
Hockley vs Cypress comes down to one trade: Hockley gives you a newer house for less money, about $100,000 to $160,000 less at the medians in HAR’s October 2026 market-area reports, in exchange for a longer drive on one freeway, a Waller ISD address, and a property-tax stack that in the newest communities takes back part of the price gap. Cypress gives you the established master-planned communities, Cy-Fair ISD, two hospitals and the shopping, and a shorter drive, at a higher price. I’m Kevan Pewitt, a REALTOR® and the broker-owner of Houston Prime Realty, and I sell in both places; the rest of this post is the side-by-side, with every figure dated and sourced so you can check it.
Figures as of October 2026. Market medians are HAR’s October 2026 market-area updates, drive times are Google Maps typical times for Tuesday, October 20, 2026, school ratings are the Texas Education Agency’s 2026 accountability ratings, and tax rates are the 2025 adopted rates on the appraisal-district records sampled for my Hockley and Cypress guides. I refresh this post when HAR and TEA update.
If you want either place on its own, that lives in is Hockley, TX a good place to live and living in Cypress, TX. If Katy is also on your list, Katy vs Cypress covers that pair. This post is only about how Hockley and Cypress differ, and which buyer each one fits.
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Hockley vs Cypress at a glance
Here is the one-minute version. Every figure is dated and sourced in the box above and in the sections below, which explain each row.
| Question | Hockley | Cypress |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A mailing address with no city government: unincorporated ZIP 77447, split across Harris (about 67%), Waller (28%) and Montgomery (5%) counties; no city tax (Census TIGERweb) | Also unincorporated, but one county: ZIPs 77429 and 77433, all Harris County; no city tax (Census TIGERweb; HCAD) |
| Population | About 25,200 residents, 9,100 housing units (ACS 2020–2024) | About 212,900 residents, 69,800 housing units across the two ZIPs (ACS 2020–2024) |
| School district by address | Waller ISD for about 95% of the ZIP (TEA 2026: B, 80); Magnolia ISD in the Montgomery County corner; Cy-Fair ISD and Tomball ISD cover essentially none of it | About 82% Cy-Fair ISD (B, 86); Tomball ISD (A, 92) on the north edge of 77429; Waller ISD (B, 80) in western Bridgeland |
| Downtown Houston, 7:30 a.m. | 37 road miles from US-290 at Hegar Road; 45 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes (35 to 45 at 11 a.m.) | 25 road miles from US-290 at Barker Cypress Road; 35 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes (24 to 35 at 11 a.m.) |
| Energy Corridor, 7:30 a.m. | 27 to 30 miles; 35 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes (28 to 35 at 11 a.m.) | 15 to 20 miles; 26 to 55 minutes (22 to 30 at 11 a.m.) |
| Bush Intercontinental, 7:30 a.m. | 39 to 44 miles; 45 minutes to 1 hour 5 minutes (35 to 45 at 11 a.m.) | 28 miles; 35 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes (26 to 35 at 11 a.m.) |
| Median sold price, HAR Oct. 2026 | $340,000; 6.2 months of supply; about 67 days on market; listings up about 78% from a year earlier | Cypress North $444,000 (4.5 months, about 42 days); Cypress South $502,000 (4.9 months, about 55 days) |
| Age of the typical home sold | Built 2025 (median of the 12 months to October 2026, HAR MLS) | Built 2003 in 77429; built 2022 in 77433 |
| Combined property tax rate, 2025 | About $1.79 per $100 with no water district to about $3.39 in the newest MUD communities (Harris County side) | About $1.84 to $3.34 per $100 on the records sampled; established sections mostly $2.18 to $2.69 |
| Flood profile | About 18% of the ZIP in FEMA Zone A or AE, along the Cypress Creek headwaters and the Spring Creek tributaries; the rest Zone X | About 21% of 77429 and 29% of 77433 in Zone A or AE, along Cypress, Little Cypress, Langham and Bear creeks; about half of 77433 drains toward Addicks Reservoir |
| Services | Water and sewer from each subdivision’s MUD (or well and septic on acreage); fire and EMS from one of three emergency services districts; the county sheriff; hospitals and big-box shopping are in Cypress | Water and sewer from each subdivision’s MUD or WCID; fire and EMS from an emergency services district; the Harris County Sheriff; Houston Methodist Cypress and Memorial Hermann Cypress on US-290; Houston Premium Outlets |
| Feel | New rooftops on old ranch and prairie land, model-home rows, a feed store a few minutes from a resort pool, acreage still for sale | Mostly built-out master-planned communities with lakes and trails, retail along 290 and the Grand Parkway, mature trees north of the freeway |
The two interchanges are about twelve road miles apart on the same freeway, a ten- to fifteen-minute drive, so the choice gets made on price, the daily drive, the school district, and the tax bill, which are the next four sections.
