Housing in Memorial at a glance
- Population
- about 52,449
- Housing units
- about 24,660
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $733,000Houston: $277,800 (+164%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,710 a monthHouston: $1,361 (+26%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 52.1%Houston: 42.1%
- Homes built before 1980
- 51.7%
- Median year built
- 1979
Memorial tops Houston for home values, and by a long way. Owners on this north-west side estimate $733,000, 164% above the citywide $277,800 and well ahead of second-place Greater Uptown. Rent is high but less extreme, at $1,710 each month, 26% above the city and third among ten sectors. Ownership stands at 52.1% of households, 10 points higher than Houston's 42.1% and fifth in the ranking. Neighbouring sectors sit far lower on price, with Eldridge / West Oaks at $385,000, Mid West at $266,000 and Sharpstown at $228,000. The housing is surprisingly mature for such values: the typical house goes back to 1979, and 51.7% of all dwellings are older than 1980, the third-largest share in the city, which shows that high values here do not depend on new building. In effect, Memorial combines the highest prices in Houston with a housing stock that is no newer than that of much cheaper sectors, and a higher owner share than most of them as well.
Questions about Memorial
What is the median home value in Memorial, Houston?
$733,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $277,800 for Houston as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Memorial?
$1,710 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,361 in Houston (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Memorial own or rent?
Most own: 52.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 42.1% in Houston (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 12 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Memorial is one of the 10 most populous of 88 super neighborhoods of Houston: estimated population about 52,449 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Houston GIS, Super Neighborhoods (COH_Super_Neighborhoods_view), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Houston as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Memorial
The closest sectors of Houston, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Houston
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Memorial. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Memorial? Ask for your spot.