Porter Heights, Texas
CDP
About Porter Heights
Porter Heights, TX is a small unincorporated community located in eastern Texas.
Porter Heights holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 3.23 square miles.
📰 Porter Heights News Today
- Porter Heights Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 24
- EF-3 tornado ripped through Porter Heights area in Montgomery County, Texas, NWS confirms khou.com · Dec 29
- Southeast Texas storm damage: EF-3 tornado hit Porter Heights-Splendora area of Montgomery County, National Weather Service says ABC13 Houston · Dec 30
- Video shows damage in Porter Heights, Texas, after tornado warning USA Today · Dec 28
- Porter Heights, TX Weather Forecast AccuWeather · Jul 19
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Porter Heights Unique
- The only place in America named Porter Heights — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in eastern Texas, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Porter Heights
- Denny's — american
- Hartz Chicken Buffet
- IHOP — breakfast
- Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
- Cici's Pizza — pizza
- Pete's Burger Place — burger
- Southern Style Seafood Co — seafood
- Supreme Hibachi and Sushi Buffet — sushi
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Porter Heights
- Cumberland Park reviews ★
- Discovery Cove reviews ★
- Mirror Lake Park reviews ★
- Paw Print Park reviews ★
- Sun Point Park reviews ★
- Sundew Park reviews ★
- The Highlands Sequpia Grove reviews ★
- Woodson's Club reviews ★
- Woodson's Gully Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
🏫 Schools in Porter Heights
- BENS BRANCH EL
- BROOKWOOD FOREST EL
- KEEFER CROSSING MIDDLE
- PORTER H S
- ROBERT CRIPPEN EL
- SORTERS MILL EL
- WHITE OAK MIDDLE
Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateTexas
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area3.23 sq mi
Coordinates30.1484, -95.3238