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Golf-community homes, townhomes and condos in one of Houston's most desirable suburbs.
Biotech and corporate campuses drive reliable, high-income tenant demand.
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Researched October 2026. Sources: Conroe ISD FY2026-27 adopted tax rate (Aug 18, 2026); The Woodlands Township 2026 rate; Montgomery and Harris County 2026 tax rates; RentCafe / Yardi Matrix (Aug 2026); local property-management survey (2026); HAR The Woodlands market area (Aug 2026).
Apartment figures come from RentCafe's August 2026 building survey; house figures come from a local property-management survey and run materially higher because The Woodlands' single-family stock skews large and executive.
| Bedroom | Rent / mo | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bed, apartment | $1,466 | 751 sq ft average (RentCafe, Aug 2026) |
| 2 bed, apartment | $1,845 | 1,133 sq ft average |
| 3 bed, apartment | $2,318 | 1,438 sq ft average |
| 3 bed, single-family | $2,400 | Entry point for a house; the survey range runs $2,400 - $4,650+ |
| 4 bed, single-family | $4,650 | Executive tier; 5-bed homes quote near $5,650 |
Conroe ISD serves the Montgomery County villages and is the single biggest draw; its FY2026-27 rate of $0.9471 per $100 ($0.6671 maintenance and operations, $0.28 debt service) was adopted August 18, 2026 and is lower than the year before. Creekside Park is the exception: it is in Harris County and Tomball ISD ($1.0558). Creekside also stacks five Harris County units, MUD 386 at $0.43 and ESD 11 at about $0.038 - which is why a $594,500 house pays roughly $12,370 a year there versus about $8,930 in Sterling Ridge. Same list price, about $3,400 a year apart.
ExxonMobil's corporate headquarters is here, and its Springwoods Village campus consolidated thousands of employees into the area. Chevron Phillips, Huntsman and other energy operators sit nearby, alongside Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center and Houston Methodist The Woodlands. Median household income runs about $141,400 and owner-occupancy is 71.7% - the tenant pool skews executive and relocating rather than local, which is why the luxury tier holds up better than the apartment tier.
The Woodlands is the tightest rental market we operate in. Median asking rent reached $2,500 in July 2026 with a 12.7% year-over-year increase — the strongest annual gain among the Houston suburbs we track — against vacancy under 4%. Conroe ISD's A+ rating, the Town Center and Waterway amenities, and a deep corporate relocation pipeline keep demand ahead of supply. For an owner, that means pricing power; it also means a bad listing stands out immediately, because the market clears fast.
| Segment | Median asking rent | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|
| 4BR / 3.5BA single-family | $2,900 | Sterling Ridge, Alden Bridge, Creekside Park |
| 3BR / 2BA single-family | $2,350 | Panther Creek, Cochran's Crossing |
| 2BR condo / townhome | $1,900 | Town Center, Waterway |
| 5BR+ / estate | $4,200 | Creekside Park, Carlton Woods |
Asking-rent bands reflect current listings and recently executed leases across our The Woodlands portfolio and public market sources; segment medians are compiled from the two, so treat them as an indicative range rather than an appraisal. Headline market figures: Realtor.com Research (Louisiana, July 2026) and Doorstead Houston-metro market data (July 2026); HUD FY2026 Small Area Fair Market Rents for the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metro. The cards further up this page blend bedrooms and property types across our own portfolio, so they will not match a segment median exactly — your free rental analysis uses live comparables for your specific address and updates this report monthly. Get a free The Woodlands rental analysis →
State law sets the floor. County, parish, city and private covenants stack on top of it — and in The Woodlands the layer that catches owners out is usually the last one.
How we handle this in practice. The Woodlands rewards precision more than any market we manage. A four-bedroom in the right village with the right covenant clearance leases in about fifty days at $2,900; the same house with a listing that misstates the school district or ignores an approval requirement sits. We verify the covenant position, the MUD line on the tax bill and the school zone before the first photograph.
Regulations change and municipal desks read them differently street by street — always confirm the current requirement for the specific address with the city, parish or county before you rely on it. We run compliance for every property we manage, including registration renewals, annual alarm checks and the paperwork trail that decides a deposit dispute.
Three engagements from our The Woodlands portfolio. Addresses are withheld at the owners' request; figures are as executed.
A family relocating from out of state on a corporate package with a hard start date. Covenant and HOA clearance was obtained before marketing, listing accuracy was verified village by village, and the lease was signed on day twelve.
A five-bedroom in Creekside Park, which is Tomball ISD rather than Conroe — a distinction that filters the tenant pool instantly. We held out for the corporate term rather than a twelve-month retail tenant and placed it in under a month.
Three consecutive renewals with no vacancy between them. At The Woodlands rent levels, one avoided turn is worth roughly a month of gross rent plus make-ready — which is why retention, not price, is the first conversation we have with an owner here.