Deer Park, TX — Momentum Score, Home Values & Best-For

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Harris County · Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land · population 34,495

First-time buyers
Deer Park, TX
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61
Stable
Momentum score · 0–100

Where Deer Park stands

At or near all-time high.

Median home $281,493
1-year -0.1%
5-yr CAGR +3.7%
vs 5-yr peak -1.0%
Population +0.0%/yr

Home value trajectory · last 10 years

Zillow ZHVI · monthly
peak 2024-06$281k$157k$203k$250k$296k201620182020202220242026

Lifestyle scores

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Walkability
32/100
Very car-dependent
Estimated from population density. Higher = denser, more amenities within walking distance.
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Public transit
22/100
Transit limited
Curated list of major US transit systems + population-based estimate. Higher = real subway/rail/bus options.
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Remote work fit
95/100
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
$1,619/mo$1,444$1,580$1,7162026

Home value vs rent · indexed to 100

Both rebased at first month of ZORI data (~2015)
Home valueRent991041002026

Rent vs buy

Price-to-rent ratio: 14.5
Buy

At a 14.5 price-to-rent ratio, buying generally beats renting in Deer Park on a long-enough horizon. The headline math is that one year of mortgage payments approximates 14.5 years of rent — well below the 15+ threshold where ownership starts to dominate.

How the momentum score breaks down

methodology →
Home YoY
49 · w22%
Home 5-yr CAGR
57 · w22%
Distance from peak
84 · w18%
Population growth
45 · w16%
Rent YoY
71 · w12%
Home 10-yr CAGR
63 · w10%
Long thesis

Deer Park has held up across the cycle: home values at $281,493 with +3.7% 5-year CAGR. The bull case is structural — population, location, employer base — and holds even if next year's print is soft.

Short thesis

Deer Park's bear case is the boring one: the cycle is real and any market that's run hard can stall. Watch for slowing population growth, rising days-on-market, or builder discounts as the early warning signals.

About Deer Park

Deer Park is a city in Harris County, Texas, with an estimated population of 34,495. It anchors the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro area. The median home value in Deer Park is $281,493 as of 2026-04, down 0.1% over the last 12 months. Over the last five years, home values have averaged +3.7% annual growth, with prices at or near the 5-year peak. Rents in Deer Park average $1,619 per month, up 3.9% year-over-year. The composite momentum score is 61 of 100 (Stable). Conditions are neither hot nor cold, so the local fit matters more than market timing.

▲ Bull case

●Held the highs: currently -1.0% from the 5-year peak — this market refused to give back gains.
○The data is the data: Deer Park has at least 5 years of Zillow tracking, full Census identification, and is included in the 2-criteria momentum score on this page.

▼ Bear case

○Local nuance: city-level data smooths over neighborhood differences. School zones, HOA rules, and street-level character matter — visit before deciding.

About Deer Park (Wikipedia)

Deer Park is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. The city is located in southeast Harris County. As of the 2020 census, Deer Park had a population of 34,495.

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

Playbook

Buyer

Lifestyle fit matters more than market timing in a Stable market. Take your time on the home and neighborhood; the macro trend isn't urgent. Negotiate normally.

Seller

Price competitively from day one or risk a 60+ day listing. Staging, photography, and presentation matter more in Stable markets than in Hot ones.

Investor

Stable cap rates, no big appreciation story to lean on. Underwrite this as a pure cash-flow play — the math has to work on rent alone.

Local safety & alerts

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

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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 Deer Park

12 tracked · ranked by median home value
1Park Place$426,814+1.1%
2East Meadow$362,531+2.1%
3Erin Glen$313,189+0.9%
4Bayou Bend$293,461+0.2%
5Regency Park$287,738-0.2%
6Westside Manor$276,519+0.5%
7Deer Meadows$276,499+1.3%
8Park Meadows$272,632-2.2%
9Heritage$263,948+1.7%
10College Park$246,049+1.5%
11South Pasadena Plaza$223,749-1.2%
12Spenser View Terrace$201,766+0.5%

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Run the numbers for Deer Park

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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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Find rentals & listings

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Local news & community

Updated 2026-05-21 from Google News + Reddit RSS. 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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