Houston, Texas: flood risk, agents and movers

Flood risk

Across the 18 Houston neighborhoods FloodFireCheck has a page for, 26.1% of the ground is in FEMA high-risk flood zones, from 2.2% to 77.8% by neighborhood.

Flood insurance (NFIP) claims on record since 1978 run from 212 to 6,762 per neighborhood, the most in Meyerland.

These are the neighborhoods with a page, not the whole city. Claims are counted from the Census block groups around each neighborhood, so neighbors can share them. Past claims do not predict future flooding.

Houston's neighborhoods on FloodFireCheck · Check one address on FEMA's flood map

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Source: FloodFireCheck, our free flood and fire risk site, from FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer and OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3. Figures as of 6 November 2026.

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Licensed real estate agents

32,080 real estate licenses are active in Harris County, by the Texas Real Estate Commission's file (our copy of 1 November 2026).

Texas records a county for each license, not a city, so this is all of Harris County, where most of Houston is. A count of licenses, not a recommendation of anyone on it.

Every active licensee in Harris County · Check one agent's license

Movers

65 of 684 household-goods movers registered with FMCSA in Houston are cleared: active authority and liability insurance on file (1 November 2026).

That is the federal register, for moves that cross a state line. A move that stays inside Texas also needs a TxDMV number. A cleared filing is not a recommendation.

Houston's movers, cleared first

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Property tax

There is no single property tax rate for Houston. A home's bill adds up the rates of each taxing unit it sits in: the county, the city, the school district and any special districts. The county appraisal district lists them for an address.

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