Katy
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About Katy
City in Texas, United StatesKaty is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, approximately centered at the tripoint of Harris, Fort Bend, and Waller counties. The population was 21,894 at the 2020 census. It is the center of the urban Greater Katy area, itself forming the western part of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. First formally settled in the mid-1890s, Katy was a railroad town along the Missouri–Kansas–Texas (MKT) Railroad which ran parallel to U.S. Route 90 (today Interstate 10) into downtown Houston. Katy obtained its name when the MKT Railroad dropped its Missouri waypoint and the junction became known as the "KT stop". The fertile floodplain of Buffalo Bayou, which has its source near Katy, and its tributa…
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How Katy ranks
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Housing in Katy
The typical Katy home is worth about $332,000, down 3.3% in a year, 11% above the Texas typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Katy
Safety Grade C-
Katy reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less.
Work & commute in Katy
Full picture →Most working residents leave Katy for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (49%), Sugar Land (2%) and Austin (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.
Health in Katy
Health Grade A
Healthier than 88% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Texas
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 9 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Katy
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Katy
Full climate →Katy has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 43°, and snow is almost unheard of.
Schools in Katy
All Katy schools →School Grade A
The public schools Katy’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 88% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within TX. Ratings are from neighbors.
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