Price: what the same budget buys in Hockley and in Cypress
Price is where Hockley vs Cypress starts for nearly every buyer, so start with the dated numbers. HAR tracks Hockley as one market area and Cypress as two, split roughly by US-290. As of October 2026 the medians were $340,000 in Hockley with 6.2 months of supply and about 67 days on market; $444,000 in Cypress North (the Fairfield and Coles Crossing side) with 4.5 months and about 42 days; and $502,000 in Cypress South (Bridgeland, Towne Lake, Dunham Pointe) with 4.9 months and about 55 days. HAR calls all three balanced. Months of supply is how long the current inventory would take to sell at the current pace, and Hockley’s 6.2 months, with listings up about 78% from a year earlier, tells you builders there have more unsold homes than they would like. That is the condition that produces negotiating room on inventory homes.
The medians hide the more useful fact, which is what you are buying at each price. The typical home sold in Hockley over the past twelve months was built in 2025. In Cypress it was built in 2003 north of 290 and 2022 south of it. So the Hockley buyer is nearly always buying new, and the Cypress buyer is choosing between an established resale and a newer section. By budget, it usually works out like this:
- Under about $350,000. In Hockley this is the heart of the market: production homes on 40- to 60-foot lots from the mid $200,000s into the $300,000s in Cypress Green, Dellrose, Redbud, Everly, and the Bauer Landing communities off FM 2920. In Cypress the same money buys an older resale, and what is actually on the market at that number is in what $300K to $350K buys in Cypress.
- $350,000 to $450,000. Hockley’s larger plans and the semi-custom builders in The Grand Prairie and Jubilee sit here. In Cypress this is the median of the north side: a 1990s or 2000s home on a mature lot in Fairfield, Coles Crossing, or Longwood Village, with a renovation budget somewhere in the plan. The current roundups are what $400K buys in Cypress and $400K to $450K in Cypress.
- $450,000 and up. Hockley thins out above this line except on acreage. Cypress South lives here: newer sections of Bridgeland, Towne Lake, and Dunham Pointe, where a new build and the established villages compete for the same buyer; see what $500K to $600K buys in Cypress.
Because most Hockley sales are new builds, two things follow. First, the builder’s incentive package is part of the price, and on an inventory home it is most often a lower rate through the builder’s preferred lender; a cash credit toward closing costs is the less common form. How to weigh that against a resale seller’s concession is in new construction vs. resale in Houston, the current offers are in my October 2026 builder incentive roundup, and the pricing mechanics are in how builder incentives really work. Second, resale in a brand-new section competes with the builder’s next phase for a few years; as a Texas Certified Residential Appraiser as well as a REALTOR®, I pull the closed resales in a community’s older sections before a client picks a lot, so you can see what homes there actually sold for once the builder moved on. An established Cypress section has that history already.
Commute: the one-freeway trade
This is the question that decides Hockley vs Cypress for most of the families I work with, because Hockley is a one-freeway commute. Nearly every trip out of Hockley begins on US-290, and the Grand Parkway at the ZIP’s southeast corner is the only second option, toward Katy, the Energy Corridor, and the airports. Cypress sits on the same freeway about twelve miles closer in, with the Grand Parkway crossing it in western 77433 and SH 249 serving the northeast edge. Google’s typical drive times for Tuesday, October 20, 2026, measured from each place’s main interchange, side by side:
- METRO Cypress Park & Ride: Hockley 11 miles, 10 to 14 minutes; Cypress about 1 mile, 4 minutes.
- Energy Corridor (Westlake Park Boulevard): Hockley 27 to 30 miles, 35 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes at 7:30 a.m., 28 to 35 at 11 a.m.; Cypress 15 to 20 miles, 26 to 55 minutes at 7:30 a.m., 22 to 30 at 11 a.m.
