Buying the median home in West University Place means financing $1,400,000. Against the area's $200,000 median household income, that works out to a 7.0x price-to-income ratio.
West University Place's 2.05% property tax rate runs above the 1.1% national average. That's $2,392/month on the median home here, not a rounding error against the mortgage payment.
Texas charges no state income tax. Every dollar of the $200,000 median household income here converts more directly into covering the $10,197/month payment.
West University Place's cost of living index is 189, above the 100 national baseline. That's on top of the housing numbers above, not instead of them.
West University Place's median home price runs 352% higher than nearby Houston: $310,000 there versus $1,400,000 here.