Bayou Woods Houston Real Estate Guide
Located just outside the Inner Loop and within the prestigious 77024 zip code, the affluent Bayou Woods is home to luxury mansions on large, wooded lots.
Located just outside the Inner Loop and within the prestigious 77024 zip code, the affluent Bayou Woods is home to luxury mansions on large, wooded lots.
Nestled near the corner where Loop 610 and Interstate 10 meet, Bayou Woods is around 6 miles away from Downtown Houston.
Homes in the area are popular for their:
Buying and selling a home in Bayou Woods can be challenging due to limited inventories (very few homes put up on the market every year) and proximity to main roads and freeways (which can hurt resale). Contact Paige Martin, one of Houston’s Best Realtors and one of Bayou Woods’s most active real estate agents, if you’re looking to buy or sell Bayou Woods homes for sale.
Nestled just outside the Loop, Bayou Woods sits about 6 miles west of Downtown Houston. The neighborhood is south of Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway) and west of Loop 610.
The neighborhood sits to the northwest of Stablewood and east of the Memorial Villages. Memorial Park is a few blocks away from Bayou Woods.
Located within the affluent Memorial area, Bayou Woods is among the most expensive neighborhods in Houston. Forbes named the 77024 zip code among the most expensive places to live in the US.
The neighborhood is also minutes away from the Galleria/Uptown area. The district is one of Houston’s main employment and retail centers. It is home to around 23 million square feet of office space, with over 2,000 businesses and 55,000 employees. The district also features 5 million square feet of retail space.
The world-famous Galleria is within the Uptown District. It has 2 million+ square feet of leasable space, and features anchor stores like Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Other retail centers are also within minutes of the neighborhood.
Another key Houston landmark, Memorial Park, is a few blocks away from Bayou Woods homes. The park used to be a boot camp for the US Army, but today it houses various sports facilities, hike-and-bike trails, the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, and the Memorial Park Golf Course.
Bayou Woods Houston is within the 77024 Harris County zip code. (See Houston Zip Code Map)
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Bayou Woods homes are zoned to schools from the highly regarded Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD).
Spring Branch ISD is known for its multi-award winning schools, most of which have been named National Blue Ribbon School. Headquartered in Hedwig Village, the SBISD received a “Met Standard” accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency in 2016.
National Blue Ribbon Schools Hunters Creek Elementary School, Spring Branch Middle School, and Memorial High School all serve Bayou Woods homes.
*Note: For a more detailed information on specific schools zoned to different Bayou Woods areas, please refer to our Houston Schools Guide OR email me.
The following are some of the more notable private schools near Bayou Woods.
To find an updated listing of all Bayou Woods real estate zoned to any specific public school, please send an email to Paige Martin at [email protected] with the property preference and budget that you’re working with.
*Note: School zoning tends to change from year to year, information provided above are accurate but not guaranteed. Please double check by visiting the school’s website.
With a median sales price of over $4,500,000, Bayou Woods homes are among the most expensive in Houston.
Like in most Memorial close-in neighborhoods (like Stablewood and Tanglewood), home inventories in Bayou Woods are fairly limited. Very few homes are put on the market every year and there have been fewer than a dozen public single-family homes sales in the neighborhood over the last 2 years.
Note: There have been less than 20 Bayou Woods single-family homes sold in the past couple of years. Since there are so few average public sales per year, email me for more updated real estate trends.
(Data sourced from the Houston Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.)
For updated information regarding Bayou Woods real estate pricing and trend analysis, please contact Paige Martin at [email protected].
Bayou Woods homes are fairly similar to those in other Memorial close-in neighborhoods like Tanglewood and Stablewood. Homes often offer spacious living spaces and sit on large verdant lots.
Some of Bayou Woods’ original homes date back to the 19950s and 60s, though many have been updated and renovated. Others have been torn down to make way to bigger custom-built homes. Older homes in the neighborhood are typically traditional ranch-style homes, while newer homes draw from more contemporary and modern designs.
