Jersey Meadow Golf Course is owned and run by the City of Jersey Village.
Jersey Village Realtor — Your Guide to Jersey Village, TX Real Estate
Jersey Village is a small incorporated city of about 7,900 people on US-290 at Beltway 8, roughly 19 miles northwest of Downtown Houston. It is not part of the City of Houston: it has governed itself since 1956, runs its own police department, fire department, and water system, and collects a city tax where most of its neighbors pay a MUD tax. I’m Kevan Pewitt, a Jersey Village REALTOR® and broker-owner of Houston Prime Realty, and this is your starting point for the city’s homes, taxes, schools, and flood facts.
City Limits, Checked
A Jersey Village address can sit inside the city, with city water and a city tax, or just outside it in a MUD subdivision with an HOA. I confirm the parcel’s taxing units before you make an offer.
Flood Homework First
White Oak Bayou runs through town, so for every home I pull the FEMA flood map, the seller’s flood disclosure, and any elevation certificate, and we price flood insurance during the option period.
Older Homes, Clear Eyes
Most homes here were built in the 1960s through the 1980s. I help you read the inspection report for roof, foundation, sewer line, and panel age, and we negotiate repairs or credits from there.
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Working with a Jersey Village REALTOR®
Houston Prime Realty is based in northwest Houston, about five miles west of Jersey Village along the US-290 corridor, and I’m the broker who owns it. I’m a Jersey Village real estate agent and a REALTOR®, and you can read my background on my About page. Buyers can start with my Buying guide, which lays out each stage from pre-approval to keys, and sellers with how I price and market homes.
Jersey Village asks a few questions that most suburbs don’t. For a buyer, that means confirming the home is inside the city limits, pulling its flood history and elevation, and planning for the age of its roof, sewer line, and electrical panel before you’re emotionally committed. For a seller, it means pricing against sales in your own section of the city rather than broad “Jersey Village area” averages, and having your flood documents ready before the first showing so buyers’ questions get answered early.
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Quick Facts: Jersey Village, TX and Who You’ll Work With
- Kevan Pewitt is a REALTOR® and real estate agent serving Jersey Village, TX, and has held a Texas real estate broker license since 1989.
- Kevan Pewitt is the broker-owner of Houston Prime Realty, an independent real estate brokerage based in northwest Houston (ZIP 77095), west of Jersey Village on the US-290 corridor.
- Jersey Village is an incorporated home-rule city in Harris County, incorporated on April 16, 1956, with 7,921 residents at the 2020 Census and about 3.4 square miles of land.
- Inside the Jersey Village city limits there is no MUD tax and no citywide HOA; the city provides water, sewer, and trash service and levies its own property tax.
- The combined 2025 property tax rate for a home inside the city is about $2.62 per $100 of value, before exemptions.
- Jersey Village is served by Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, and Jersey Village High School is inside the city.
- In the 12 months through September 2026, single-family homes listed under a Jersey Village address sold at a median price of $405,000, per HAR MLS.
- Jersey Village is about 19 miles from Downtown Houston via US-290, roughly 24 minutes in free-flowing traffic, and a few minutes’ drive from Beltway 8.
How buyer representation works in 2026:
Since the National Association of REALTORS® settlement took effect in August 2024, and under Texas law since January 1, 2026, a real estate buyer’s agent’s compensation is set in a written agreement before we start touring. I’ll walk you through how it works on our first call, before you sign anything. The details are in how real estate buyer’s agents get paid in Texas.
Where Jersey Village Is — and Where the City Stops
Jersey Village sits in northwest Harris County where US-290, Beltway 8, and the Union Pacific rail line come together, with White Oak Bayou running through the middle of town. Houston and unincorporated Harris County surround it on every side, so many people assume it’s a Houston neighborhood, but the city has its own mayor and council, its own police and fire departments, and its own water and sewer system, and the city limits cover only about 3.4 square miles.
The ZIP codes are where it gets confusing. City Hall and most of the city are in 77040, while parts of 77041, 77064, and 77065 also carry a Jersey Village name. Those peripheral ZIPs take in subdivisions outside the city, such as Winchester Country and Willowbridge, that sit in unincorporated Harris County and usually carry a MUD and an HOA. The fastest way to know which you’re buying is the parcel’s list of taxing units on the Harris Central Appraisal District record: if “City of Jersey Village” is on it, the home is inside the city.
Jersey Village on US-290 just outside Beltway 8, with Copperfield and Cypress to the west, Willowbrook to the north, and Spring Branch toward the Loop. Pins mark each area’s center, not its boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The city began as a dairy farm. Clark and Bessie Henry raised Jersey cattle here, which gave the town its name, and the first homesites went up around Jersey Lake in the early 1950s. On April 16, 1956, residents voted unanimously, 58 to 0, to incorporate, which kept the City of Houston from annexing the area. The story is on a plaque at the entrance to Clark Henry Park on Equador Street.