- Downtown (City Hall): Hockley 37 miles, 45 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes at 7:30 a.m., 35 to 45 at 11 a.m.; Cypress 25 miles, 35 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes at 7:30 a.m., 24 to 35 at 11 a.m.
- Texas Medical Center: Hockley 39 miles, 1 hour to 1 hour 50 minutes at 7:30 a.m., 40 minutes to 1 hour at 11 a.m.; Cypress 27 miles, 50 minutes to 1 hour 40 minutes at 7:30 a.m., 30 to 45 at 11 a.m.
- Bush Intercontinental: Hockley 39 to 44 miles, 45 minutes to 1 hour 5 minutes at 7:30 a.m., 35 to 45 at 11 a.m.; Cypress 28 miles, 35 minutes to 1 hour 10 minutes at 7:30 a.m., 26 to 35 at 11 a.m.
Read the whole range on each line. At 7:30 a.m. the difference between the two places is roughly ten to fifteen minutes each way on a normal day, and the gap widens when there is an incident on 290, because a Hockley driver has no second freeway to fall back on until the Grand Parkway. The METRO Cypress Park & Ride on the 290 frontage road at Barker Cypress runs Route 217 to downtown on weekdays, and it is the downtown workaround for both places; from Hockley it adds an eleven-mile drive to the lot first. The full drive-time tables, with the Galleria and Hobby, are on my Hockley guide and Cypress guide, and the Houston neighborhoods hub groups every community I have written up by commute corridor.
In my experience the Hockley drive suits people whose work sits on the northwest side or somewhere along 290 between the Daikin campus on Kermier Road and the Beltway; Energy Corridor commuters with the flexibility to be on the road before 7 or after 8:30; and hybrid workers whose downtown days come once or twice a week. The buyer it does not suit is the one with a Medical Center or downtown desk and an 8 a.m. start every weekday. For that household Cypress, or somewhere closer in, is the better home even at the higher price.
Schools: Waller ISD vs. Cy-Fair ISD, by the parcel
Buyers coming up 290 assume the school district continues with the freeway, and it does not. About 95% of the 77447 ZIP is zoned to Waller ISD, every master-planned community on the corridor from Cypress Green and Dellrose north of the freeway to Jubilee and The Grand Prairie south of it is Waller ISD, and Cy-Fair ISD and Tomball ISD cover essentially none of the ZIP, even where a listing portal says otherwise. The one place the line bends is Bridgeland: its Creekland Village north of 290 has Hockley addresses and sits in Waller ISD, and the rest of the community, in Cypress 77433, is Cy-Fair. Cypress itself is mostly one district with edges: about 82% Cy-Fair ISD, Tomball ISD on the north edge of 77429 around Northpointe and Oakcrest North, and Waller ISD in western Bridgeland’s Prairieland and Creekland villages.
The Texas Education Agency’s 2026 accountability ratings: Waller ISD is rated B (80) as a district, Cy-Fair ISD B (86), Tomball ISD A (92), and Magnolia ISD, which covers Hockley’s small Montgomery County corner, B (87). At the campus level, every Waller ISD address in Hockley zones to Waller High School, rated B (82), until Warren Ranch High School inside Jubilee opens in fall 2028; the two junior highs serving the Hockley communities, Waller Junior High (78) and Schultz Junior High (75), are both rated C, and the elementaries run from A to C. On the Cypress side, the Cy-Fair ISD high schools zoned to the master-planned communities are rated A or B for 2026: Bridgeland High (A, 93), Cypress Ranch (A, 94), Cypress Woods (A, 92), Cypress Springs (B, 84), Cy-Fair High (B, 86), and Cypress Park (B, 86), with most of the middle schools serving them rated A. The campus ratings for each Hockley community are listed in is Hockley, TX a good place to live, and the homes for sale zoned to each campus are in my Waller ISD school directory.
Waller ISD has already said it will redraw its high-school zones when Warren Ranch opens, so a Hockley address zoned to Waller High today may zone elsewhere in 2028, and a junior high in Jubilee is planned for 2029. In both places the district follows the parcel, and a community can straddle a district line, so I run a short lookup on every home a client is serious about: pull the parcel on HCAD (or Waller CAD for the Waller County side of Hockley), and read the school district off its list of taxing units; put the address into that district’s attendance-zone locator; then confirm the rating at TXschools.gov. If a particular campus is the reason you are moving, we shop by campus zone. I don’t rank the two districts; which one a specific address is in is the question that matters once you are under contract. The way the district lookup works for any Houston-area address, including the ones that surprise people, is in school districts in Houston, TX.
