Houston Drive runs through the Clarke neighbourhood in north Milton, a residential street that sits between Thompson Road and James Snow Parkway.
Houston Drive runs through the Clarke neighbourhood in north Milton, a residential street that sits between Thompson Road and James Snow Parkway. The street is lined with mature trees and sidewalks, giving it a settled suburban feel. It is a short drive to the Milton Sports Centre and the Milton Mall, while Highway 401 lies just three minutes away via James Snow Parkway. The street is primarily residential, with a mix of semis and detached homes that date from the early 2000s. Its position in the Clarke area places it close to several parks and schools, making it a practical choice for families.
Houston Drive offers a mix of semis and detached homes, most built in the early 2000s. The semis are two-storey units with brick and vinyl exteriors, typically offering three bedrooms and around 1,500 to 2,000 square feet. Detached homes on the street are also two-storey, with similar square footage and attached garages. Lot sizes are modest, with frontages in the 30- to 40-foot range. The builder is not attributed with high confidence, but the homes share a consistent architectural language across the street.
Exterior treatments vary between full brick and brick-and-vinyl combinations, with some homes featuring stone accents. Driveways are concrete, and landscaping is generally well maintained. Several homes have finished basements, often rented out as separate units. The street has a uniform setback, with front lawns and a mix of mature and newer plantings. Condition across the street is good, with many homes having updated kitchens and bathrooms.
Houston Drive is within walking distance of Milton Community Park, a ten-minute walk that offers sports fields, a playground, and walking trails. Several grocery stores are a short drive away: Canadian Superstore is four minutes by car, and Walmart, FreshCo, and Sobeys are all within six minutes. Milton District Hospital is six minutes away, providing emergency and medical services. The Milton Muslim Community Centre is also a six-minute drive, serving the local Islamic community.
For daily errands, the Milton Mall and a variety of retail plazas along Main Street are within a five-minute drive. Schools are close by, with Irma Coulson Public School and Tiger Jeet Singh Public School both five minutes away on foot. Milton District High School is also a five-minute drive. The Milton GO Station is a 14-minute drive, offering commuter rail service to Toronto. Highway 401 is accessible in three minutes via James Snow Parkway, connecting to Mississauga and beyond.
Houston Drive trades infrequently, with only a handful of recorded transactions over the past year. The street's recent rental activity provides the clearest market signal: five leases have been recorded, spanning one-bedroom basement units around $1,550 per month through three-bedroom semis near $3,120 per month. A three-bedroom semi rented around $3,120 in November 2025, while a two-bedroom detached moved at approximately $1,775 the same month. This rental range reflects the street's mixed composition of detached and semi-detached homes.
Days on market for leases average around 72 days, consistent with the broader Clarke neighbourhood rental pace. The lease-to-sale ratio (five leases against two recorded sales) suggests the street functions more actively as a rental market than as a sales market, with investors and landlords more frequent participants than owner-occupants. One-bedroom basement units cluster in the $1,550 range, while family-sized three- and four-bedroom units command $3,100 to $3,120 monthly. The active listing count stands at one, indicating minimal turnover pressure at the current moment. Without sufficient sales data to establish a price band, prospective buyers rely on comparable neighbourhood activity: semi-detached homes across Clarke typically trade around $876,000, having softened roughly 6 percent year-over-year. The street's own rental economics and the neighbourhood benchmark suggest orientation toward owner-occupant families and long-term tenancy.
Across Clarke, comparable semi-detached homes have sold at broader scale than Houston Drive itself. The typical sold price for semis across the neighbourhood sits around $876,000, based on full sample data. These neighbourhood semis are clearing at approximately 84 days on market, slightly longer than Houston's own rental pace. Year-over-year, neighbourhood semis have softened modestly, retreating roughly 6 percent from prior-year levels. Sold-to-ask ratios across the neighbourhood hold near 99 percent, signalling that buyers and sellers achieve near-ask outcomes without material negotiation pressure. This neighbourhood frame provides useful context for Houston Drive's position: the street's own lease pricing (three-bedroom semis at $3,120 monthly) translates to gross rental yields in the 4.3 to 4.5 percent range when benchmarked against the neighbourhood's typical $876,000 acquisition cost, suggesting the rental market prices exposure to Clarke-area semis competitively against broader neighbourhood ownership alternatives.
Houston Drive sits in the Clarke neighbourhood, a position that puts the 401 on-ramp at James Snow Parkway just three minutes away. For those commuting to Mississauga or Oakville, the drive runs around 22 and 24 minutes respectively, making this a practical base for west-end employment. The Milton GO station is a 14-minute drive, and the full trip to Union Station lands around 74 minutes by train and TTC. Pearson is a 32-minute drive, manageable for frequent flyers. The street itself is quiet enough that the road network handles the load without the through-traffic noise that defines busier corridors.
Public elementary catchment draws to Irma Coulson PS and Tiger Jeet Singh PS, both about a five-minute drive from Houston Drive. Catholic elementary students attend Our Lady of Fatima Catholic ES, also five minutes away. For secondary, public students go to Milton District High School, while Catholic students draw to Bishop P.F. Reding Catholic SS, both within a five-minute drive. The cluster of schools within a short radius makes this a practical stretch for families with children at different stages.
Houston Drive tends to suit families and long-term renters who value quick highway access over walkability to transit. The stock is a mix of semis and detached homes, with recent leasing activity dominated by unfurnished units on 12-month terms, signalling anchored tenants rather than transient demand. Basement apartments appear in the rental mix, appealing to investors targeting the student or young professional segment. Buyers here accept a 14-minute drive to the GO station in exchange for a quieter street and a three-minute sprint to the 401. The neighbourhood's proximity to multiple parks and grocery stores within five minutes reinforces its family-friendly character.
If you're considering alternatives in similar pockets, Wettlaufer Terrace offers detached homes trading around $1.8M, a step up in price and space for those seeking larger lots. Apple Terrace presents a mixed stock with typical prices around $1.6M, suiting buyers who want a broader range of property types. Both streets share the Clarke neighbourhood's highway proximity but differ in composition and price point. For those prioritizing a shorter walk to the GO station, streets closer to the Milton GO corridor would be worth exploring, though they may trade off the quiet residential feel Houston Drive provides.
Semi inventory on Houston Drive has seen 2 closed sales recently. Details below.
No closed sales on record for Houston Drive in the recent period.
Rental activity on Houston Drive across recent months. Breakdown by bed count below.
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