Copper Lakes Realtor & Real Estate Agent — Your Guide to Copper Lakes, Houston TX 77095

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In Copper Lakes, a “section” refers to one of the 17 numbered plats the county recorded, and the section number on a home’s legal description decides three things before we ever talk price: the water district, the water operator and the tax rate. Sections 12–17 paid 0.260380 more per $100 than Sections 1–11 in 2025, about $1,100 a year on a $425,000 home before exemptions. In the MLS tax-rate field, 26 of the 66 listings I read on October 22, 2026 showed the 2024 total. So before we tour, I read the home’s section, taxing units and current rates on its HCAD record, budget the 2026 school rate both ways until the November 3 election is decided, and ask early for the current dues and fees, since the association doesn’t post its dues; the resale certificate the title company orders confirms them. One client put it this way: “Kevan kept me informed and communicated with me on a regular basis. He made the home buying experience a great one.” — Dan W., buyer, Google.

My office is on Lakeview Haven Drive in northwest Houston, and I follow Copper Lakes sales section by section. I’ve held my Texas real estate broker license since 1989 and carry the Certified Residential Specialist (CRS) designation. Clients have given me a 5.0 average across 231 verified post-closing surveys on HAR, and Texas Monthly has named me a Five Star Professional for 11 years. For the wider picture of the communities I work, start with my Houston REALTOR® guide.

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Copper Lakes at a Glance

Figures are point-in-time and vary by section and address — verify before relying. Not legal or tax advice.

Where Copper Lakes Is

Copper Lakes sits in unincorporated northwest Harris County, west of Highway 6 and south of US-290. Barker Cypress Road is its west edge, with Lone Oak Village across the road, and Queenston Boulevard is its east edge. Two through roads cross the community: Longenbaugh Drive, with Sections 1, 4, 5 and 8 (304 lots) on its south side, and West Road, with Sections 12, 15 and 16 (232 lots) on its north side. Along the north, the back lot lines meet Harris County’s Deputy Darren Goforth Park and the Horsepen Creek channel, and along the south they meet the neighboring subdivision, with no road between. Tuckerton Road is about half a mile north of the nearest lot. US-290 is about 3 miles north at the Barker Cypress Road interchange, and Highway 6 is 2 to 3 miles east.

Every lot has a Houston 77095 mailing address, but Copper Lakes is outside the Houston city limits. Both MUDs say they lie entirely within the City of Houston’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, and MUD 173 has a strategic partnership agreement with the City. The HCAD records I read list no city among the taxing units; Harris County, Harris County ESD 9 (Cy-Fair Fire), the two MUDs and the association provide the services.

The red line traces all 1,402 Copper Lakes lots as the Harris Central Appraisal District records them; West Road and Longenbaugh Drive cross the community. Lots: HCAD. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors.

17 Sections, Two MUDs: How Copper Lakes Is Organized

Copper Lakes is organized as 17 numbered sections with one association, and the section decides which of two water districts serves the lot. The lot counts below come from HCAD’s 2026 roll; I matched each section to its MUD with HCAD records and MUD 156’s own district map on October 22, 2026:

The association also uses area names such as Northgate, Southgate, The Estates, Westlake, Emerson Lake, The Waterford, The Landing and The Reserve; the recorded plats go by section number. Typical lot sizes vary by section. Sections 8, 14, 9 and 15 have the largest, with median lot outlines of about 10,200 to 11,700 square feet, and Sections 2, 7 and 12 the smallest, about 6,800 to 6,900. Across all 1,402 lots, the median outline is about 9,100 square feet. The state’s water-district map draws 194 lots inside both districts and 91 outside either one, but every HCAD record I read lists MUD 173 for Sections 1–11 and MUD 156 for Sections 12–17, and that record at hcad.org is what to trust for any one house; in Sections 2, 3, 9, 10 and 11, read the lot’s record before you budget. None of the recorded documents I read restricts any section by age.

The Feel of the Area

The lakes set the tone. The appraisal roll lists 53 reserves inside the plats, among them open space, drainage, detention, lake and recreation tracts, and MUD 156’s map marks the Section 14 lake as a detention and amenity lake. The association’s own description lists two community pools, a splash pad, tennis courts with a pickleball court, playgrounds, a clubhouse, a West Road pavilion with a fireplace and grill, walking trails and several lakes.

One of the community’s fountain lakes.

A walking path curves along one of the ponds.

