A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Houston$1,700/mo

Typical home $262K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.51% · or rent about $1,361/mo · Housing →

Channelview$1,430/mo

Typical home $213K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.80% · or rent about $1,279/mo · Housing →

The difference: $270 a month, about $3,200 a year, between Houston and Channelview.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Houston places higher on 13 of 20 TX lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Texas ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

D−HoustonSafer than 2% of U.S. towns –ChannelviewNot graded

Schools

C−HoustonBetter than 16% of districts in the state C−ChannelviewBetter than 22% of districts in the state

Health

C+HoustonHealthier than 38% of U.S. towns C−ChannelviewHealthier than 20% of U.S. towns

13Houston

6Channelview

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 572 towns #56#455 Most walkableOutdoors · 653 towns #134#470 Most educatedPeople · 653 towns #165#477 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 180 towns #119#54 Most remote workersWork · 624 towns #194#374 HealthiestHealth · 651 towns #306#452 Most affordableCost of living · 651 towns #421#277 Most activeHealth · 652 towns #283#423

Left end = #1 in Texas. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Houston’s rankings →

Where they are

Houston and Channelview share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

HoustonChannelview

Houston ↔ Channelview16 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

7,715 Channelview residents work in Houston (46.5% of its workers)

Work & commute in Channelview →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

HoustonChannelview

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)80th 77th

Outdoors & history

HoustonChannelview

Trails440 mi 1 mi

Conserved land10.5%0.7%

Settled1836 —

National Register places294 —

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here26 —

Community

HoustonChannelview

Library hours a week44 hrs —

Colleges in town20 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Texas average

HoustonChannelview

People

Population 2,328,253Highest 43,605Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.8%Lowest TX: +15.9% +19.3%Highest TX: +15.9%

Median age 34.4±0.2Highest 3% below TX 30.9±2.7Lowest 13% below TX

Kids under 18 23.4%±0.3Lowest TX: 25% 32.7%±2.9Highest TX: 25%

Age 65+ 12.3%±0.2Highest TX: 13.4% 9.8%±1.1Lowest TX: 13.4%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.6%Highest TX: 33.8% 15.2%Lowest TX: 33.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±0.2Highest TX: 6.2% 5.7%±1.3Lowest TX: 6.2%

Houston and Channelview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $64,813±$822Highest 17% below TX $64,422±$7kLowest 18% below TX

Houston and Channelview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $277,800±$3kHighest about the TX average $195,900±$11kLowest 31% below TX

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,361±$8Highest about the TX average $1,279±$137Lowest 9% below TX

Houston and Channelview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $4,198Highest about the TX average $3,518Lowest 17% below TX

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 54.1%±0.9Highest TX: 51.7% 48.1%±7.9Lowest TX: 51.7%

Houston and Channelview are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 19.9%Lowest TX: 13.8% 20.3%Highest TX: 13.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 42.1%Lowest TX: 62.6% 72.2%Highest TX: 62.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 10 yrs older than TX 1989Highest 3 yrs older than TX

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest about the TX average 30 minHighest 12% above TX

Work from home 13%±0.3Highest TX: 14.4% 6.7%±2.8Lowest TX: 14.4%

Work in townworking residents 64.7%Highest 6.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.00Highest 0.72Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Sugar Land (2%)Houston (46%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Channelview46% work in Houston

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10.5%Highest 0.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 440.3 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 306Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 91.8Highest 43.5Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #384 of 583 in TX #446 of 583 in TX

School district TEXANS CAN ACADEMIES · RAUL YZAGUIRRE SCHOOLS FOR SUCCESSCHANNELVIEW ISD

High school in town Elsik H SChannelview H S

Students per teacherat that high school 17.8Highest 17.5Lowest

Texas average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Houston vs Channelview

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Houston places higher on 13 of 20 TX lists

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