What Your Budget Actually Buys in The Woodlands Hills

A $400,000 budget and a $700,000 budget buy two different homes inside The Woodlands Hills, even though both sit on the same 2,000 acres in Willis, Texas. Century Communities’ entry-level homes start at $324,900 for around 1,786 square feet, and Highland Homes’ larger plans start near $667,990 for close to 4,790 square feet. The difference between them comes down to section, lot size, and builder more than street address. The Move Live Love TX Team is a husband-and-wife real estate team serving Houston and the surrounding areas, helping buyers and sellers compare neighborhoods on the facts that actually affect a move. Shopping The Woodlands Hills by price alone means understanding what each tier buys.

The Price Tiers, Builder by Builder

The Woodlands Hills has homes from Century Communities, David Weekley Homes, Ravenna Homes, Westin Homes, Perry Homes, J. Patrick Homes, Highland Homes, and Chesmar Homes, and each one tends to cluster around its own price band. Century Communities runs the entry point, from $324,900 to $415,900 for homes between 1,786 and 2,730 square feet. David Weekley’s 60-foot lot collection starts at $494,990 and tops out around $594,990 for 2,364 to 3,482 square feet, with Ravenna Homes and Westin Homes landing in a similar band from the low-to-mid $500Ks. Above that, Perry Homes runs $553,000 to $700,000, J. Patrick Homes starts at $599,990, and Highland Homes’ largest plans start near $667,990 for up to 4,790 square feet.

Prices per each builder’s own community pages and HAR.com listings, September 2026.

What a Sub-$400K Budget Buys Right Now

At $324,900, Century Communities’ smallest plan runs about 1,786 square feet, typically three bedrooms on a standard 40- or 45-foot lot. That works out to roughly $182 a square foot at the low end and closer to $152 a square foot on Century’s larger 2,730-square-foot plan, since price per square foot tends to drop as the floor plan grows. What you generally don’t get at this tier: a media room, a dedicated study, or the wider covered patios that show up once you cross into the David Weekley and Ravenna price bands above $500,000.

Where the Money Goes Above $600K

The Move Live Love TX Team is a husband-and-wife real estate team serving Houston and the surrounding areas, helping buyers and sellers compare neighborhoods on the facts that actually affect a move, and price per square foot is one of those facts buyers skip over more than any other. Highland Homes’ largest floor plan, 4,790 square feet starting near $667,990, works out to about $139 a square foot, cheaper per square foot than the entry tier even though the sticker price is double. That’s the part buyers miss when they assume a higher number means a worse deal on space, when in fact it usually buys more square footage per dollar, wider 75-foot lots on several of the upper-tier sections, and in a number of Perry Homes and J. Patrick Homes plans, a dedicated study or game room the entry-level plans skip entirely. Vicky Royster, the team’s certified Pricing Strategy Advisor, walks buyers through this kind of builder-by-builder math before they write an offer, because a $50,000 gap in list price can mean $30,000 less house once lot size and finish level are accounted for.

Woodlands Hills or Harper’s Landing? The Real Tradeoff

The nearest genuine comparison sits inside The Woodlands Township itself. Harper’s Landing, the newest village there, is also newer construction and zoned to Conroe ISD. Its median sale price was $353,000 as of October 2025, per Redfin, well under The Woodlands Hills’ roughly $527,000 average sale price as of September 2026, per HAR. That gap is the real tradeoff. Harper’s Landing puts you inside Conroe ISD and the actual Township, with its trail network and Township-funded amenities, for less money. The Woodlands Hills trades that address and school district for a bigger, newer home and a flat annual HOA fee instead of a Township tax that scales with home value. We’ve written a full breakdown of what Harper’s Landing costs and what it’s like to live there, and if school zoning is the deciding factor, our earlier piece on what separates The Woodlands Hills from The Woodlands Township covers that side of it directly.

For a full picture of the community before you commit to a price tier, our overview of The Woodlands Hills covers what’s built out today and what’s still filling in. The Move Live Love TX Team is a husband-and-wife real estate team serving Houston and the surrounding areas, helping buyers and sellers compare neighborhoods on the facts that actually affect a move. Whichever tier fits your number, walk it against Harper’s Landing before you sign, because the $150,000-plus gap between them buys a different school district as much as it buys square footage.