On average, single-family homes in the area can offer between 4 to 8 bedrooms spread across 5,000 to more than 10,000 square feet of living space. Lot sizes are equally generous, ranging from 20,000 square feet to upwards of 100,000 square feet.
Luxury amenities are common. Most Bayou Woods real estate feature swimming pools, spacious front and back yards, well-kept grounds, wide setbacks (with some homes are tucked well behind mature trees and hedges), wide driveways and multi-car garages, formal and informal dining and living areas, and luxurious master bedrooms.
Prices for Bayou Woods homes for sale can start at around $1,000,000. The most expensive homes in the neighborhood can command price tags of well over $5,000,000.
Compared to their single-family home counterparts, townhomes in the Bayou Woods area tend to be smaller and more affordable. Complexes and townhome communities in the area include Bayou Woods Townhome Condominiums and Chatsworth Place Townhomes.
Bayou Woods townhomes can feature 2- to 3-bedroom floor plans, with around 1,000 to over 2,000 square feet of living space. Most were built during the early 1970s.
Prices for Bayou Woods townhomes for sale range from around $80,000 to more than $250,000 (for bigger units).
More townhomes are available in surrounding areas like Briar Hollow, Camp Logan, and the Galleria.
There are no mid- or high-rise residential buildings in Bayou Woods. There are, however, plenty of condos available in the area. Similar to townhomes, Bayou Woods condos are smaller and more affordable. Prices are also similar to those of townhomes.
Many luxury high-rise condos are available in the Uptown/Galleria area. Here are a few of them:
To see other condos within the Inner Loop, see Inner Loop Houston Condos. To see condos within the Galleria area, see Galleria Houston Condos.
Like in the nearby Memorial Villages, most of Bayou Woods’ original homes were built in the 1950s and 1960s. During this period, Houston extended its reach westward. The housing boom following WWII brought developers to areas north of the Buffalo Bayou, where they developed upper and middle-class subdivisions.
The area now known as “close-in Memorial” (also Memorial close-in) used to be made up of summer homes and country estates. The lush areas around the Buffalo Bayou were then used as stables, hunting lodges, and family retreats.
Later, these areas were sold to developers, who built luxury subdivisions and exclusive communities like Bayou Woods, Pinewood Estates, and Sherwood Forest.
Today, Bayou Woods (along with most neighborhoods and subdivisions in the Memorial area) is among the most expensive neighborhoods in Houston. Its large homes on sprawling wooded lots and great location near some of Houston’s best dining, retail, and outdoor entertainment hubs continue to draw homebuyers to the neighborhood.
Bayou Woods enjoys easy access to some of Houston’s best retail, entertainment, and outdoor activity hubs. Uptown Houston/The Galleria area is about two miles away, while Memorial Park is a few blocks from the neighborhood.
Uptown Houston is home to around 5 million square feet of retail space, nearly half of which belongs to the world famous Galleria. The Galleria is home to more than 350 retail, entertainment, and other commercial hubs. Anchor stores include Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue.
Another retail hub in the area is Uptown Park, a European-style shopping center. Upscale shopping and restaurants are available , including M Penner, Mint Kids & Baby, and Facade, among others.
Houston’s other shopping hotspots (like Highland Village, River Oaks District, and the River Oaks Shopping Center) are minutes away from Bayou Woods.
Memorial Park, on the other hand, is one of the most visited landmarks in Houston. The 1,400-acre park is home to miles of hike and bike trails, picnic areas, swimming pools, tennis courts, and other sports facilities. The Seymour Lieberman Trail and the Houston Arboretum and Nature Park are also within the park.
The Memorial Park Golf Course is a municipal golf course opened in 1936. It is a 18-hole course with a course rating of 73 and a slope rating of 122.
Here are some of Bayou Woods TX must-visit places:
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