The entrance to Clark Henry Park. The plaque on the brick pillar tells the city’s founding story.
The Jersey Village Real Estate Market
In the 12 months through September 2026, 47 single-family homes listed under a Jersey Village address sold at a median price of $405,000, according to HAR MLS data. That works out to about $168 per square foot, and sellers received a median of about 97% of their list price after a median of 38 days on the market. Sales ran from the mid-$200,000s to over $800,000. On September 30, 2026, 21 homes were for sale at a median list price of $449,000, or about 5.4 months of supply, which I read as a balanced market where well-priced, well-kept homes still sell and dated ones leave room to negotiate.
The typical home that sold was built in 1978, with about 2,400 square feet on a lot of roughly 12,750 square feet, close to three-tenths of an acre. That’s noticeably more yard than most Cy-Fair subdivisions offer. Some buyers build new instead: when an older home comes down, the replacement is sometimes an elevated custom build, and those homes sit at the top of the price range. Figures are HAR MLS single-family data for City = Jersey Village, pulled September 30, 2026, and include a few 77064 addresses that carry the Jersey Village name. Ask me for numbers on a specific section.
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Homes and Neighborhoods in Jersey Village
Jersey Village was built out one recorded section at a time, starting in the 1950s. Much of the city is the original Jersey Village subdivision: wide streets, mature live oaks and willow oaks, ranch and traditional homes, and many lots that back onto the golf course, a bayou, or a greenbelt. Newer subdivisions inside the city limits, such as Wyndham Lake and Enclave at Castlebridge, have their own homeowners associations. The city is essentially built out, so almost everything for sale is a resale home or a custom home built on a redeveloped lot.
Just outside the limits, Jersey Village-area subdivisions like Winchester Country and Willowbridge share many of the same schools and shopping but sit in unincorporated Harris County, usually with a MUD and an HOA. North of the city, Waller Park is a trailhead for the walking path that follows White Oak Bayou through those neighborhoods.
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Property Taxes in Jersey Village — a City Tax Instead of a MUD
A home inside the city pays a City of Jersey Village tax where a home in a nearby unincorporated subdivision would pay a MUD tax. Using 2025 adopted rates per $100 of value, a home inside the city pays:
- City of Jersey Village: $0.8146
- Cypress-Fairbanks ISD: $1.0669
- Harris County, Flood Control, Harris Health, Port of Houston, and the Department of Education: $0.6289 combined
- Lone Star College: $0.1060
- Total: about $2.62, with no MUD line
Before exemptions, that’s roughly $10,470 a year on a $400,000 home. With a homestead exemption the bill drops to roughly $6,930, about 1.73% of value, because the school district exempts $140,000 of a homestead’s value plus its own 20%, and the city and county each exempt 20%. The $140,000 school exemption, $200,000 for owners 65 and older or disabled, was approved by Texas voters in November 2025 and applies starting with the 2025 tax year. Filing with the appraisal district is free. The city also offers an additional exemption for owners 65 and older or disabled.
For 2026, the city adopted a rate of $0.8176, Harris County adopted a higher county rate, and Cy-Fair ISD’s 2026 rate depends on a November 3, 2026 voter-approval election, so I’ll confirm the adopted numbers for any home you’re considering. Rates are 2025 adopted rates from the Harris County Tax Office and each taxing unit; worked examples are approximate because each unit applies its own exemptions. This is general information, not tax advice. For comparison, my post on what a MUD district is in Texas explains how the neighboring subdivisions’ rates work.
Jersey Village Schools
Jersey Village is served by Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, which the Texas Education Agency rated “B” (86) for 2026. Most addresses inside the city are zoned to Post Elementary (B, 82), Cook Middle School (B, 84), and Jersey Village High School (B, 86), which opened in 1972 on Solomon Street inside the city. Some addresses near the edges are zoned to Gleason (A, 91), Holbrook (A, 90), Bang (B, 86), Frazier (C, 79), or Reed (C, 78) elementary, or to Cypress Ridge High School (B, 83). Cy-Fair also offers magnet and transfer programs.
Zoning follows the exact address and Cy-Fair redraws boundaries as it grows, so confirm a home’s campuses on the Cy-Fair ISD site and check ratings at txschools.gov. Ratings above are TEA 2026 ratings for the 2025–26 school year. My Cy-Fair ISD school directory covers every campus, and these pages show the homes for sale zoned to each Jersey Village campus: Jersey Village High School · Cook Middle School · Post Elementary.
Flood History and What I Check
Every Jersey Village buyer should know the city’s flood record, because White Oak Bayou runs right through town. The city reports that about 200 homes flooded in Tropical Storm Frances in 1998, about 500 in Tropical Storm Allison in 2001, more than 200 in October 2002, and more than 230 structures in the April 2016 Tax Day flood. During Hurricane Harvey in 2017, the bayou rose close to the top of its banks without overflowing, and the city was spared.
