Hobby Airport, TX Real Estate

Median Income $51,108

Median Age 30.47

Population 42,390

	Median Temperature
	January	HI 63°	LO 45°	July	HI 93°	LO 75°

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Hobby Airport is Houstons oldest commercial airport. Originally citys primary air terminal today, it is a secondary airport, after the mammoth George Bush Intercontinental Airport northeast of downtown Houston. First called Houston Municipal Airport in 1937, Hobby Airport was named Howard R. Hughes Airport in 1938, but because the person was alive at the time and regulations at the time did not allow federal improvement funds for an airport named after a living person, the airports name changed back to Houston Municipal. Houston Intercontinental Airport (now George Bush Intercontinental Airport) was built in 1969 because of limitations on expansion space at Hobby. All commercial aviation operations at Hobby were moved to Houston Intercontinental upon completion. Hobby was reopened to commercial aviation in 1971. Central to the appeal of Hobby Airport – and vital to its continued prosperity is its abundance of low-fare carrier operations. As opposed to Bush Intercontinental Airports hub operation with Continental Airlines, business travelers on shorter routes to Houston from within the United States can fly more cheaply out of Hobby. In a survey among travelers in the United States by J.D. Power and Associates for an Aviation Week traveler satisfaction report, passengers have selected William P. Hobby Airport as the number one airport in the country for customer satisfaction. Named after the airport it surrounds, the Greater Hobby Area is now the largest growth corridor in southeast Houston. In addition to Hobby Airport, a number of large industrial facilities at the western edge of the community provide numerous jobs. The Greater Hobby Area has a total population of 41,198. The median family income for the area is $32,601 compared to $36,485 for the Houston Metro Area as a whole. Single-family housing in the Garden Villas subdivision before World War II was the area's first major housing development. Later the Glenbrook Valley subdivision doubled the available housing stock in the area in the 1950s. Newer subdivisions such as Gulf Freeway Oaks is located close to I-45, an eastern boundary of the area. East Haven and Skyscraper Shadows, located to the east and south of the airport, still have many empty lots and a variety of housing options. Gulf Meadows is located close to Clear Creek, at the southern edge of the community. The median home value in the Hobby Area is $70,021.

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