Hunters Creek Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, part of the Greater Houston metropolitan area. The population was 4,385 at the 2020 census.[4] It is part of a collection of upscale residential communities in west Houston known as the Memorial Villages.
As of 2022, Hunters Creek Village was the 403rd largest city in the State of Texas. As of 2000, Hunters Creek Village was the fifth wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income. A 2010 BusinessWeek study stated that Hunters Creek Village was the most expensive suburb in Texas.[5]
History
Prior to the incorporation of Hunters Creek Village, German farmers settled the area and opened sawmills. By 1936, the community had a sawmill and several residences.[6]
In the mid-1950s, effort to form a Spring Branch municipality failed.[7] The city incorporated in 1954 with a mayor-alderman government.[6] Because of the 1954 incorporation, Houston did not incorporate Hunters Creek Village's territory into its city limits, while Houston annexed surrounding areas that were unincorporated.[8] By 1966, the community had a school and a church. Between 1960 and 1980, the population increased from 2,478 to 4,580. In 1982, the population fell to 4,215. A total of 4,598 people lived in Hunters Creek Village in 1990.[6]
In 2008, Forbes.com selected Hunters Creek Village, along with the adjacent community of Bunker Hill Village and (southwest suburban) Sugar Land, as one of the three Houston-area "Top Suburbs To Live Well."[9]
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,385 people, 1,657 households, and 1,466 families residing in the city.
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 4,374 people, 1,471 households, and 1,291 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,253.0 inhabitants per square mile (869.9/km2). There were 1,523 housing units at an average density of 784.5 per square mile (302.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 93.37% White, 0.37% African American, 0.14% Native American, 4.80% Asian, 0.46% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.59% of the population.
A sign indicating Hunters Creek Village
There were 1,471 households, out of which 43.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.9% were married couples living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 12.2% were non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.19.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 31.2% under the age of 18, 3.3% from 18 to 24, 19.6% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $171,294, and the median income for a family was $184,574. Males had a median income of $100,000 versus $48,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $88,821. About 0.6% of families and 1.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 1.2% of those age 65 or over.
Government and infrastructure
Hunters Creek Village is a general-law city, governed by a Mayor and a City Council of five Councilmembers, all of which serve for staggered two-year terms. The current mayor of Hunters Creek Village is Jim Pappas as of May 2017. The Mayor, with Council approval, appoints members of the city's Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Adjustment.
Bunker Hill Village, Hunters Creek Village, and Piney Point Village[1] jointly operate the Memorial Villages Police Department through the Board of Police Commissioners consisting of representatives of those three Memorial villages. The Village Fire Department, which serves all of the Memorial villages, is governed by a Board of Commissioners consisting of representatives of each of the six Memorial villages [2]. Hedwig Village and the portions of Piney Point Village and Hunters Creek Village north of the Buffalo Bayou lie within and are served by the Memorial Villages Water Authority.[3]
Harris County Precinct Three, headed by Tom Ramsey, serves Hunters Creek Village.[15]
One school, Hunters Creek Elementary School, is within the city boundaries. Most residents are zoned to Hunters Creek; some are zoned to Memorial Drive Elementary School in Piney Point Village.[24][25] In 1954 the current Hunters Creek school opened. The district opened a new school building in August 2021.[26]
HISD students are zoned to Briargrove Elementary School,[30] Tanglewood Middle School (formerly Grady Middle School),[31] and Margaret Long Wisdom High School (formerly Robert E. Lee High School)[32] (students may attend Lamar High School or Westside High School instead[33]). Residents of the Briargrove Elementary School attendance zone may apply for the Briarmeadow Charter School.[34]Mark White Elementary School are scheduled to open in August 2016. Residents of the Briargrove Elementary zone, along with those of the Pilgrim, Piney Point, and Emerson zones, will be allowed to apply to this school.[35]
When Westside opened in 2000,[36] residents of the Lee attendance boundary gained the option to attend Westside instead of Lee, with taxpayer subsidized transportation provided.[37]
Private schools
Trinity Classical School has its middle school in the Memorial Middle Campus in the Chinese Baptist Church in Hunters Creek Village[38][39]
Colleges and universities
Both Spring Branch ISD and Houston ISD (and therefore the whole city of Hunters Creek Village) are served by the Houston Community College System.[40] The Northwest College operates the nearby Spring Branch Campus in Houston.
^Lee, Renée C. "Annexed Kingwood split on effects." Houston Chronicle. Sunday October 8, 2006. A21. Retrieved on July 6, 2011. "Some of the area communities that incorporated as cities and escaped annexation by Houston:" Print version exclusively has the information cited; the information is not included in the online edition.
^Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.[13][14]