Copper Lakes Homes for Sale and What They’re Selling For

Copper Lakes homes are detached single-family houses. The 48 that sold in the past year measure about 1,800 to 5,100 square feet, with a median near 3,100, and the 14 for sale on October 22 ran about 2,000 to 5,000 square feet. On the appraisal roll, lots range from about 5,400 square feet to about 21,300. Gas heat showed on 59 of the 66 listings I read. With only 8 lots showing no home on the 2026 roll and no builder selling here, the market is resale.

My HAR MLS pull on October 22, 2026 (single-family listings in ZIP 77095 under the four spellings of the community’s name I searched) found 48 homes sold over the previous 12 months, at a median sale price of $427,500 ($420,000 after seller concessions), the median price per square foot $145, and a median of 28 days on the market. The typical sale closed at 97.8 percent of the asking price, and the sales ran from the mid $200,000s to the $900,000s. That day, 14 homes were for sale at asking prices from the high $200,000s to the high $600,000s (median list price $519,495), with 4 more under contract, or 3.5 months of supply at the past year’s sales pace. Sales in the second half of that year had a median in the low $400,000s, against the mid $400,000s in the first half; those homes were smaller and brought a similar price per square foot, so the mix of homes explains most of the difference. Texas doesn’t require sale prices to be disclosed, so this page sticks to medians, ranges and counts.

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What It Costs to Own in Copper Lakes

Property taxes. Eight taxing units are the same on every Copper Lakes bill: Cy-Fair ISD, Harris County, the Harris County Flood Control District, the Port of Houston Authority, Harris Health, the Harris County Department of Education, Lone Star College and ESD 9 (Cy-Fair Fire). Together they came to 1.840659 per $100 in 2025. The ninth line, the MUD, is where the two halves of the community part ways. Here are both full stacks at 2025 adopted rates, checked October 22, 2026 against HCAD and the Harris County Tax Office:

On a $425,000 home, near the median sale, the 2025 bill works out like this (rounded to the nearest $100):

The homestead column takes $140,000 plus 20 percent of the value off the school line, 20 percent off each of the five county units, 8 percent off Lone Star College, 10 percent off ESD 9, and 10 percent (MUD 173) or 5 percent (MUD 156) off the MUD line. The over-65 column adds only Cy-Fair ISD’s extra $75,000. An older owner usually owes less than that column shows, because it doesn’t model the school tax ceiling (which caps the school tax at the amount for the year the owner qualifies), the county units’ over-65 exemptions or MUD 173’s $5,000 over-65 exemption. Before exemptions, the same house’s tax bill runs about $1,100 more a year in Sections 12–17, and the MUD rate accounts for the whole gap. As of October 23, 2026, several 2026 rates weren’t final. Cy-Fair ISD’s 1.156900 holds only if Proposition A passes on November 3, 2026; without it, the most the district can levy is 1.043996. MUD 156 adopted 0.650000 for 2026 at its October 22 meeting (0.26 for debt service and 0.39 for operations), a little under the 0.655000 it had proposed. MUD 173 proposed 0.388940 (its tax assessor’s page showed 0.369000, data current October 21, 2026) and hadn’t posted a 2026 order. Harris County, the Flood Control District, the Port, Harris Health and ESD 9 have set their 2026 rates, Lone Star College’s 0.105800 shows on HCAD records, and the Department of Education’s 2026 rate wasn’t out yet. For more background, see my Texas homestead exemption guide and how MUD districts work in Texas; for a specific house, its record at hcad.org has the exact rates. This is general information, not tax advice.

HOA. All 17 sections belong to the Copper Lakes Homeowners Association. Its recorded management certificate, filed in 2021, names Inframark as the association’s manager, and the contact page on the community website names Inframark too; three MLS listings named a different company, so your resale certificate is the place to confirm the current manager. The association doesn’t publish its annual assessment. Of the 66 listings I read on October 22, 2026, 30 showed dues of $1,150 a year and 10 showed $1,185, as entered by real estate listing agents. The 2021 certificate lists a $300 transfer fee and a $350 resale certificate, plus a $75 update and rush fees. Your contract and its TREC HOA addendum assign each fee. The title company orders the resale certificate as part of closing, and it shows the home’s current dues and charges.

Copper Lakes Schools

Copper Lakes is in Cy-Fair ISD, which the Texas Education Agency rated B (86) for 2026. When I tested all 1,402 recorded lots in the district’s 2026-27 zone locator on October 22, 2026, every lot came back to the same elementary, middle and high school:

Zones can change when the district opens a campus, so check the address in Cy-Fair ISD‘s locator before you rely on it; ratings are posted at txschools.gov. Each of the three campuses has its own page with a map on my Schools page.

