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30.32° N · 95.30° W · GEOID 4819632

Deerwood

Montgomery County, Texas · part of the Houston, TX metro

Limited data population under 5,000, core figures borrowed from county or metro: median_gross_rent, median_home_value

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The short answer

Deerwood is home to 2,366 people. Median household income is $61,436 a year and median rent is $1,532 a month, 29.9% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is moderate. The median home is valued at $346,200, about 5.6x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,532
12% above the median place
Median household income
$61,436
23% below the median place
Median home value
$346,200
8% above the median place
Unemployment
0.0%
below the median place (median 4.9%)

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Deerwood

  • Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 325 hours a year commuting, more than in 99% of the 2,101 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-highest of 351 Texas places.
  • Unemployment averaged 0.0% over the survey period, lower than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 295 Texas places.
  • Only 0% of renter households spend 30% or more of income on rent, a lower share than in 98% of places its size. It is the lowest of 379 Texas places.
  • Households average 3.57 people, larger than in 97% of places its size.
  • Half the homes were built after 2004, newer housing than in 94% of places its size.
01

Moving to Deerwood

Montgomery County gains about 32.7 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in55,476
Moved out36,899
Net+18,577

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Harris County, TX25,20613,365+11,841
Walker County, TX9131,257−344
Liberty County, TX8961,232−336
San Jacinto County, TX519

Within Texas, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within TexasOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$92K
Leavers$88K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Montgomery County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
7.0% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 0.0% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Montgomery County report $91,900 a year in income on average; those leaving, $87,900.
Income you would need
$61,300 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,532 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,343 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $346,200.
Getting to work
43 minutes each way on average; 0.0% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Dallas, TX matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
0.0%
below the median place (median 2.0%)
Net movers per 1,000 people6
32.7
above the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6
$91,852
30% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureDeerwoodAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure7.0%22% above
Moved from another state10.0%below (median 2.0%)
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure32.7above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$91,85230% above
Income of households moving out6County figure$87,89225% above
02

What it costs to live here

Renters paying 30%+ is 0.0%, below the median place (median 50.6%).

Deerwood29.9%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$61,280
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
29.9%
47% above the median place
Home price to income
5.6x
48% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
30%
over the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$43,700
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Deerwood, $1,532 a month, and local prices for everything else (97.4 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Deerwood, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Seven Corners, VA25.3% vs 29.9%n/aCompare
Somers, WI21.7% vs 29.9%n/aCompare
Santa Teresa, NM25.8% vs 29.9%n/aCompare

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Renters paying 30%+1
0.0%
below the median place (median 50.6%)
Property tax rate1
0.1%
89% below the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$363
89% below the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureDeerwoodAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1County figure$1,53212% above
Rent to income129.9%47% above
Property tax rate10.1%89% below
Home price to income15.6x48% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure98.62% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,4977% below
Property tax paid (median)1$36389% below
Median home value1County figure$346,2008% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure2.2%30% below
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure53.8%4% above
Homeownership179.9%20% above
Renters paying 30%+10.0%below (median 50.6%)
Owner costs with a mortgage1County figure$2,34325% above
Vacant homes1County figure7.0%2% below
Median year built120041% above
03

Work and pay

Unemployment is 0.0%, below the median place (median 4.9%).

Unemployment1
0.0%
below the median place (median 4.9%)
Works from home1
0.0%
below the median place (median 12.4%)
Mean commute1
43 min
71% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureDeerwoodAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$61,43623% below
Income per person1$21,14447% below
Unemployment10.0%below (median 4.9%)
Average annual pay5County figure$72,95611% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure3.8%3% above
Jobs5County figure235,44156% above
Poverty rate1County figure9.4%12% below
Mean commute143 min71% above
Works from home10.0%below (median 12.4%)
Commutes by transit1County figure0.7%15% below
04

Who lives here

No health insurance is 55.5%, above the median place (median 6.4%).

No health insurance1
55.5%
above the median place (median 6.4%)
High school or higher1
48.8%
47% below the median place
Homes with broadband1
100.0%
8% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Household size3.6 +43%
Born abroad25.0% 2.8×
Median age34.6 −11%
All 8 people measures
MeasureDeerwoodAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population12,3666646th largest
Median age134.611% below
Bachelor's or higher1County figure38.8%21% above
High school or higher148.8%47% below
Household size13.643% above
Born abroad125.0%183% above
No health insurance155.5%above (median 6.4%)
Homes with broadband1100.0%8% above
05

Life in Deerwood

2 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars17.5 −16%
Shops24.8 −18%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.5 −15%
Doctors' offices and clinics21.2 +5%
Child care centers1.5 −35%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Public school students10
134,595
above the median place (median 4,897)
Child care centers per 10k7
1.5
35% below the median place
Public schools10
147
above the median place (median 9)
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureDeerwoodAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools10County figure147above (median 9)
Public school students10County figure134,595above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher10County figure15.72% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure17.516% below
Shops per 10k7County figure24.818% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure3.515% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure21.25% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure1.535% below
Parks per 10k80.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k80.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k80.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k80.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k80.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings9County figure285% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

Tornado risk is 99.4, 22% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Deerwood. Larger places are fetched first.

Tornado risk12
99.4
22% above the median place
July average high11
94°F
8% above the median place
Average temperature11
69°F
25% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureDeerwoodAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high11County figure94°F8% above
January average low11County figure42°F65% above
Average temperature11County figure69°F25% above
Annual precipitation11County figure50.7 in16% above
Natural hazard risk12County figure95.74% above
Hurricane risk12County figure93.733% above
Tornado risk12County figure99.422% above
Wildfire risk12County figure79.329% above
Heat wave risk12County figure95.86% above
Median air quality index13County figure5323% above
Good air days13County figure39.1%43% below
08

Deerwood in 2030: where the trends point

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median household income$61,436 (2024)$79,000$67,000 to $93,500+4.3%
Median home value$69,000 (2024)$84,000$61,000 to $116,000+3.4%

The median home would be worth 1.1 years of the median income in 2030, against 1.1 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Deerwood

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Dallas, TX$1,472$70,518Compare
Worcester, MA$1,487$70,102Compare
Webster, TX$1,393$61,264Compare
Temple Terrace, FL$1,594$69,252Compare
Temple Terrace, FLWebster, TXWorcester, MADallas, TXDeerwood, TXDeerwoodDallasWorcesterWebsterTemple TerraceDeerwoodDallasWorcesterWebsterTemple Terrace

Common questions

Is Deerwood a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 325 hours a year commuting, more than in 99% of the 2,101 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-highest of 351 Texas places. Unemployment averaged 0.0% over the survey period, lower than in 99% of places its size. It is the lowest of 295 Texas places. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Deerwood expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 29.9% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $346,200.

What salary do you need to live in Deerwood?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $61,280 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Deerwood?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Dallas, TX, Worcester, MA, Webster, TX and Temple Terrace, FL.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  10. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  11. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  12. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  13. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Deerwood with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Deerwood itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/deerwood-texas

Citytistics. “Deerwood, Texas.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/deerwood-texas/

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