard profile.

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Schools & crime context

Schools

School quality is district-by-district and varies dramatically within a city. Check GreatSchools or your state DOE rankings for specific schools before deciding. City-level school data coming soon.

Crime

Texas: 421 violent crimes per 100K residents (state avg, FBI UCR). Neighborhood-level rates can vary 10× within one city — research specific areas via CrimeGrade or local police data.

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