In Copper Lakes, bonds form over catch-and-release fishing, pickleball games and holiday events. Residents live just south of a 188-acre park surrounded by a large lake where they can toss a tennis ball into the water and watch their pups splash and swim. "There's people there every day, all day walking," says local Realtor Jill Smith, who's sold homes for 15 years, just about as long as she's lived in Copper Lakes. She says her clients are drawn to this suburb for the same reasons she was: "It's just the location, the convenience to shopping and restaurants and the freeway." She also notes that homes are more affordable here than in surrounding communities, like Blackhorse Ranch, sometimes by $100,000. And the tax rate is low by Cypress standards, at 2.7%. Though primarily residential, there is a shopping corridor here, and The Boardwalk at Towne Lake is just 2 miles north, with restaurants and live music every Thursday. Highway 6 and U.S. Route 290 are within a few miles of home for commuting out and around the broader area, and downtown Houston is 30 miles away. "One of the reasons that I moved there was I was new to Houston, and it gave me a convenient place to pick up my family at the airport when they visited," says Claire McCallum, broker and owner at McCallum Realty. "When I first moved, there was nothing but fields to the west. I have seen the neighborhood grow entirely from nothing."
At Summer Moon Coffee in Copper Lakes, a man unwinds with a book and coffee.
Watch the sun reflect on Waterford Community Lake's calm surface.
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The newest homes in Copper Lakes are from the mid 2000s
Homes trace back to when the neighborhood was established in the mid-90s. The newest builds are from the mid-2000s. Two-story brick neo-traditionals over 2,000 square feet line the streets, with the largest homes heading into the high 3,000 to low 4,000 square foot range. Some properties have customized features that set them apart, including sloping roofs and stucco finishes. Oaks, pines, and landscaped lawns with flower beds decorate residential roads. Backyard pools are common for cool dips during the summer. Neighbors live just a short walk from pocket parks, and some homes surround the lakes Copper Lakes was named for. Pricing is generally related to square footage and proximity to water, and most homes range from the $300,000s to the high $500,000s. A handful of properties on or near the community lake at the heart of the neighborhood enter the $600,000s to $700,000 range. "Most of the homes are selling in just over a month on average, and the dollar per square foot is $144.70 cents," says Realtor Dawn Fore, who specializes in the Cypress area and works for Re/Max Universal. She adds that Homeowners association fees are around $1,050 annually. Both Smith and Fore say the neighborhood doesn't flood, and weather extremes are rare. The CAP Index Crime Score is 2 out of 10, lower than the national average of 4.
Sidewalks line most streets of Copper Lakes.
Custom builds have began popping up in Copper Lakes
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Public schools rated A on Niche
Students attend Copeland Elementary, Aragon Middle School and Langham Creek High School within the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District. All of these schools are rated A on Niche. The elementary school's Parent-Teacher Organization is active and organizes events for students, including a field trip to Dewberry Farm, 20 miles west of Copper Lakes. While they were there, kids met the animals and enjoyed swinging on ropes into heaps of hay and riding around on a toy train. Behind Cy-Fair High School on the north side of Route 290 is the newly opened Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District Visual and Performing Arts Center, which opened in 2023. "The choral group in the Cy-Fair district is huge, and there are many competitions so that this new center will showcase the arts, in general, for the whole district," McCallum says. For college-aged students, Lone Star College is just 2 miles northwest. The community college partners with some four-year institutions in the state, including the University of Houston, to offer bachelor's degree programs in professions like Nursing, Cybersecurity and Emergency Management.
Innovative education unfolds within Aragon Middle School's walls.
Langham Creek High School was awarded as a National Blue Ribbon School.
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Downtown Houston is 30 miles away
"Centrally, it's just in one of the easiest areas to get around Houston," McCallum says. "It's not like living in suburbs like The Woodlands or Katy, which directs you in one way. Here, you have multiple choices of how you get around town." Residents rely on their cars for everyday errands and commuting around Cypress and Houston, as the neighborhood has no public bus service. Highway 6 is just 2 miles east of the neighborhood and travels north to intersect with U.S. 290. HCA Houston Healthcare North Cypress is just over 4 miles east along Tuckerton Drive, one of the neighborhood's main thoroughfares. Both downtown Houston and George Bush Intercontinental are within 30 miles of Copper Lakes.
There are many affordable housing options in Copper Lakes.
Waterfront homes are a hot commodity in Copper Lakes.
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Pickleball games at the community court
Hobby photographers, Pokémon GO players and families with playground-loving kids head to the community park off Longenbaugh Drive. The park offers a trail around one of the neighborhood's lakes stocked for catch-and-release fishing. Local feed the ducks from the benches and take snapshots of the birds bobbing for fish. The nearby tennis and pickleball courts are always alive, so much so Copper Lakes recently invited its residents to download an app allowing them to reserve the courts ahead of time. And the park's clubhouse is the site for community gatherings and events. Residents also fish at the community lake on Redleaf Hollow Lane. And there's a selection of neighborhood parks dotting the area with playgrounds. The 188-acre Deputy Darren Goforth Park, directly north of Copper Lakes, offers another playground and a Dog Beach Park where pups leap into the lake. A 2-mile paved trail winds around the water, featuring outdoor exercise stations.
Capture wagging tails and sandy paws at Dog Park Beach.
Sit along one of the many lakes of Copper Lakes.
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Not your typical Tex-Mex at Ambriza
Fast-casual chains line Barker Cypress Road, which passes through the heart of the neighborhood, including Oh Mmm Gyros and Zaxbys. Just east of that, on West Road, there's the local haunt Home Base Pizza, serving a selection of homemade gourmet pies. The Boardwalk at Towne Lake, a few miles north, is another go-to for shopping and dining. One of its most popular restaurants there is Ambriza, an upscale Mexican eatery offering a twist on classics. "The dishes are completely different than what you'd get at a traditional Tex-Mex restaurant in Houston," Smith says. Retail is relatively slim at the boardwalk, but it does have a Kendra Scott jewelry store. Target, Five and Below, Sprouts Farmers Market, and more are off Highway 6. Cyfair Town Center, just over 5 miles north via Queenston Boulevard, with Kroger, JC Penney, a variety of small boutiques and a Cinemark.
Thousand Hills serves up the best coffee in the Copper Lakes area.
Voodoo Donuts serves tasty treats to Copper Lakes residents.
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Live music at The Boardwalk at Towne Lake
Copper Lakes mainly hosts holiday-themed events. "Every year, I actually organize the Fourth of July bike parade, and we also do photos with Santa, and we do photos with the Easter Bunny." The nondenominational Christ Covenant Church is local on Longenbaugh Drive for those who worship on Sundays. The Boardwalk at Towne Lake is popular on Thursdays during the summer when it hosts free live music on the lawn overlooking the water. A multitude of genre lovers show up for country, rock and more.
Great Clips in Copper Lakes caters to kids' hair grooming needs.
Capture memories at The Boardwalk near Copper Lakes with holiday fun.
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On average, homes in Copper Lakes, Cypress sell after 31 days on the market compared to the national average of 52 days. The median sale price for homes in Copper Lakes, Cypress over the last 12 months is $479,900, up 12% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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