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Living in New Caney, Texas

New Caney is the US-59/I-69 and Grand Parkway interchange in eastern Montgomery County, with Valley Ranch Town Center at its center and Tavola, The Trails and Harrington Trails supplying the listings. Nearly half of the current inventory is new construction.

Get to know New Caney

Welcome to New Caney

New Caney ISD serves the area. Most listings sit on subdivision lots, and the largest price band is below $300K.

Most homes sit on conventional subdivision lots of under a quarter acre, with a handful of acreage tracts in the mix. New construction and resale split the current listings roughly down the middle. Few of the current listings fall inside a FEMA special flood hazard area. Everything on this page is drawn live from our MLS feed and refreshed through the day.

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Why people love living here

What makes New Caney, New Caney

Here's what draws people to New Caney — and keeps them here.

  • Housing Mix

    New Caney listings span a range of price bands, build years and lot sizes; the live figures on this page show the current mix rather than a fixed description.

  • School Zoning

    Attendance zones are set by address, not by city limits. The live school table below lists each campus, its state rating and the homes currently zoned to it.

  • Price per Square Foot

    Price per square foot in New Caney is tracked live from our MLS feed, alongside median sale price, days on market and months of inventory.

  • Subdivisions & HOAs

    Where a New Caney subdivision carries an HOA, the dues and the pools, trails or amenity centers they fund appear on each listing.

  • Houston Access

    Drive times from New Caney to Houston's major job centers are shown on the commute panel of this page.

  • Shopping & Dining

    Grocery, retail and dining locations near New Caney are plotted on the amenity map below.

The New Caney real estate market

What the numbers mean

Not just numbers — what they tell you. Median price, how fast homes really sell, where prices are heading, and which neighborhoods are heating up. Live from our MLS feed, with Allen's plain-English read.

$270,910Median sale pricehomes sold, last 6 months
$151Price / sqfthomes sold, last 6 months
371Homes for saleright now
4.7Months of inventoryfor sale now vs. last 6 months of sales
Balanced market

New Caney is a balanced market right now — about 4.7 months of inventory, yet roughly 55% of active sellers have already cut their price, so well-prepared buyers still have room to negotiate. The median home sells around $270,910, and the typical listing has truly been on the market about 102 days.

Each figure is compared with the same period last year. Where last year's data isn't in our feed yet, you'll see "—".

$276,990

Median sale

homes sold, last 30 days

+3% YoY

a year ago: $268,775

71

Homes sold

last 30 days

-34% YoY

a year ago: 107

79

Avg days on mkt

homes sold, last 30 days

+16% YoY

a year ago: 68

$147

Price / sqft

homes sold, last 30 days

-1% YoY

a year ago: $149

76

New listings

last 30 days

-42% YoY

a year ago: 131

70

Went pending

last 30 days

-9% YoY

a year ago: 77

These tiles cover the last 30 days. The median sale price at the top covers the last 6 months, and the days-on-market figure in the read above is for homes for sale right now, so the numbers differ.

New Caney ISD · area schools

Schools in New Caney

Click a school dot for its grades, enrollment, current TEA rating, and the homes for sale zoned to it — or search the list on the left. Shaded areas are the high-school attendance zones.

Click a school — a dot on the map or a name in the list — to see its info card, its zone shaded on the map, and the homes for sale zoned to it. Use the buttons on the left to trim the list: click Elementary, Middle, or High to hide or show that school type, and click a letter grade to hide or show schools with that rating. Where dots sit on top of each other, click the same spot again to step through them.

How this works: each dot is a school in New Caney (location from our schools dataset); ratings are 2025 Texas Education Agency accountability grades. Homes-for-sale counts are live from the AWS MLS feed (active & pending, residential), matched to each school by its zoned-school name. The shaded areas are high-school attendance zones — the only attendance boundaries published for this district.

Ratings = 2025 Texas Education Agency accountability grades (A–F). Newer campuses may be unrated.

Explore the neighborhood

Everything that makes New Caney home

Restaurants, parks, grocery, schools, hospitals and more — mapped across the area. Toggle a category on or off, click any pin for details, and flip on the FEMA flood layer to see exactly where the flood plain sits.

What's nearby

249 places mapped across New Caney. Toggle a category on or off.

Amenity categories to show on the map

Amenities mapped near New Caney, Texas: 81 restaurants, 34 schools, 32 gas stations, 27 places of worship, 24 grocery stores, 22 parks & trails, 9 police stations, 7 banks, 5 coffee shops, 3 post offices, 2 gyms & fitness, 2 pharmacies, 1 libraries.