Getting Around & Commute

West Road and Highway 6 lead to US-290, Barker Cypress Road reaches the Cypress Park & Ride, and Queenston Boulevard heads south toward the Energy Corridor. These are Google Maps typical-traffic ranges for Tuesday, October 27, 2026, starting from the middle of Copper Lakes:

For flights, Bush Intercontinental is about 28 miles by US-290 and the Sam Houston Tollway, 30 to 45 minutes at 11 AM; Hobby is about 36 miles, 45 minutes to 1 hour 5 minutes at that hour. The routes to US-290 run north on Highway 6, whose main lanes pass under the Union Pacific line while its two frontage roads cross the tracks at gated grade crossings, so which lanes you take to the freeway decides whether you meet a train. Barker Cypress Road passes under the same line on the way to the park & ride, and the Energy Corridor and Grand Parkway routes cross no railroad. Before you settle on a house, drive the route yourself on a weekday at the hour you’d leave.

Flood Risk — What to Check Before You Buy

Zone A, which includes Zone AE, is FEMA’s high-risk floodplain, often called the 100-year floodplain: land with at least a 1 percent chance of flooding in any year, where a federally regulated or insured lender requires flood insurance. Zone X is FEMA’s minimal-risk area, where flood insurance is optional but available, and a home outside the mapped floodplain can still flood. The shaded part of Zone X marks a 0.2 percent annual chance of flooding, sometimes called the 500-year floodplain.

I tested all 1,402 recorded lots against FEMA’s effective flood map on October 22, 2026. No lot touches Zone A, Zone AE or the regulatory floodway (the channel and adjoining land that must stay clear to carry floodwater), and none touches the shaded Zone X; every lot is in unshaded Zone X, on FEMA map panel 48201C0420P (effective November 15, 2019). The closest mapped floodplain is Zone AE along Horsepen Creek, north and east of Sections 12, 15 and 16 on the Goforth Park side. It comes within about 21 feet of the nearest lot line, and 18 lots in Sections 12 and 16 are within 50 feet of it.

All 1,402 lots drain to Langham Creek, which is part of the Addicks Reservoir watershed (the area whose runoff flows to that reservoir). No lot is on the reservoir’s government land or in its pool, and the Addicks dam is about 8 miles straight-line from the lots. I didn’t find a primary source, such as a county or FEMA record, documenting Copper Lakes homes flooding in the 2015 Memorial Day storm, the 2016 Tax Day storm or Hurricane Harvey in 2017, so the page gives no count. Before you commit to a house, look up its address in FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center, read the seller’s disclosure and any elevation certificate, request the flood-claims history, and get a flood insurance quote, including on a Zone X lot.

Things to Do Nearby

Daily recreation in Copper Lakes starts at the association’s amenities: the two pools and splash pad, the tennis and pickleball courts, the clubhouse, the West Road pavilion, and the trails and playgrounds spread through the sections. MUD 156’s map shows a recreation center on West Road in Section 15, and MUD 173’s board meets at a recreation center on Longenbaugh Drive.

One of the two community pools.

The community’s tennis courts.

Right on the north edge, Harris County’s Deputy Darren Goforth Park covers 188 acres with 3.30 miles of trail, a lake, a playground and a dog park; its park entrance is on Wheat Cross Drive and the dog park’s is on Barker Cypress Road. For shopping, Copper Lakes Plaza sits at Queenston Boulevard and West Road. For emergencies, Houston Methodist Cypress Hospital on US-290 runs a 24-hour emergency department about 5 miles away by road. Around northwest Houston, I’ve written up Goforth Park, Easton Commons Nature Park and Bear Creek Pioneers Park.

Is Copper Lakes the Right Fit?

If you want a lake community whose pools, courts and trails are already in place, a county park on the north edge, and the same Copeland, Aragon and Langham Creek zoning on every lot, Copper Lakes is worth a close look. With a median of 28 days on the market and 3.5 months of supply, have your loan pre-approval ready before the first showing.

