Hunters Creek Village, Texas

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Hunters Creek Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, part of the metropolitan area. The population was 4,385 at the 2020 census. 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.

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.

In the mid-1950s, effort to form a Spring Branch municipality failed. The city incorporated in 1954 with a mayor-alderman government. 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.

Geography

thumb|Map of Hunters Creek Village

Hunters Creek Village is located at (29.769632, –95.500190).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

Racial and ethnic composition

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|+Hunters Creek Village city, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2000

!Pop 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020

!% 2000

!% 2010

!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020

|White alone (NH)

|3,949

|3,788

|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,508

|90.28%

|86.74%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |80.00%

|Black or African American alone (NH)

|14

|46

|style='background: #ffffe6; |37

|0.32%

|1.05%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.84%

|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)

|10

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7

|0.11%

|0.23%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.16%

|Asian alone (NH)

|209

|263

|style='background: #ffffe6; |350

|4.78%

|6.02%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.98%

|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|0.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%

|Other race alone (NH)

|style='background: #ffffe6; |18

|0.11%

|0.02%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.41%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|35

|62

|style='background: #ffffe6; |129

|0.80%

|1.42%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.94%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|157

|197

|style='background: #ffffe6; |336

|3.59%

|4.51%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |7.66%

|Total

|4,374

|4,367

|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,385

|100.00%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Hunters Creek Village had a population of 4,385. The median age was 45.3 years. 27.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.8 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 95.5 males age 18 and over.

100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 1,415 households in Hunters Creek Village, of which 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 79.4% were married-couple households, 8.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 10.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 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.

! Race !! Number !! Percent

| White || 3,575 || 81.5%

| Black or African American || 40 || 0.9%

| American Indian and Alaska Native || 14 || 0.3%

| Asian || 354 || 8.1%

| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0.0%

| Some other race || 56 || 1.3%

| Two or more races || 346 || 7.9%

| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 336 || 7.7%

2000 census

As of the census

Hunters Creek Village is located in District 133 of the Texas House of Representatives. As of 2022 Mano DeAyala represents the district. Hunters Creek Village is within District 7 of the Texas Senate; as of 2022 Paul Bettencourt represents the district.

Hunters Creek Village is in Texas's 7th congressional district and represented as of 2022 by Wesley Hunt. In 2008, the pro-Republican Party publication Human Events identified the zip code 77024 as the zip code that gave the eighth largest contribution to John McCain's 2008 U.S. Presidential Election campaign. The zip code, which includes the portion of Hunters Creek Village north of the Buffalo Bayou, gave $540,309 United States dollars by October 24, 2008.

Harris Health System (formerly Harris County Hospital District) designated Northwest Health Center for ZIP code 77024 and Valbona Health Center (formerly People's Health Center) in Greater Sharpstown for 77063. The nearest public hospital is Ben Taub General Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.

Politics

In the 2016 presidential election, Hunters Creek Village went to Republican nominee Donald Trump with 1,672 votes (67%) while Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton received 731 votes (29%). In the 2020 presidential election, Hunters Creek Village tallied 2,048 votes (68%) for Republican nominee Trump and 924 votes (31%) for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. In the 2024 presidential election, Republican nominee Trump garnered 1,997 votes (71%) in Hunters Creek Village to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris's 756 votes (27%).

Education

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Primary and secondary schools

Public schools

Hunters Creek Village is located within two school districts, the Spring Branch Independent School District and, solely as to residences to the south of the Buffalo Bayou, the Houston Independent School District.

Spring Branch Independent School District

Most of Hunters Creek Village is north of the Buffalo Bayou; that portion is served by the Spring Branch Independent School District.

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. In 1954 the current Hunters Creek school opened. The district opened a new school building in August 2021.

Students in Hunters Creek and in Memorial Drive Elementary all are zoned to Spring Branch Middle School and Memorial High School, which are in Hedwig Village.

Houston Independent School District

The portion south of the Buffalo Bayou is served by the Houston Independent School District.

HISD students are zoned to Briargrove Elementary School, Tanglewood Middle School (formerly Grady Middle School), and Margaret Long Wisdom High School (formerly Robert E. Lee High School) (students may attend Lamar High School or Westside High School instead). Residents of the Briargrove Elementary School attendance zone may apply for the Briarmeadow Charter School. 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.

When Westside opened in 2000, residents of the Lee attendance boundary gained the option to attend Westside instead of Lee, with taxpayer subsidized transportation provided.

Private schools

Trinity Classical School has its middle school in the Memorial Middle Campus in the Chinese Baptist Church in Hunters Creek Village

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. The Northwest College operates the nearby Spring Branch Campus in Houston.

Public libraries

The city is served by the Spring Branch Memorial Branch of Harris County Public Library (the Spring Branch Memorial Branch is in Hedwig Village).

Media

The Houston Chronicle is the area regional newspaper.

The Memorial Examiner is a local newspaper distributed in the community [https://web.archive.org/web/20080601083527/http://www.westuexaminer.com/about_us/].

Postal services

Most of Hunters Creek Village is within the 77024 ZIP code, while the section south of the Buffalo Bayou has the 77063 ZIP code.

The United States Postal Service location serving 77024 is the Memorial Park Post Office at 10505 Town and Country Way, Houston, Texas, 77024-9998.

The location serving 77063 is the John Dunlop Post Office at 8728 Beverlyhill Street, Houston, Texas, 77063-9998.

Gallery

Image:HuntersCreekVillageTexasPoliceBox.JPG|Police box in Hunters Creek Village

Image:HuntersCreekVillageTexasStreetSign1.JPG|A street sign in Hunters Creek Village

Image:LeavingHuntersCreekVillageTexasStreetSign.JPG|Leaving Hunters Creek Village

Image:HuntersCreekVillageTexasStreetSignType2.JPG|A house in Hunters Creek Village along with another style street sign

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References

External links

City of Hunters Creek Village official website