A lot has been built since then. According to the city, the Harris County Flood Control District has invested more than $95 million in the White Oak Bayou watershed over the last 20 years, including the Jersey Village diversion channel, completed in 2010, and detention basins upstream; the Jersey Meadows detention basin north of the golf course holds about 400 acre-feet of water. The city has added more than $25 million in street and drainage reconstruction, including a berm and detention area on the golf course completed in 2022, and has helped homeowners elevate homes with grant funding. The city’s own modeling still shows some remaining risk in the largest storms, so flood diligence is part of every purchase here.
For any home I’m helping you buy, I pull the current FEMA flood map and the preliminary Harris County maps FEMA released in February 2026 at msc.fema.gov, the seller’s flood disclosure and claims history, and an elevation certificate if one exists. Then we get flood insurance quotes during the option period, whether or not the home is in a mapped flood zone. The point is to know the specific home’s history and cost of coverage before you commit.
Setting Up Utilities in Jersey Village
Because Jersey Village is its own city, move-in works a little differently than in the MUD neighborhoods around it: the city runs the water and sewer system, there’s no MUD tax, and most of the city has no HOA.
Water, sewer & trash. The City of Jersey Village is the water and sewer provider. You open a new account with the city’s online Residential Water and Sewer Application on its water & sewer connections page, and you pay online, sign up for e-bills, or set up a free bank draft through the city’s water/sewer payments page. Bills are due by the 25th of each month, and the city posts its current rates on its water and sewer rates page. The city contracts trash, yard-waste, recycling, and bulky-item pickup with GFL Environmental; the weekly schedule and set-out rules are on the city’s trash & recycling page. Water-main breaks and sewer backups go to the city’s Public Works on-call crew, and the Public Works page explains how to reach them.
Electricity (you choose your provider). Jersey Village is in the deregulated Texas market, so you pick your own retail electric provider. The poles, wires, and meter belong to CenterPoint Energy (centerpointenergy.com), which handles outages, and you shop for a plan at the state’s official marketplace, PowerToChoose.org. Set it up before closing so the power is in your name the day you get keys.
Natural gas. Residential gas comes from CenterPoint Energy and is regulated, so there’s nothing to shop; you just open an account. Confirm the house has a gas connection first.
Internet & TV. Cable from Xfinity is widely available, and AT&T offers fiber in parts of Jersey Village. T-Mobile 5G home internet and satellite service work almost anywhere. Fiber varies block to block, so check the exact address on the FCC National Broadband Map.
HOA. There’s no citywide homeowners association, and the original sections of Jersey Village have no HOA dues. A few newer subdivisions inside the city limits, such as Wyndham Lake and Enclave at Castlebridge, have their own associations, and if you’re buying in one of those, the resale certificate at closing names the association and its dues. You can look up any Texas association’s management certificate at hoa.texas.gov.
City services. Jersey Village runs its own police department and its own fire department, which also provides ambulance service. New residents can sign up for city emergency and weather alerts on the Stay Informed page.
After you close. File your homestead exemption with the Harris Central Appraisal District at hcad.org, online or with HCAD’s mobile app. It’s free, and you never need to pay a third party to do it. Your property taxes arrive on two bills: city and county taxes from the Harris County Tax Office, and school taxes from the Cy-Fair ISD Tax Office.
Buying in Jersey Village? I hand my buyers a printable move-in sheet with every number to call. Utility providers and coverage vary by address and change over time, so verify for your specific home. Not legal or tax advice.
Living in Jersey Village
The city’s largest green space is Jersey Meadow Golf Course, an 18-hole public course with a driving range that the city owns and operates. Clark Henry Park on Equador Street has a splash pad, a playground, a rentable pavilion, and baseball and soccer fields, and the city is designing a replacement for the old pool there. Carol Fox Park on Jersey Drive has a gazebo the city rents out for small gatherings.
The splash pad at Clark Henry Park.
For shopping and dining, most residents use the US-290 corridor and the Willowbrook area along TX-249, a few miles north. Two full-service hospitals with emergency rooms are about 7 miles away: HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress, on US-290 at Huffmeister Road, and Houston Methodist Willowbrook, on TX-249. For many buyers, the commute is the draw: US-290’s rebuilt main lanes and Beltway 8 are both minutes away, and METRO runs Park & Ride service in the US-290 corridor. Try the drive at your own commute hour before you decide, because rush-hour times run well above these free-flow estimates.
| From US-290 at Jersey Village to | Distance | Free-flow drive |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Parkway (TX-99) at US-290 | ~9 mi | ~11 min |
| Beltway 8 at US-290 | ~3 mi | ~5 min |
| Energy Corridor (I-10 at Eldridge, via Beltway 8) | ~13 mi | ~20 min |
| Downtown Houston | ~19 mi | ~24 min |
| Texas Medical Center | ~20 mi | ~28 min |
| Bush Intercontinental (IAH) | ~24 mi | ~36 min |
Free-flow estimates measured from the US-290 main lanes at Jersey Village, September 2026; peak-hour times run longer.