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Build a home search that excludes — or includes — the flood plain. Your call.

Flood zones affect your insurance cost, not whether a home is a bad buy — and we're the only site that lets you filter them right out of your search (or zero in on them). Two homes on the same street can sit in different zones; we show real exposure on every listing.

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The honest picture

We surface the real federal flood-claim history for any area you're considering — context, not scare tactics. Risk is very address-specific, and we walk through each home's exact exposure with you before you ever make an offer.

Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program claims, by New Caney ZIP code.

How far to everything

The real drive from New Caney

No sugar-coating — here's the honest, traffic-aware drive time to Houston's major job centers and airports, averaged across local homes.

44min

Downtown Houston

52min

The Galleria

32min

Bush / IAH Airport

49min

Texas Medical Center

58min

Hobby Airport

Here's the real, traffic-aware drive from New Caney, averaged across New Caney homes (354 listings). Your exact commute depends on which part of New Caney you're in and the time of day — we'll show per-home drive times when you tour.

Who lives here

The people of New Caney

A quick demographic snapshot of New Caney, straight from the U.S. Census — population, who owns vs. rents, education, household size and more.

60,701

People

10 census tracts

$240,400

Median home value

owner-occupied

$1,321

Median gross rent

per month

$83,395

Median household income

per household

$29,502

Per-capita income

ACS estimate

33.6

Median age

years

3.09

Avg household size

people

15%

Bachelor's degree+

adults 25+

78%

Own their home

vs. rent

Who owns vs. rents

Source: U.S. Census American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, 2023, aggregated across the 10 census tracts that make up New Caney. Missing figures are marked "—".

Neighborhoods & communities

New Caney isn't one market
it's dozens

New Caney spans 19+ active communities — each with its own pricing, amenities and feel. Search the list or explore the map — hover either one and the other lights up, with live numbers for that neighborhood.

Layered communities: in New Caney, smaller neighborhoods often sit inside a larger master-planned community — so those homes pay two HOA fees, and the MLS lists both. Where footprints overlap on the map, click the same spot more than once to step through the stacked HOAs (smallest first).

19 of 19 communities

Abst-A18a
Abst-A38
Harrington Trails
Kings Colony
Landing Meadows
Northcrest Ranch 02
Peach Creek Forest 05
Pinewood At Grand Texas
Porters Mill
Roman Forest
Roman Forest 01
Roman Forest 02
Roman Forest 04
Tavola
Tavola West
The Landing
The Trails
Timbers Edge
Trails

How this works: footprints are the convex hull of each community's listings over the last five years (active plus sold) — a denser, more representative outline from our own data, but still an approximation, not a surveyed HOA boundary. Numbers (active, pending, avg price, new-30d) are live from the AWS MLS feed for New Caney, residential for-sale only. 19 communities with 3+ active listings shown.

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Good to know

New Caney, Texas: common questions

Straight answers to what buyers and sellers ask most about New Caney — woven with live market data.

What is the housing market like in New Caney?
The New Caney market is measured live on this page: median sale price, price per square foot, days on market, months of inventory and the number of homes for sale all refresh from our MLS feed.
What school district serves New Caney?
Most of New Caney is served by New Caney ISD. Zoning is address-specific, so confirm the campuses for the exact home — the school table above is live from the MLS.
What are the main neighborhoods in New Caney?
New Caney spans 19+ active communities, each with its own pricing and housing stock. Browse the community list above to search by neighborhood.
How much do homes cost in New Caney?
The current median sale price is $270,910, with 371 homes for sale right now. The figures above update live from our MLS feed.
Is now a good time to buy or sell in New Caney?
New Caney is currently a balanced market with about 4.7 months of inventory. The market-pulse numbers above tell the real-time story.

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Questions about New Caney

Inventory & Pace

  • How fast are homes going under contract in New Caney?

    In the 30 days to September 30, 2026, 103 homes were newly listed in New Caney, 73 went under contract and 49 closed. In the last 7 days the counts were 21 new listings, 12 contracts and 11 closings. That is fewer homes going under contract than coming on the market: 0.71 contracts for every new listing over the month.

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  • How common are price cuts in New Caney?

    About 50% of the 385 homes for sale in New Caney right now have had at least one price cut. Across the last 12 months the monthly share of sellers who cut ran from 40% to 63%, and 7% to 26% relisted to reset the clock.

