Galena Park, Texas.
Typical home $157,957 (-2.2% in a year), asking rent $1,650 . Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$364 (+78%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $3,567 -2%
- $161,524$157,957 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $6,495 +4%
- $151,461$157,957 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Galena Park$829
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 83 years.
Typical home values in Galena Park, TX fell 2.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Galena Park, Harris County, Texas
Galena Park is a city of 10,740 people in Harris County. Half its households earn more than $51,220 a year and half less, against $74,983 across Harris County; 21% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Harris County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in construction, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Galena Park is a small city in Harris County where most homes are lived in by their owners, and the population is younger than in many American towns. Incomes run well below the county's, and a larger share of residents live below the poverty line than is typical. Few adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are mild and summers are hot, with little or no snow and a good deal of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in the building trades, manufacturing, schools, hospitals and social care, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Harris County, some of the largest workplaces are Houston ISD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center and Texas Children's Hospital. The typical commute is a fairly long one, and few people work from home. Unemployment across the county is the same as a year ago, and the number of jobs has edged up slightly.
Things to do. A short drive away, the Houston Zoo and the Houston Museum of Natural Science are among the better known places to spend a day. Buffalo Bayou, a river, is also a short drive away, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is about as near. Daikin Park, a stadium, is a short drive too, for those who like a ball game.
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- 3,104households
- 8%of adults have a degree
- 21%below the poverty line
- 28 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Harris County had 2,458,604 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 63° and lows near 44°; warmest in August, with highs near 94° and lows near 77°. About 54 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Houston-port weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Harris County
- Houston ISDSchool district26,065FTE
- UT MD Anderson Cancer CenterGeneral hospital23,843FTE
- Cypress-fairbanks ISDSchool district16,333FTE
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUniversity or college12,857
- Texas Children's HospitalChildren's hospital12,133FTE
- Baylor College of MedicineUniversity or college9,951
- Harris Health SystemGeneral hospital9,618FTE
- Aldine ISDSchool district9,207FTE
School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of Galena ParkRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Galena Park’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Harris County and the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro.
Galena Park home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Galena Park$157,957
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Galena Park listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Galena Park22.13%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Galena Park29
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Galena Park4
Zip codes with a Galena Park address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Galena Park — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.