Angelina County, Texas · Lufkin
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Angelina County averages 1 night a year at 20°F or colder, mostly midwinter, and 14% of its homes predate 1960.
May brings the most downpours to Angelina County, part of 16.1 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
14% of homes here predate 1960, when clay and cast iron sewer laterals were standard. Roots and cracks in those lines are a common cause of backups.
In Angelina County, 5.49 inches fell on the wettest day of the 2015–2024 record. Storms like that, and ice dams in snowy winters, cause most roof leaks.
5% of occupied homes in Angelina County heat mainly with wood or propane, below the Texas county median of 6.5%.
Muggy summer nights, lows of 65°F or more, come about 143 times a year in Angelina County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
With 37,023 homes and around 87,275 residents, Angelina County is 798 square miles of eastern Texas. The county seat is Lufkin, and Hudson, Diboll and Huntington round out the largest towns. Much of its housing is recent, with a median build year of 1986.
49/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Angelina County ranks 124 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Angelina County ranks highest compared with other Texas counties.
Angelina County is milder than most of Texas, but not mild enough to skip winterizing. From 2015–2024 it averaged 1 night a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 18 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 159th of 232 counties.
On February 16, 2021 the low fell to about 5°F, and in the stretch ending February 2021 the county went 3 days in a row below freezing. Leaks from split pipes typically appear the day the thaw arrives.
With only about 18 freezing nights a year, many homes here aren't built for cold, so a single arctic outbreak can burst pipes across the county. The record low in this data was about 5°F, on February 16, 2021.
Heavy rain is a bigger factor here than in most of Texas. About 16.1 days a year bring an inch or more (17th of 232), most often in May, out of 56.2 inches of total precipitation. On March 29, 2018, 5.49 inches fell in a single day. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 7.85 inches (through August 30, 2017).
Housing
Texas's 232 counties range widely in housing age; Angelina ranks 155th, with 40% of its homes built before 1980.
Housing age is mixed: 14% of homes are pre-1960 and 29% are 2000 or newer. Ask any plumber which era your house is from and you'll know which failures to watch for.
About 31% of homes went up between 1980 and 1999. Some houses from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s were plumbed with polybutylene, a gray plastic pipe known for failing at fittings. A plumber can tell you in a few minutes whether you have it.
19% of homes are manufactured or mobile homes, above the Texas county median of 13.4%. Their water lines run under the floor behind the skirting, so a torn skirt or failed heat tape freezes them faster than lines in a site-built house.
Renters occupy 36% of homes. If you rent, the building is usually the landlord's to repair, but your belongings are only covered by renters insurance.
Beyond water
Angelina County averages 143 warm, muggy nights a year (lows of 65°F or more) and gets the most rain in May. Keep indoor humidity under 60%, as the EPA advises, and dry any leak within 24 to 48 hours; in a humid month a wet basement left alone won't dry by itself.
Mold remediation: what to expectMain heating fuel in Angelina County's occupied homes: 24% utility gas, 70% electric, 4% propane and 1% wood. Heating equipment, cooking and electrical failures cause most home fires nationally. Even a small kitchen fire can leave soot through the whole house, because smoke follows air currents into closets, ducts and attic space.
Fire and smoke cleanup: first stepsCoverage
Calls connect to restoration companies that work across Angelina County. The largest communities by population:
Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
Cherokee, Houston and Nacogdoches get more pipe-freeze nights than Angelina. Houston County has the oldest housing nearby, with 48% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Angelina | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 14% | 20% | 162 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 40% | 46% | 155 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 29% | 26% | 99 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 19% | 13% | 57 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 13% | 17% | 156 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 5.3% | 6.5% | 139 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 1/yr | 3/yr | 159 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 16/yr | 7.8/yr | 17 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 17/yr | 27/yr | 160 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 143/yr | 129/yr | 76 of 232 |
Rank 1 is the highest value. Bars run from the lowest to the highest Texas county; the tick marks the median; orange means higher water damage risk than the median, green means lower.
Questions
Peak risk months in Angelina County: freezing from midwinter, heavy rain in April, May and December.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates (2020-2024); weather from NOAA nClimGrid-Daily county averages (EpiNOAA), 2015–2024, averaged across the county; county boundaries from Census TIGER. Reviewed 2026-10-21. Methodology