Spring Branch, TX Real Estate

Median Income $43,758

Median Age 36.79

Population 30,220

	Median Temperature
	January	HI 62°	LO 41°	July	HI 93°	LO 73°

	School Test Scores
	Elementary: Bill J Wilson Intermediate Garden Oaks Hill Intermediate Jewel S Houston Academy Lillian Hunt Stehlik Voyde Caraway Intermediate Allen Barrick Benbrook Burbank Burrus De Chaumes Durham Durkee E A Squatty Lyons Eiland Epps Island Herrera Highland Heights Hohl Holbrook Janowski Joe E Moreno Kennedy Mabel B Wesley Mcdougle Nitsch Northline Oak Forest Osborne Roosevelt Smith Stevens Wainwright Aldine Douglas B Bussey Earl & Hazel Harris Academy Gloria B Sammons Inez Carroll Academy J Ruth Smith Academy Lola Mae Carter Academy Mary Bethune Academy Ralph G Goodman Stovall Academy Thomas B Gray William R Carmichael A B Anderson Academy Versa Reece Academy		Middle: Aldine 9th Grade Eisenhower 9th Grade Black Burbank Charles R Drew Academy Dominion Academy Charter Floyd Hoffman Fonville Klein Intermediate M C Williams Ray L Shotwell Ruby Sue Clifton Thomas J Stovall		High: Aldine B T Washington Dwight D Eisenhower Early College G W Carver Sam Houston Scarborough Waltrip
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Spring Branch is an affluent area that encompasses the Memorial Villages in west central Harris County. It began as a religious community settled by German farmers, many of whom owned dairies. Loop 610 borders the area to the north and west, I 10 to the south and the Heights Blvd. to the east. When Spring Branch failed to incorporate as an independent municipality in 1951, a group of affluent communities known as the Villages, including Hedwig Village, Bunker Hill, Piney Point, Hunters Creek, Spring Valley, and Hillshire Village, formed from the town and its surrounding area. Spring Branch is perhaps best known for its school district. Spring Branch Independent School District is one of the wealthiest school districts in Houston, largely due to the property tax revenue received from more affluent neighborhoods within the area. Established fairly early in Houstons history, Spring Branch provides a good example of early Houston suburban design. Several minor bayous run through the community, including Brickhouse Gully, Spring Branch (the neighborhood namesake), and Briar Branch, which drain into Buffalo Bayou in central Houston. Another interesting feature is Spring Lake, a rather large pond near the center of the neighborhood. Spring Branch has been divided into three super neighborhoods by the city of Houston. Spring Branch East, located east of Bingle, is the oldest part of the larger Spring Branch community. Many industrial and warehouse developments are found in the northern and eastern parts of the community near Hempstead Highway and US 290. The former site of the Cameron Iron Works on I-10 is now a retail and entertainment complex. New home construction is occurring near Wirt Road and in several gated subdivisions replacing deteriorated apartment complexes. Afton Village, Brykerwoods, Monarch Oaks, Ridgecrest, Hillendahl Acres, Long Point Oaks, Pine Terrace, and Westview Terrace are some of the other subdivisions in the area. Spring Branch West is located north of I-10 and west of Blalock. Gessner Road and W. Sam Houston Parkway North are the major north-south arteries in the area. Light industrial uses, including distribution centers, are located along the Parkway. The majority of retail commercial development is found along Gessner Road and Interstate 10. The area is largely deed restricted single-family residential. Multi-family uses are concentrated along Long Point Road, Gessner and Blalock. New home construction has recently resumed on small sites in the southeastern part of the community where land prices have risen dramatically. Spring Branch Center is the central portion of the larger Spring Branch community. It is located north of the Village of Spring Valley, south of Clay Road, west of Bingle and east of Blalock. It includes many typical small Spring Branch subdivisions, such as Spring Branch Oaks and Timber Creek. The northern part of the community includes larger subdivisions, such as Binglewood and Holley Terrace. Many apartment complexes are scattered through the area. Some deteriorated after the real estate collapse of the 1980s. One complex on Hollister has been torn down and was replaced by new single-family homes.

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