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Quick Answers
How do I choose a real estate agent in Jersey Village, TX?
Ask each real estate agent questions only someone who works Jersey Village can answer: is this address inside the city limits, what is its flood history and elevation, and which Cy-Fair ISD campuses is it zoned to? Then ask to see the comparable sales behind any price they quote, and read verified client reviews on a third-party site like HAR.com. I’m Kevan Pewitt, a Jersey Village REALTOR® and broker-owner of Houston Prime Realty, and I’m glad to be one of the people you interview. My full checklist is in how to choose a REALTOR® in Houston.
Where is Jersey Village, TX?
Jersey Village is in northwest Harris County on US-290 just outside Beltway 8, about 19 miles northwest of Downtown Houston. It’s roughly 24 minutes to Downtown and 11 minutes to the Grand Parkway in free-flowing traffic, with Copperfield and Cypress to the west and Willowbrook to the north.
Is Jersey Village part of Houston?
No. Jersey Village is a separate incorporated city that has governed itself since April 16, 1956, when residents voted to incorporate rather than be annexed by Houston. It has its own mayor and council, police department, fire department, and water and sewer system, though many addresses nearby use a Houston mailing name.
What ZIP code is Jersey Village, TX?
Most of the City of Jersey Village, including City Hall, is in ZIP code 77040. Parts of 77041, 77064, and 77065 also carry the Jersey Village name, but those ZIPs include subdivisions outside the city limits, so check the parcel’s taxing units to confirm a home is inside the city.
Does Jersey Village have a MUD or an HOA?
Not inside the city limits. The City of Jersey Village provides water, sewer, and trash service and levies a city tax in place of a MUD tax, and there’s no citywide HOA. A few newer subdivisions inside the city, such as Wyndham Lake and Enclave at Castlebridge, have their own associations, and nearby subdivisions outside the city usually have both a MUD and an HOA.
What are property taxes in Jersey Village, TX?
Using 2025 adopted rates, a home inside the city pays about $2.62 per $100 of value before exemptions: $0.81 to the city, $1.07 to Cy-Fair ISD, and the rest to Harris County units and Lone Star College, with no MUD. On a $400,000 home with a homestead exemption, that comes to roughly $6,930 a year. Rates for 2026 are still being set, so confirm the adopted rate for the specific address.
What school district is Jersey Village in?
Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, rated “B” by the Texas Education Agency for 2026. Most addresses inside the city are zoned to Post Elementary, Cook Middle School, and Jersey Village High School, which is inside the city; some edge addresses are zoned to other Cy-Fair campuses, so confirm zoning for the specific address.
Did Jersey Village flood during Hurricane Harvey?
No. During Harvey in 2017, White Oak Bayou rose close to the top of its banks without overflowing, and the city was spared. Jersey Village did flood in earlier storms, including about 500 homes in Tropical Storm Allison in 2001 and more than 230 structures in the 2016 Tax Day flood, and major drainage projects have been built since. Flood risk varies by home, so check the specific address’s flood map, claims history, and elevation.
What neighborhoods are in Jersey Village, TX?
Jersey Village, TX neighborhoods include the sections of the original Jersey Village subdivision around Jersey Meadow Golf Course and White Oak Bayou, which make up much of the city, plus newer subdivisions inside the city limits such as Wyndham Lake and Enclave at Castlebridge. Nearby Jersey Village-area subdivisions such as Winchester Country and Willowbridge are outside the city in unincorporated Harris County.
What’s the real estate market like in Jersey Village?
In the 12 months through September 2026, 47 single-family homes listed under a Jersey Village address sold at a median price of $405,000, about $168 per square foot, after a median of 38 days on the market, per HAR MLS. With 21 homes for sale on September 30, 2026, the city had about 5.4 months of supply, a balanced market.
What does a real estate buyer’s agent cost in Jersey Village, TX?
There’s no set rate. Compensation is negotiable and is set in a written buyer representation agreement before showings begin, which Texas law has required since January 1, 2026. It can be paid three ways: the seller offers it as part of the listing, you ask for it as a seller concession in your offer, or you pay it at closing. In most of the transactions I close, it’s covered within the deal rather than as an extra out-of-pocket cost. As a reference point, Clever Real Estate’s August 2026 survey of real estate agents put the average reported buyer’s-side commission in Texas at about 2.87% of the sales price; your agreement can say something different. More detail is in how real estate buyer’s agents get paid in Texas.