Humble and Atascocita Real Estate Listings of Houses and Homes for Sale in Harris County, Texas

Humble and Atascocita

Humble and Atascocita’s unique charm combined with the booming metropolis, culture and arts of nearby Houston, makes them progressive cities soaked in Southern style. Recently, MONEY and CNN/Money magazines spent months looking for Great American towns, where one would want to raise children and celebrate life's milestones. Both Humble and Atascocita placed in the top 1,100 towns in the nation for the title of Best Places to Live in 2005.

Nearby Houston has nurtured a superb arts scene, readily available to the residents of Humble and Atascocita. The theater district is an important feature of Houston’s great quality of life, and is located amidst elegant modern architecture rising from an urban forest. International cuisine, mild weather that allows year-round outdoor recreation and entertainment day or night with theme parks, major-league sports arenas and highly acclaimed museums are all available to the areas’ residents.

Humble takes its roots as a pioneering oil boom town, as petroleum has been the basis of Humble's economy since its beginning. The city was the namesake for Humble Oil, which later became the Exxon Corporation. While the proximity to Houston Intercontinental Airport and Lake Houston attracts new residents to Humble, it gave rise to fourteen new subdivisions. Along with the rapidly increasing growth of population came the need for more stores and services. Much of the retail growth occurred in Humble, but substantial commercial development also occurred in Kingwood and Atascocita. Old Humble is populated by artists and antique dealers. Opening in the mid-1980s, the one million square-feet Deerbrook Mall became the area's major commercial center.

Humble and Atascocita offer a large scope of activities, opportunities and growth to delight residents and make them proud of the city they call home.