Things to plan for: the section’s MUD sets the rate, and Sections 12–17 paid about 0.26 per $100 more than Sections 1–11 in 2025. As of October 23, 2026, MUD 156 had adopted a higher 2026 rate, MUD 173 had proposed one, and the school rate turned on the November 3 election. The two water districts have different operators, deposits and fees. Since the association doesn’t publish its dues, plan to confirm the amount from the resale certificate. A house built between 1993 and 2012 may still have its original roof, HVAC system or water heater, so ask the inspector to note the age of each. Longenbaugh Drive and West Road carry through traffic, and Downtown is 40 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes away at 7:30 AM. On the north side, Horsepen Creek’s mapped floodplain sits just past the back lot lines in Sections 12, 15 and 16, so look closely at any address there.

To compare nearby communities with Houston addresses, I’ve also written guides to Copperfield, Copper Village and Sheffield.

Setting Up Utilities in Copper Lakes

In Copper Lakes, your section number decides your water district: Sections 1–11 are one district and Sections 12–17 are the other. Electricity, gas and the HOA are the same across the community. Here’s how it works.

Water & sewer. Sections 1–11 are in Harris County MUD 173 (hcmud173.org), operated by Municipal District Services (mdswater.com). Sections 12–17 are in Harris County MUD 156 (hcmud156.org), operated by Inframark. Your home’s record at hcad.org shows which district taxes it. Trash and recycling aren’t a water-district service here, so ask the HOA’s management company (its line, not the water line) for the current hauler and pickup days.

Electricity (you choose your provider). Copper Lakes is in the deregulated Texas market, so you pick your own retail electric provider (confirm the setup for your address) at the state’s official marketplace, PowerToChoose.org. CenterPoint Energy (centerpointenergy.com) owns the wires and meter, so that’s who you call about an outage no matter whose name is on your bill. Set up your plan before closing so the power is on in your name when you get the keys.

Natural gas. CenterPoint Energy (centerpointenergy.com) supplies natural gas in Copper Lakes. Gas is regulated, so there’s nothing to shop — you just open an account. Check the gas meter or the seller’s last bill to confirm the home has gas service before you set it up.

Internet & TV. Internet providers in the area include AT&T Fiber, Xfinity, Verizon and T-Mobile home internet, and satellite service (FCC National Broadband Map, October 2026). Service varies street to street, so check your exact address at broadbandmap.fcc.gov and confirm with the provider.

HOA. Every section belongs to the Copper Lakes Homeowners Association. Its recorded management certificate names Inframark as the association’s manager, and your resale certificate names the current manager and where to pay dues. The association’s recorded fees — a $300 transfer fee and a $350 resale certificate on its 2021 certificate — are at hoa.texas.gov. The association doesn’t post its dues; MLS listings from the past 12 months most often showed $1,150 a year, and your closing documents show the current amount.

After you close. File your homestead exemption with the Harris Central Appraisal District at hcad.org. It’s free, and you never need to pay a third party to do it. Property taxes arrive as more than one bill: the Harris County Tax Office collects the county taxes, the Cy-Fair ISD Tax Office collects the school tax, and your MUD’s tax comes from its own tax assessor — Utility Tax Service for MUD 173 or Assessments of the Southwest for MUD 156 (linked from hcmud156.org). Fire and EMS service comes from the Cy-Fair Fire Department (Harris County ESD 9).

Utility providers, districts, and coverage vary by address and change over time — verify for your specific home before relying on any of the above. Verified October 22, 2026. Not legal or tax advice.

Quick Answers

What are the property taxes in Copper Lakes, and which MUD am I in?

That depends on the section. At 2025 adopted rates, the combined total is 2.210279 percent in Sections 1–11 (MUD 173) and 2.470659 percent in Sections 12–17 (MUD 156). On a $425,000 home, that’s about $9,400 or $10,500 a year with no exemptions, or about $6,200 or $7,400 with a homestead exemption. For 2026, as of October 23, 2026, the school rate rides on Cy-Fair ISD’s November 3 election, MUD 156 adopted 0.65 per $100 on October 22, and MUD 173 had proposed 0.38894. You’ll find the section in the home’s legal description, and hcad.org lists every unit on its bill.

Are property taxes in Copper Lakes higher than in the City of Houston?

Somewhat, and how much depends on the section. In 2025, the combined rate for a City of Houston home in Houston ISD without a MUD was about 2.1252 percent, counting the city’s own tax. Copper Lakes paid 2.210279 percent in Sections 1–11 and 2.470659 percent in Sections 12–17, about $400 or $1,500 more a year on a $425,000 home before exemptions. Copper Lakes pays no city tax but does pay a MUD tax, and the school district and exemptions differ, so compare the bill for a specific address at HCAD.org rather than the rate alone. This is not tax advice.