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  • How many homes are for sale in New Caney and in which price bands?

    New Caney has 386 homes for sale right now, which is about 5.0 months of supply at the recent pace of sales. By price band that is 212 Under $300K, 146 $300K to $500K, 19 $500K to $750K and 8 $750K+. Inventory changes daily as homes list and go under contract.

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  • Is New Caney a buyer's market or a seller's market?

    By months of inventory, New Caney is a balanced market right now: 5.0 months of supply, with 386 homes for sale against 487 sales in the last six months. Supply and demand are roughly even to neither side has a decisive edge, so strategy matters. Conditions differ by price band and area, so use this as context, not a rule.

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  • How long does it take to sell a home in New Caney?

    In New Caney, homes that sold in the last 12 months averaged between 67 and 129 cumulative days on the market, depending on the month, and the 385 homes for sale now have been listed for an average of 94 cumulative days. Timing is mostly pricing: how long a home takes depends on its condition, price band and how it is priced against recent sales.

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  • How many homes sell in New Caney each month?

    About 936 homes closed in New Caney in the 12 months to August 2026, an average of 78 a month, with 110 in September the busiest month and 52 in February the quietest. That is 30% fewer than the 1,343 sales in the 12 months before.

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Places nearby

  • How many parks, grocery stores and hospitals are in New Caney?

    Our map data for the New Caney area shows 21 parks, 22 grocery stores, 2 pharmacies, 72 restaurants, 1 libraries. These are counts of mapped places inside the area we draw around the community, so they include places near its edges and will not match a city boundary exactly.

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  • How many coffee shops are in New Caney?

    Our map data for the New Caney area lists 5 coffee shops. Counts are places mapped inside the area we outline for the community, so they include places near its edges and will not match a city boundary exactly. Source: our map data.

  • How many gyms are in New Caney?

    Our map data for the New Caney area lists 2 gyms. Counts are places mapped inside the area we outline for the community, so they include places near its edges and will not match a city boundary exactly. Source: our map data.

  • How many libraries are in New Caney?

    Our map data for the New Caney area lists 1 librarie. Counts are places mapped inside the area we outline for the community, so they include places near its edges and will not match a city boundary exactly. Source: our map data.

  • How many pharmacies are in New Caney?

    Our map data for the New Caney area lists 2 pharmacies. Counts are places mapped inside the area we outline for the community, so they include places near its edges and will not match a city boundary exactly. Source: our map data.

  • How many restaurants are in New Caney?

    Our map data for the New Caney area lists 72 restaurants. Counts are places mapped inside the area we outline for the community, so they include places near its edges and will not match a city boundary exactly. Source: our map data.

Prices & Trends

  • Which price ranges sell the most homes in New Caney?

    Of the 936 homes that closed in New Caney in the 12 months to August 2026, the most sales were in the $250K to $500K range: 582, or 62%. Under $250K had 325, $500K to $1M had 27, $1M+ had 2.

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  • What is the median home price in New Caney?

    Homes that sold in New Caney over the last six months had a median sale price of $271,080, about $150 per square foot, on 487 closed sales. Over the 12 months to August 2026, the monthly median ran from $250,000 in November to $295,790 in January. A median is the middle sale, so half of the homes sold for more and half for less.

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  • Are home prices in New Caney going up or down?

    For New Caney, the answer is mostly higher. In 9 of the last 12 months the median sale price was above the same month a year earlier, and in 3 it was below. Closed sales over the same 12 months were 936, 30% fewer than the 1,343 in the 12 months before. Monthly medians are noisy in smaller markets, so read the direction over a year, not one month.

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  • What is the price per square foot for homes in New Caney?

    Homes that sold in New Caney in the last six months went for a median of $150 per square foot. Over the last 12 months the monthly figure ran from $143 to $157, and August was $148 against $146 in the same month a year earlier.

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Homes for sale

  • How many bedrooms do homes for sale in New Caney have?

    Of the homes for sale in New Caney, the largest group has 4 bedrooms (200 of 383). The full split is 8 with 2, 150 with 3, 200 with 4, 25 with 5+ bedrooms.

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  • Which subdivisions in New Caney have the most homes for sale?

    The subdivisions with the most homes for sale in New Caney right now are Tavola (60), The Trails (48), Harrington Trails (34), Trails (32), Pinewood At Grand Texas (28), followed by Timbers Edge, Porters Mill, Landing Meadows. We track 20 named subdivisions with active listings.