Taxes and services: no city line in either place, so the MUD is the whole difference
In both places the subdivision’s municipal utility district (MUD) or water control and improvement district supplies water, sewer, and drainage, an emergency services district supplies fire and EMS, and law enforcement is the Harris County Sheriff’s Office on the Harris County side of both (the Waller and Montgomery county sheriffs on Hockley’s other sides). The two differ in what sits nearby: Houston Methodist Cypress and Memorial Hermann Cypress, Houston Premium Outlets, the big-box retail, and both METRO Park & Ride lots are in Cypress, so a Hockley household drives to them. That is one of the things to plan for, and it is roughly the same ten-minute drive a Cypress household makes to reach the Grand Parkway.
On the tax rate, Hockley vs Cypress is closer than most buyers expect: the base is nearly the same and the water district is the difference. A Hockley address on the Harris County side starts from Waller ISD plus the Harris County units, about $1.69 per $100 for 2025, and a Cypress address in Cy-Fair ISD starts from about $1.80, which adds Lone Star College. Each adds an emergency services district, from about four cents to twenty, and then the water district, from nothing to about $1.50. On the records sampled for my two city guides, the 2025 combined rates ran from about $1.79 to about $3.39 in Hockley and from about $1.84 to about $3.34 in Cypress. The ranges overlap almost completely. What differs is where the inventory sits inside the range: most of what is for sale in Hockley is in a young district at $3.29 to $3.39 (Jubilee, The Grand Prairie, the Becker communities, Cypress Green, Redbud, Everly), while Cypress’s established sections run $2.18 to $2.69 (Coles Crossing $2.18, Fairfield $2.21, Longwood Village $2.23, Westgate $2.32, Villages of Cypress Lakes $2.60) and only its newest sections reach $2.98 to $3.34 (Bridgeland’s Parkland village $3.17, Dunham Pointe $3.19, Bridge Creek $3.34).
Priced on one house, as I worked it in my first-time home buyer’s guide to Cypress: a $340,000 home at a 2.4% combined rate carries about $8,160 a year in property tax, and the same price at 3.3% carries about $11,220, a difference of roughly $255 every month. Now put that beside the price gap. A $340,000 new build in a $3.39 Hockley district owes about $11,500 a year before exemptions; a $444,000 resale in Coles Crossing at $2.18 owes about $9,700. The house that costs $104,000 less carries about $1,850 a year more in property tax, roughly $150 a month, before either owner files a homestead exemption. To put the two numbers in the same column: at Freddie Mac’s 30-year average of 7.32% for the week of October 22, 2026, the principal and interest on that $104,000 of extra price is about $715 a month, so after the tax difference the Hockley house still runs roughly $560 a month less, before insurance, HOA dues, and whatever rate your own lender quotes. The gap is real; it is just narrower than the list prices suggest, which is the reason a Hockley new build and a Cypress resale should never be compared on price alone.
File the homestead exemption as soon as you close: the $140,000 school exemption lowers the school and county lines, not the MUD line, so it shrinks both bills without changing the gap between them. A district’s rate usually falls over the years as its debt is retired, and a district that is still issuing bonds can hold its rate or raise it, so budget on this year’s rate rather than a hoped-for one. The MUD serving any home must be disclosed to you in writing before you sign a contract; what a MUD is, how the notice works, and how the rate falls over time are in what is a MUD district. For 2026, Waller ISD adopted a slightly lower rate and Cy-Fair ISD’s adopted rate depends on the November 3, 2026 election, and no Hockley- or Cypress-area MUD had posted a 2026 rate on the Harris County Tax Office table as of October 17, 2026. Rates are the 2025 adopted rates from the Harris County Tax Office, HCAD, and Waller CAD on the parcels sampled; check the specific parcel’s own record before relying on any of them. This is general information, not tax advice.
Flood: the calm comparison
On flood, Hockley vs Cypress is a difference of degree. Both are flat prairie on the same creek system, both have had homes flood in past storms, and in both the answer for any one house depends on the lot. What separates them is where each sits along that system.
