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Low Water Pressure in Houston, TX

A lever ball valve and a wheel-handled gate valve on the same run of pipe
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Houston has 886,644 occupied homes across 64 ZIP codes, and the typical one was built in 1986. That year is the most useful single fact for working out why the water pressure is weak, because it predicts what the supply pipe is made of.

Houston sits 11 years older than the TX median of 1997. Of the 128 TX towns we route calls in, its housing is older than 84% of them, and by number of homes it ranks 1st.

What 1986 tells you about the pipe in Houston

Housing of this vintage generally means copper throughout in most cases, with polybutylene fitted in some homes built from the late seventies onward. Polybutylene was discontinued in the mid-nineties and is worth identifying, because its failures are sudden rather than gradual. More on 1980s supply pipe.

46% of occupied homes in Houston are owner-occupied, 30 points below the TX figure of 76%. It matters here because the run between the meter and the house belongs to the property owner, not the utility.

Median household income across Houston ZIP codes is $72,355, 23% below the TX median of $93,661.

Before calling anyone in Houston, check whether every tap is weak or just one. Normal supply is 45–80 psi and under 40 psi is low — how to test it in a minute. Whole house is a supply problem worth a call; one tap is usually a five-minute job you can do yourself.

Build year and occupied homes by ZIP code in Houston

ZIPTypical build yearOccupied homes
7700220107,022
7700320065,376
77004198316,208
7700519939,935
77006199614,329
77007200724,081
77008200019,513
77009195315,241
770102004420
7701119476,139
77014199612,059
77018196712,128
77019200112,838
77021196510,998
7702219659,131
77023195510,224
77024198116,124
77025198814,330
77027200311,379
7703019966,489
7703219864,397
77036197726,367
7703719685,089
7703819878,786
7703919738,047
77040198618,315
77041199511,191
77042198319,095
77043197710,254
77044200817,275
7704619891,135
77054199116,434
77055197816,217
77056199912,805
77057197822,244
77060198015,135
77063197920,044
77064199315,989
77065199215,866
77066198511,715
77067198510,035
7706819854,127
7706919878,841
77070199621,657
77073200314,052
77074197312,829
7707619639,794
77077198829,208
77079197814,689
77080197415,666
77081197619,419
77082199223,088
77083198922,633
77084199536,216
7708619848,717
77088197817,432
77090198616,682
77091198511,017
77092197514,591
77093196613,348
7709419964,204
77095199725,458
77096197013,514
7709819959,063

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ZIP codes we route in Houston

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