Three ZIPs, and they do not behave alike. 77059 has a median of $472,500 and only 3.67 months of inventory, which is a genuine seller's market. 77062 is cheaper at $342,500 but faster still, moving in 48 days. 77058, closest to the space center, has the same kind of housing and takes 76 days to sell.
That last figure is the one worth knowing. A house in 77058 is not worth less because of where it sits; it takes longer to find a buyer, and time is exactly what a seller with a deadline does not have.
We buy in all three, as-is, including the original space-program era houses that have never had a serious update.
Clear Lake by ZIP
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| 77059 median | $472,500 |
| 77058 median | $364,000 |
| 77062 median | $342,500 |
| Fastest, 77062 | 48 days on market |
| Slowest, 77058 | 76 days on market |
| Tightest, 77059 | 3.67 months of inventory |
77059 is under four months of inventory, one of the tightest submarkets in the Bay Area. 77058 takes 28 days longer to sell than 77062 despite similar housing.
Source: HouseCanary ZIP-level market data, July 2026. Last verified 27 July 2026.
What Actually Slows Down a Clear Lake Sale
Aerospace employment cycles. A large share of the local buyer pool works for the space center or the contractors around it. Contract awards and federal budget cycles move hiring, and hiring moves showings. It is the single most local factor in this market and no automated valuation accounts for it.
Original 1960s and 70s construction. Much of the housing near the space center went up quickly during the program's expansion. Original electrical panels, cast-iron drain lines, aluminum branch wiring and single-pane windows are common. Those are precisely the inspection findings that turn a financed contract into a renegotiation at day twenty.
Clear Lake and Armand Bayou drainage. The statutory disclosure asks about prior flooding and flood claims, and buyers here read those answers closely. Proximity to the water is the appeal and the question at the same time.
Windstorm coverage. Close enough to the coast that windstorm insurance is a live cost for the next owner, which affects what a financed buyer can afford monthly, not just what they will offer.
The situations we see most here are relocations when a contract ends and an inherited house from an original owner who bought during the program years.
We buy throughout Clear Lake City, including Bay Oaks, Clear Lake Forest, Camino South, Brook Forest, University Green, Middlebrook, Meadowgreen and Pipers Meadow.
If You Are in 77059, Read This Before You Call Us
At 3.67 months of inventory, 77059 is one of the tightest submarkets anywhere in the Houston metro. Well-presented houses there do not need a fast exit, and a cash offer is unlikely to beat what the open market will pay.
Say so on the phone and we will confirm it. The cases where 77059 owners genuinely benefit from selling to us are narrow: a house that will not pass a lender's inspection, an estate that needs settling, a relocation with a start date already fixed, or a property that has been empty long enough that the insurer has restricted cover.
Outside those, list it.
77059 in good condition: list it, the market is tight. 77058 with dated systems: the 76-day average is the real cost of waiting.
Why 77058 Takes 28 Days Longer Than 77062
Similar houses, similar era, twenty-eight days apart. Part of it is inventory depth: 77058 has only about fifty active listings, so a small number of hard-to-sell properties skews the average heavily. Part is that 77058 carries more of the smallest and oldest stock closest to the space center.
The long-run numbers actually favor 77058: it returned roughly 101 percent over twenty years against 79 percent in 77062, the strongest twenty-year figure of the three. So this is a liquidity difference, not a desirability one.
For a seller that distinction matters. Your house is not worth less. It will just sit longer, and if you are carrying a mortgage on somewhere else while it does, that is the number that hurts.