Hockley sits at the headwaters. About 18% of the 77447 ZIP is mapped in FEMA Zone A or AE, the high-risk zones, following Cypress Creek and Little Cypress Creek on the south side and the Spring Creek tributaries (Brushy, Threemile, Kickapoo, and Sugar creeks) on the north; the rest is Zone X. About 61% of the ZIP drains toward the headwaters of Cypress Creek and 39% toward Spring Creek, and no part of it drains to the Addicks or Barker reservoirs. Many of the new communities have lots on the edges of a mapped zone, and the effective Harris County panels date from 2007, 2013, and 2019.
Cypress sits on Cypress Creek and its tributaries, farther downstream. The high-risk floodplain runs along Cypress, Little Cypress, Langham, and Bear creeks and takes in about 21% of 77429 and 29% of 77433; the rest is Zone X. Roughly half of 77433 drains toward Addicks Reservoir by way of Langham and Bear creeks, and no part of Cypress drains to Barker.
None of those shares is evidence about a particular lot, so the homework is the same in both places. I pull the exact parcel on the FEMA Map Service Center and the watershed on the Harris County Flood Control District maps; on a resale I read the seller’s flooding and reservoir answers on the Texas disclosure notice, and on a new build I ask the builder for the lot’s elevation certificate; and in either case the flood-insurance quote comes in before the option period ends, since a Zone X home can still take water and a policy there is optional but available. The disclosure questions themselves, with the maps behind them, are in Houston’s flood disclosure questions, mapped.
Cypress vs Hockley: which one fits which buyer
Put the facts together and Cypress vs Hockley sorts itself out by the buyer, which is how it goes on my first calls. Neither place wins; one of them fits.
- Priced out of Bridgeland or Towne Lake, but set on a new master-planned community with the pool, the trails, and a new elementary. That buyer usually lands in Hockley, and the same budget buys a newer house there. Start with Cypress Green and Dellrose north of 290, or The Grand Prairie south of it, and compare the MUD line on each before you fall for a floor plan.
- A remote or hybrid worker who needs the house more than the drive. That buyer usually lands in Hockley. Downtown once or twice a week is a different trip from downtown every day, and the extra square footage and the new build are what this buyer is paying for. Redbud and Everly are the smaller, newer options north of the freeway.
- A fixed 8 a.m. desk downtown or at the Medical Center. That buyer belongs in Cypress, and on the north side of it if the budget allows, because every mile closer counts on 290 at that hour. Coles Crossing and Longwood Village put you minutes from the Park & Ride, and the paid-down MUD rates there help the monthly payment.
- You want land, a shop building, and room for horses or a garden, with a Houston job still within reach. That is Hockley, because Cypress has almost no acreage left to sell. Acreage comes with its own homework, including well and septic, deed restrictions, and drainage; my Hockley guide covers the land market.
- Set on Cy-Fair ISD, or on a specific Cy-Fair campus. That is Cypress, because essentially none of Hockley is in the district. Bridgeland‘s Cy-Fair sections, Towne Lake, and Fairfield each zone to an A-rated high school for 2026, and we confirm the parcel before you write.
The map of every Hockley community and every Cypress community, with a guide for each, is on my Houston neighborhoods hub.
How I help buyers choose between Hockley and Cypress
When a buyer calls me with the Hockley vs Cypress question, the first call is four questions long: where each adult drives on a weekday and at what hour; whether a particular district or campus is driving the move; the monthly payment you want to carry, which is usually below what a lender will approve; and whether a brand-new house or a settled street means more to you. The answers narrow it to one place and two or three communities. The Hockley communities sit within about fifteen minutes of each other and about twelve miles from the Cypress interchange, so both places fit in one afternoon loop.
Before you write on any home, I verify the address-level facts this post has been describing: the county the lot sits in, the school district on the appraisal record and the campus on that district’s locator (and what the 2028 rezoning could do to it), the combined tax rate with the MUD line broken out, the FEMA panel for the parcel, and the emergency services district that serves it. Listing sites get these wrong often enough that I check every one, and they are what separates the two places for a given house. At a Hockley builder’s table my role is your side of it: the sales counselor is employed by the builder, so I handle the contract terms, the comparison of the incentive against a resale alternative, the inspections a new house still needs, and the final walk-through; why that matters is in do you need your own real estate agent for new construction in Texas. Compensation for that work is agreed in a written buyer representation agreement before we tour, so you know what I cost before you have committed to anything. The full home-buying process is on my buying page.
