Photo: Public domain · Public domainEven on the area’s higher pay, Piney Point Village costs more to live in than almost every U.S. town
It ranks #639 of 642 in Texas for affordability. Builders were permitted 9 new homes in 2025.
Census 2020–24 home values, rents, tax bills and cost burden, measured against the median household income of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area ($82K). How TownRatings grades cost of living
Only 3 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value is the steadier guide.
The grade measures what housing costs against what households in the area earn. Piney Point Village’s area earns well above the typical U.S. town ($82K against $74K), but homes, rent and taxes here run higher still. Owners keep up better than renters: 37% of owners pay 30% or more of income for housing (typical U.S. town: 20%), against 100% of renters.
In dollars
- $2,110a month for a two-bedroom, utilities includedHUD Fair Market Rent, 2026
- 99prices across the Houston metro, where the U.S. is 100 (housing 105)BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
In paychecks the grade
- 24.3 yrsof area income buys the typical home; the typical U.S. town: 3.3$82K, Houston-area income
- 37%of owners do; the typical U.S. town: 20%Census 2020–24
What stands out about housing in Piney Point Village
What’s behind Piney Point Village’s grade
Measured against what households in the area earn, Piney Point Village is more affordable than 1% of U.S. towns, #639 of 642 in Texas. The four inputs sit close together, so no single cost explains the grade.
A typical home costs 24.3 years of area income
The calculator starts from the area income the grade uses. Switch to Piney Point Village’s own median, or type yours.
That’s $1.71M short of a typical Piney Point Village home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,110 a month here, $10,860 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Texas typical property tax (1.49% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,110
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
9 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 9 new homes in Piney Point Village in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $19.1 million to build. That's 2.9 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Texas (8.1). Over the past 10 years, Piney Point Village has permitted 110 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Piney Point Village gained 3 residents while 129 new homes were permitted: about 0 new residents per new home. Building outpaced population growth, which usually means smaller households or homes used part of the year. Across Texas: 2.6 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 5 | 5 | 0 | $10.6 million |
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $19.1 million |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $19.1 million |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $21.2 million |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $21.2 million |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $23.2 million |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $21.7 million |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $15.6 million |
| 2018 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $31.1 million |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $30.7 million |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $31.3 million |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $24.7 million |
| 2014 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $29.1 million |
| 2013 | 23 | 23 | 0 | $34.6 million |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $14.9 million |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | 0 | $17.2 million |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $12.8 million |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $7.8 million |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $14.6 million |
| 2007 | 20 | 20 | 0 | $22.6 million |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | 0 | $20.9 million |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | 0 | $23.1 million |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $13.4 million |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | 0 | $9.9 million |
| 2002 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $17.6 million |
| 2001 | 11 | 11 | 0 | $10.2 million |
| 2000 | 17 | 17 | 0 | $18.8 million |
Piney Point Village's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
High tax bills, but a low tax rate
The median bill is $10,000+ (Texas: $4,232), because homes cost more. As a share of value it’s 0.50%+ a year, against 1.49% statewide.
Census American Community Survey 2020–24: the median real-estate tax bill homeowners report, and that bill ÷ the median home value. Bills include town, school and county taxes. The Census reports bills over $10,000 only as “$10,000+”.
The rest of a budget near Piney Point Village
Only figures published free for the whole country, each labeled with the area it covers: the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area, or Texas. Groceries follow the goods price level; nobody publishes them town by town.
| Cost | Here | Compared with | Area | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prices overall U.S. = 100 | 99 | TX 97 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Goods (groceries, clothing, cars…) U.S. = 100 | 101 | TX 98 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Utilities U.S. = 100 | 95 | TX 88 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
| Other services U.S. = 100 | 96 | TX 97 | metro | BEA, 2024 |
Price levels: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities 2024 (metro area and state). Electricity: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, table 5.6.A.
Piney Point Village vs. its neighbors
Zillow publishes no value for Piney Point Village. Hunters Creek Village and Bunker Hill Village and Hedwig Village have no Zillow value, so they are in the table only.
Cost next door · one source per column
| Town | Cost | Typical home Zillow, latest | Median value Census 2020–24 | Tax rate bill ÷ value | 2-bed rent HUD 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Point Village | D− | — | $2.0M | 0.50%+ | $2,110 |
| Hunters Creek Village | D− | — | $2.0M | 0.50%+ | $2,120 |
| Bunker Hill Village | D− | — | $2.0M | 0.50%+ | $2,140 |
| Hedwig Village | D | — | $1.7M | 0.59%+ | $2,140 |
“—” under Zillow: Zillow publishes no value for that town, so it’s left blank rather than mixed with Census figures. “+”: the Census reports the tax bill only as $10,000 or more, so the rate is at least that.
Questions about the cost of living in Piney Point Village
Is Piney Point Village expensive to live in?
Measured against what households in the area earn, Piney Point Village costs more than 99% of U.S. towns: a D− for cost of living, #639 of 642 in Texas. The typical home costs 24.3 years of the median household income of the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area ($82K).
How much is rent in Piney Point Village?
HUD puts a two-bedroom at about $2,110 a month with utilities, the going rate for someone moving in.
What are property taxes in Piney Point Village?
The median bill is $10,000+ a year, 0.50% of the median home value (Texas: $4,232, 1.49%), from the Census 2020–24.
Neighbors talk housing
What Piney Point Village buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer. Regional price levels: BEA; electricity: EIA. How TownRatings grades cost of living.