Is Copper Lakes in the City of Houston?

No. It’s unincorporated Harris County inside the City of Houston’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, and “Houston 77095” is its postal address. Both MUDs say they lie entirely within that jurisdiction, MUD 173 has a strategic partnership agreement with the City, and no city tax appears on the HCAD records I read. Any home’s hcad.org record shows its taxing units.

What schools serve Copper Lakes?

Cy-Fair ISD, rated B (86) by the Texas Education Agency for 2026. For 2026-27, every one of the 1,402 recorded lots is zoned to Copeland Elementary, A (90), Aragon Middle, B (89), and Langham Creek High, B (88). Before you buy, run the address through Cy-Fair ISD’s school-zone locator.

What do homes in Copper Lakes sell for?

In the 12 months through October 22, 2026, HAR MLS recorded 48 sales at a median sale price of $427,500, or $145 per square foot; the median home was on the market 28 days and sold for 97.8 percent of its asking price, and the sales ran from the mid $200,000s to the $900,000s. On October 22, 14 homes were for sale (median list price $519,495), 3.5 months of supply. Any one house can land well above or below those medians on its size, lot, section and condition; I price it from the closest recent Copper Lakes sales.

What are the HOA dues in Copper Lakes, and what are the fees at closing?

The Copper Lakes Homeowners Association covers all 17 sections and doesn’t publish its annual assessment. Of the 66 MLS listings I read on October 22, 2026, 30 showed dues of $1,150 a year and 10 showed $1,185, the figures real estate listing agents entered. The association’s recorded 2021 certificate lists a $300 transfer fee and a $350 resale certificate. Your sales contract assigns who pays each fee, and the resale certificate, ordered by the title company, shows the home’s current dues and manager.

Is Copper Lakes in a flood zone?

On FEMA’s effective map (checked October 22, 2026), none of the 1,402 recorded lots touches Zone A, Zone AE or the floodway. Zone A, which includes Zone AE, is FEMA’s high-risk floodplain (at least a 1 percent annual chance of flooding, often called the 100-year floodplain, where a federally regulated or insured lender requires flood insurance). Every lot is in Zone X, FEMA’s minimal-risk area, where flood insurance is optional but available and a home can still flood. Horsepen Creek’s Zone AE comes within about 21 feet of lot lines in Sections 12 and 16. For a specific house, check its address on FEMA’s Flood Map Service Center as well.

Did Copper Lakes flood during Hurricane Harvey?

I found no county, FEMA or other primary record documenting Copper Lakes homes flooding in Harvey (2017), the Tax Day storm (2016) or the Memorial Day storm (2015), so I can’t give you a count. Every lot drains to Langham Creek in the Addicks Reservoir watershed, and none sits on the reservoir’s government land or in its pool. On any house you’re serious about, the seller’s disclosure and the flood-claims history are the records to read.

Is there new construction in Copper Lakes?

No. 1,394 of the 1,402 recorded lots already have a home, no builder is selling here, and the past year’s sales were all built between 1993 and 2012. You’ll find a home’s year built on its hcad.org record.

What does a real estate buyer’s agent cost in Copper Lakes?

It’s negotiable, and it’s set in writing before we tour homes: Texas requires a written buyer representation agreement before a real estate agent shows you a home, and it states what your real estate buyer’s agent will be paid. I’ve never had a buyer client pay it themselves. It has been covered by the seller, either in the listing or as a concession we negotiated in the offer. The only time a buyer would pay it is if you decide to buy a home where the seller won’t contribute. Sellers sometimes negotiate this point or change their position along the way, so you’ll know exactly where it stands before any purchase contract is executed, and whether to sign is always your decision. I’ll walk you through the numbers before you sign anything, and the full rules are in how real estate buyer’s agents get paid in Texas.

Who is a good real estate agent for Copper Lakes?

In Copper Lakes, a real estate agent should be able to read a home’s section and MUD from its HCAD record, tell you which water operator serves it, budget the 2026 tax bill both ways until the school election is decided, and ask early for the current dues and fees, since the association doesn’t publish its dues. I’m Kevan Pewitt, a REALTOR® and the broker-owner of Houston Prime Realty, licensed as a Texas real estate broker since 1989, with a 5.0 average across 231 verified HAR client reviews. For questions to ask any real estate agent you interview, see how to choose a Realtor, and for how the pay works, how real estate buyer’s agents get paid in Texas. Whoever you hire, have them walk you through the home’s hcad.org record before you write an offer.

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