Whoever you work with, a real estate agent who works this corridor should know which district a given street zones to and what the MUD line is on the house you just toured; my checklist for choosing one is in how to choose a REALTOR® in Houston.
Hockley vs Cypress: questions buyers ask me
Is Hockley cheaper than Cypress?
Yes, at the medians. In the Hockley vs Cypress price comparison, HAR’s October 2026 market-area reports put the typical sold price at $340,000 in Hockley, $444,000 in Cypress North, and $502,000 in Cypress South, so Hockley ran about $100,000 to $160,000 lower. Most Hockley sales are new builds in young municipal utility districts, so the monthly payment gap is narrower than the price gap once property tax is included. HAR updates those figures monthly.
How much farther is Hockley than Cypress?
About twelve road miles up US-290, and ten to fifteen minutes on a normal morning. Measured from each place’s main interchange for Tuesday, October 20, 2026, Google Maps showed downtown Houston at 45 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes from Hockley and 35 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes from Cypress at 7:30 a.m., and the Energy Corridor at 35 minutes to 1 hour 15 minutes from Hockley against 26 to 55 minutes from Cypress. Hockley is a one-freeway commute until the Grand Parkway, so an incident on 290 widens the gap.
Is Hockley in Cy-Fair ISD?
No. About 95% of the 77447 ZIP is zoned to Waller ISD, rated B (80) by the Texas Education Agency for 2026, with Magnolia ISD in the small Montgomery County corner; Cy-Fair ISD and Tomball ISD cover essentially none of Hockley. The one exception runs the other way: Bridgeland’s Creekland Village lots north of 290 carry the Hockley ZIP and are Waller ISD. Confirm any address on the appraisal-district record, where the school district is listed as a taxing unit.
Are property taxes higher in Hockley or Cypress?
It depends on the water district, and the ranges overlap almost completely. On the 2025 adopted rates sampled for my two city guides, combined rates ran from about $1.79 to $3.39 per $100 of value in Hockley and from about $1.84 to $3.34 in Cypress; neither place has a city tax. The practical difference is that most of what is for sale in Hockley is in a new district at the top of the range, while most Cypress resale sits in an older district in the middle of it. Verify the specific parcel on HCAD or Waller CAD before relying on any figure.
Is Hockley part of Cypress?
No. Hockley is its own unincorporated area with its own ZIP code, 77447, split across Harris, Waller, and Montgomery counties, and it lies northwest of Cypress on US-290, past the Grand Parkway. Cypress is the two unincorporated Harris County ZIP codes 77429 and 77433. Neither is a city, so neither has a city hall or a city tax; the main lines that change when you cross from one to the other are the school district, the water district, and the county.
Which is better for a family, Hockley or Cypress?
Neither is better across the board. The school district and the tax rate follow the specific address in both places, so the useful Hockley vs Cypress comparison is between two specific addresses. Hockley fits a family that wants a new home in a master-planned community for less and can work with a longer drive on one freeway and a Waller ISD address; Cypress fits a family that needs the shorter commute, is set on Cy-Fair ISD, or wants an established section with a paid-down utility district.
Buying in Houston and haven’t hired a real estate agent yet?
Talk with me before you sign a buyer representation agreement with anyone. I run the county, school, MUD, and flood checks on every home and tour Hockley and Cypress in one loop so you feel the drive for yourself; that is part of how I work every purchase. There’s no pressure and no obligation. If you are already working with another real estate agent, that agent is the right person to take this post to.
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Kevan Pewitt · REALTOR® & Broker · Houston Prime Realty
Last updated: October 2026 · Sources: HAR Hockley, Cypress North, and Cypress South market-area updates (October 2026) and the HAR MLS 12-month pulls for ZIPs 77447, 77429, and 77433 (October 17, 2026); Google Maps typical drive times (Tuesday, October 20, 2026); Texas Education Agency 2026 accountability ratings via TXschools.gov; Harris County Tax Office, Harris Central Appraisal District, and Waller County Appraisal District parcel records (2025 adopted rates; dollar examples rounded); FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer and USGS watershed boundaries; Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (week of October 22, 2026); Census TIGERweb county and school-district layers; U.S. Census Bureau 2020–2024 American Community Survey. Figures are point-in-time and refreshed when HAR and TEA update. General information, not legal, tax, or lending advice.
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