Victoria County, Texas · Victoria
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With 20% of homes built before 1960 and about 0 hard-freeze nights a year, frozen and split pipes are a leading winter risk in the county.
May brings the most downpours to Victoria County, part of 8.5 heavy-rain days a year. Check the sump first.
Sewage backups in Victoria County spike on heavy-rain days, about 8.5 a year, when sewer mains fill up and water finds the lowest drain.
Victoria County's wettest day in the 2015–2024 record brought 7.74 inches.
4% of occupied homes in Victoria 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 187 times a year in Victoria County. Mold after a leak spreads fastest from June through August.
Local risk profile
Victoria County covers 882 square miles of southeast Texas, with about 91,413 residents and 39,481 homes. Besides Victoria, the county seat, the biggest communities are Inez, Bloomington and Quail Creek. The county's median home was built in 1983.
45/100 Water Damage Risk Index: Elevated Victoria County ranks 166 of 232 Texas counties. See the statewide ranking and method.The three factors where Victoria County ranks highest compared with other Texas counties.
Victoria County is milder than most of Texas, but not mild enough to skip winterizing. From 2015–2024 it averaged 0 nights a year at 20°F or colder, the range where pipes in exterior walls, crawl spaces and unheated garages freeze, and 5 nights at or below 32°F. That ranks 205th of 232 counties.
With only about 5 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 16°F, on February 16, 2021.
Rainfall is about average for Texas. Of roughly 37.6 inches of yearly precipitation, the damage comes from the 8.5 days a year with an inch or more, ranked 104th of 232. January, May and June see the most. The single wettest day in the record: 7.74 inches, August 26, 2017. Multi-day storms matter most for basements; the wettest three days on record here totaled 11.91 inches (through August 28, 2017).
Housing
47% of homes in Victoria County predate 1980, close to the Texas county median of 45.8%, which ranks 109th of Texas's 232 counties.
Older and newer homes sit side by side here: 20% predate 1960 and 27% are from 2000 or later. Corroded pipe is the typical failure in the first group, burst supply hoses in the second.
The 1980s and 1990s account for 26% of the county's homes. If yours is from those decades, look under the sinks and at the water heater for gray plastic pipe stamped PB, which is polybutylene and leak-prone.
Here 11% of housing is manufactured homes. Check the skirting and the heat tape on the main water line every fall, because that one exposed line is what freezes.
Renters occupy 35% 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
Victoria County averages 187 warm, muggy nights a year (lows of 65°F or more) and gets the most rain in June. 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 expectBy main heating fuel, Victoria County homes break down as 26% utility gas, 68% electric, 3% propane and under 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.
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Population from ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Townships and unincorporated areas are covered too.
Nearby
DeWitt, Goliad and Lavaca get more pipe-freeze nights than Victoria. Refugio County has the oldest housing nearby, with 60% of homes built before 1980.
By the numbers
| Factor | Victoria | Texas median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1960 | 20% | 20% | 111 of 232 |
| Homes built before 1980 | 47% | 46% | 109 of 232 |
| Homes built 2000 or later | 27% | 26% | 109 of 232 |
| Manufactured or mobile homes | 11% | 13% | 152 of 232 |
| Vacant homes | 12% | 17% | 171 of 232 |
| Wood or propane heat | 3.5% | 6.5% | 181 of 232 |
| Nights at 20°F or colder | 0/yr | 3/yr | 205 of 232 |
| Days with 1 inch+ of rain | 8.5/yr | 7.8/yr | 104 of 232 |
| Freeze-thaw days | 5/yr | 27/yr | 206 of 232 |
| Muggy nights (65°F+) | 187/yr | 129/yr | 20 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 Victoria County: freezing from midwinter, heavy rain in January, May and June.
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