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  • What kind of homes can you buy in New Caney at different price points?

    In New Caney, homes for sale in the Under $250K band have a median size of 1,499 square feet and are 4 years old at the median, while homes in the $500K to $1M band run 2,850 square feet at 18 years. Each price band tells a different story about size and age.

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  • How many homes are for sale in New Caney between $300,000 and $500,000?

    146 of the 386 homes for sale in New Caney are listed between $300,000 and $500,000, as of September 30, 2026. Counts change daily as homes list and go under contract. Source: our listing data.

  • How many homes are for sale in New Caney between $500,000 and $750,000?

    19 of the 386 homes for sale in New Caney are listed between $500,000 and $750,000, as of September 30, 2026. Counts change daily as homes list and go under contract. Source: our listing data.

  • How many homes are for sale in New Caney for $750,000 or more?

    8 of the 386 homes for sale in New Caney are listed for $750,000 or more, as of September 30, 2026. Counts change daily as homes list and go under contract. Source: our listing data.

  • How many homes are for sale in New Caney for under $300,000?

    212 of the 386 homes for sale in New Caney are listed for under $300,000, as of September 30, 2026. Counts change daily as homes list and go under contract. Source: our listing data.

Getting around

  • How long is the drive from New Caney to downtown Houston and other job centers?

    The typical drive from New Caney to Downtown Houston is about 44 minutes, based on measured drive times from 365 homes. Other destinations: The Galleria 52 minutes, Bush / IAH Airport 32 minutes, Texas Medical Center 49 minutes, Hobby Airport 58 minutes. Actual time depends on the route, the hour and where in the area the home sits.

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Flood zones

  • What share of homes for sale in New Caney are in a flood zone?

    About 5% of the homes for sale in New Caney are in a FEMA special flood hazard area, based on the flood zone recorded on each listing (95% in zone X, 5% in zone AE). A flood zone is a map designation, not a history of flooding, and the zone for a specific address is what matters, so check the address before you make an offer.

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HOA fees

  • How much are HOA fees in New Caney?

    The median HOA fee among New Caney listings that show one is $800 / annually, about $67 a month. Fees vary a lot by subdivision, and some homes have no HOA at all, so the fee for a specific home is on its listing and in its HOA documents.

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Comparisons

  • How does New Caney rank among Houston-area communities on price, supply and pace?

    Among 39 Houston-area communities with enough sales to compare, New Caney ranks 32 of 39 on median sale price, last 6 months; 30 of 39 on median price per square foot, last 6 months; 22 of 39 on months of inventory. A rank of 1 means the highest value in the group, which does not mean better. The table shows every measure.

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  • How does New Caney compare with Montgomery County as a whole?

    New Caney's median sale price of $271,080 over the last six months is below the $335,745 for Montgomery County as a whole (-19%). Months of inventory are 5.0 in New Caney against 5.1 countywide. New Caney addresses can also fall partly in other counties, so the county figure is a reference point, not a like-for-like comparison.

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School districts

  • Which school district serves New Caney?

    New Caney ISD serves most addresses in New Caney, as listed on the community page, and 1 other district appear on the map. Our school map for the area shows 10 campuses. Which school a home is assigned to is set by its exact address, so always confirm the zone before you make an offer.

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Parks and recreation

  • How many parks are in New Caney?

    Our map data for the New Caney area lists 21 parks. Counts are places mapped inside the area we outline for the community, so they include places near its edges and will not match a city boundary exactly. Source: our map data.

New construction

  • How many home builders are selling in New Caney?

    6 home builders have homes for sale in New Caney right now, with 130 active listings between them. The builder for a specific home is on its listing. Source: our listing data, as of September 30, 2026.

HOAs

  • How many HOAs are in New Caney?

    Our HOA map for New Caney groups homes into 20 named subdivisions or associations. Not every home has an HOA, and dues and rules differ, so ask for the HOA documents for a specific home. Source: our listing data, as of September 30, 2026.

Schools

  • How many schools are in New Caney?

    Our school map for the New Caney area shows 10 campuses: 5 elementary, 3 high, 2 middle. Which campus serves a home depends on the address. Source: TEA campus locations.

Neighborhoods

  • How many subdivisions are in New Caney?

    We list 20 named subdivisions with active listings in New Caney, out of 330 homes for sale in the area. Each subdivision name on the community page links to a search for that subdivision. Source: our listing data, as of September 30, 2026.

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