Kirkwood, TX Real Estate

Median Income $29,978

Median Age 28.09

Population 78,452

	Median Temperature
	January	HI 61°	LO 41°	July	HI 93°	LO 74°

	School Test Scores
	Elementary: Klentzman Intermediate Mata Intermediate Owens Intermediate Youngblood Intermediate A A Milne Arizona Fleming Chancellor Collins James Butler Bonham Jenard Gross Kate Bell Kipp Shine Academy Mary Austin Holley Mcnamara Mission Bend Mission Glen Mission West Neff Sugar Grove Sutton Valley West White Youens Alexander Best Boone Bush Chambers Cummings Hearne Hicks Horn Kennedy Landis Liestman Mahanay Martin Petrosky Smith		Middle: Elsik 9th Grade Center Hastings 9th Grade Center Albright Alief Hodges Bend Holub Killough Long Louie Welch Olle Sharpstown		High: Alief Learning Center Crossroads Alternative Tech Edward Doc Taylor Elsik Hastings Kerr Liberty New Aspirations Alternative Sharpstown
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Kirkwood is part of a unique area southeast of downtown Houston known as the Ellington/South Belt Community. The collection of principally retiree communties was named after the long anticipated and newly completed, Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Toll way) that runs through the area. The other half of the area's name came from Ellington Airfield, which is in close proximity to the Ellington/South Belt community. Ellington/South Belt is an integral part of southeast Houston. It's prime location at the intersection of I 45 (Gulf Freeway) and Beltway 8 is only now being fully realized with completion of the much anticipated toll way. Ellington Field, a general aviation airport that was once a military training field, is at the eastern edge of the community. Alameda Mall is the center of a large retail and commercial district that spreads across both sides of the Gulf Freeway. Kirkwood is one of the newer subdivisions in the area and was built around the same time as adjacent Sagemont and Scarsdale. Some of the older subdivisions in the community include Beverly Hills, Gulf Palms, and the Genoa town site. The original settlers of Kirkwood did not have a water district and the families living here then had none of the amenities routinely featured today. Drawing water from a ground well and traveling along dirt roads became the norm for the "pioneers" of Kirkwood. The grazing cattle and gulf marshes that once dominated this area have been replaced with an estimated 10,000 single-family dwellings here, most built in the last 20 years. The completion of Beltway 8 has stimulated residential and commercial development throughout the area and new home construction is booming near the western subdivision of Bridgegate. Residents of Kirkwood enjoy a host of amenities including a nearby hospital, community college, senior citizens centers, two libraries, a funeral home and wide variety of churches. Nearby Ellington and Hobby Airports are available and easy to access. Residents of Kirkwood are served by the Pasadena and Clear Creek Independent School Districts.

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