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Holiday Lakes, Texas

Holiday Lakes is a small town of about 1,100 people in Brazoria County, Texas. It has grown about 7% since 2020. A typical home costs about 2.1 years of the typical household's income, compared with 4.1 across the U.S. The nearest metro area of about a million people or more, Houston, is about 41 miles away as the crow flies.

Population
1,059
up 7% since 2020
Typical home, 2020-24
$94,800
Brazoria County prices up 8.8% since 2022
Household income
$44,500
U.S.: $80,734
Prices, Houston area
98.6
U.S. average = 100
Emergency room
13 miles
Lake Jackson, TX
To Houston
41 mi
straight line

The book's checklist

  • Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 1.4% below the U.S. average in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area.
  • More house for the moneyA typical home costs 2.1 years of the typical household's income here. Across the U.S. it's 4.1.
  • A safer neighborhood1 violent crime was reported in 2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 people (U.S.: 3.3). Property crime: 9.2 per 1,000 (U.S.: 15.3).
  • Schools in townNo public schools inside the town. The nearest high school is Angleton H S, about 6 miles away.
  • A hospital close byCHI St. Luke's Health Brazosport in Lake Jackson, about 13 miles away, has the nearest emergency room.
  • Within reach of a big cityHouston is about 41 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Holiday Lakes meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024
$94,800U.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then
Up 8.8%Brazoria County, 2022 to 2025
Typical rent, with utilities
$1,243 a monthU.S.: $1,413
Typical household income
$44,500U.S.: $80,734
Typical property tax bill
$1,201 a yearTexas: $4,232
Homes built before 1940
0%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010
16%U.S.: 11%
Vacation and seasonal homes
2%U.S.: 3%
Everyday prices
98.6U.S. average = 100 (the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 8.8% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metro area, not Holiday Lakes alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2025 estimate
1,0592020: 990
Median age
29.2 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older
11%U.S.: 17%
Under 18
35%U.S.: 22%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more
2%U.S.: 36%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year
3%U.S.: 6%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work
Schools, health care and social services (11%)
Work from home
1%U.S.: 15%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: CHI St. Luke's Health Brazosport, Lake Jackson, TX, about 13 miles away. It's a general hospital. Medicare gives it 4 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

There are no public schools inside Holiday Lakes itself. The nearest public high school is Angleton H S, about 6 miles away.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on Texas's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with any internet subscription
73%U.S.: 91%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low
47°F
July average high
91°F
Days 90°F or hotter
83 a year
Nights at or below freezing
6 a year
Rain and melted snow
53.4 inches a year
Snow
0 inches a year
Elevation
34 feet

Weather station: Angleton 2 W (5 miles away). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: CHI St. Luke's Health Brazosport, Missouri City, Houston.

Brazoria County is in a metro area of 1 million people or more (USDA rural-urban code 1, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

Read about Holiday Lakes's history on Wikipedia.

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Nearby

Straight-line miles.

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  • Damon, TX (unincorporated)196 people, 15 miles

Sources

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025)
  2. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates
  3. Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
  5. FBI, Crime in the United States, Table 8 (offenses known to law enforcement by city)
  6. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information
  7. National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal)
  8. National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020
  10. U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program
  11. National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places listings
  12. National Park Service, park unit boundaries
  13. USDA Economic Research Service, Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  14. U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Gazetteer files and 2020 urban areas

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.