Memorial and the Memorial Villages, Harris County, Texas

Assisted living in Memorial and the Memorial Villages: what a family actually needs to know

The six Memorial Villages are almost entirely single-family residential, so the licensed senior living that serves Memorial families sits on the corridors around them, along Memorial Drive, the I-10 corridor and Spring Branch. That geography is worth understanding before you tour anything, because it tells you where to actually look. Every number below is counted from the state's own licensing file.

What is actually here, counted from the state's file

Licensed homes
8
Small homes, 16 beds or fewer
4
Larger communities
4
Licensed beds in total
352
Type B licences
7
Type A licences
1

Memorial and the Memorial Villages has 4 small licensed homes of 16 beds or fewer and 4 larger communities, so a family here is mostly choosing among the larger communities, and the right move is to compare what each one includes at its price rather than assuming they are interchangeable.

Counted from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission directory of licensed assisted living facilities, the state's own published file, read 2026-09-21. Source: apps.hhs.texas.gov/providers/directories/al.xlsx. Licences change; confirm any home's current status before you sign anything.

Questions worth asking first

Is there assisted living inside the Memorial Villages?

Very little sits inside the villages themselves, because they are zoned residential. The licensed communities and small care homes that serve Memorial families sit immediately around them, in the 77024, 77055, 77079, 77043 and 77080 zip codes this page counts: the Memorial Drive corridor, Memorial City and Spring Branch. In practice a Memorial family's real options are all within a ten-minute drive of the villages.

Should we look at a small care home or a large community?

Look at both before deciding. A licensed small home means fewer residents, the same few caregivers every day, home cooking and usually a lower monthly price. A larger community means more amenities, more structured programming and deeper staffing. The right answer depends on your parent, not on the category. One caution: a boarding home is not the same thing as a licensed assisted living home, and its own staff cannot lawfully provide hands-on personal care. Always ask which one you are standing in.

What is the difference between a Type A and a Type B assisted living licence in Texas?

It comes down to whether your parent could get themselves out of the building in an emergency. A Type A home serves residents who can evacuate on their own. A Type B home is licensed to serve residents who cannot, including someone who needs staff help to get up, who uses a wheelchair and cannot self-transfer, or who needs overnight attendance. If your parent needs help getting out of bed, you are looking for a Type B home. Ask to see the licence, and check the type on it.

What does assisted living cost near Memorial?

Houston-area small licensed care homes commonly run somewhere around $2,400 to $3,800 a month, and larger assisted living communities commonly run around $5,100, with memory care running higher. Those are market ranges, not quotes. The only number that matters is the one a home puts in writing for your parent's actual level of care, so ask what is included and what is billed separately.

What does your service cost my family?

Nothing. Families pay us nothing, ever. When a family moves into a home in our network, that home pays the placement fee, and we put that in writing to you at the time of the referral under Texas Business and Commerce Code Chapter 121. The same disclosure tells you that the list we give you may not include every community in the area that fits, and that you can stop using us at any time without penalty.

Hospitals that serve this area

  • Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center
  • Houston Methodist West Hospital

Listed by geography only. We hold no referral relationship or partnership with any hospital system.

Every licensed home we hold a page for in Memorial and the Memorial Villages

These are state licence records, not endorsements and not paid listings. A home appears here because Texas licenses it, not because it works with us.

Want help narrowing it down?

Tell us what your parent needs and we will come back with homes that actually fit, with the licence type and what each home says about itself. Free for your family, always. You get the Chapter 121 disclosure in writing before anything else happens.

Start with a few questions

Run a licensed home in Memorial and the Memorial Villages? List it in the network. Listing is free. The fee is one month's rent, and only if a resident moves in.