[2] The neighborhood, consisting of 1,500 houses, is on a 375 acres (152 ha) tract along Orem Drive, between Texas State Highway 288 and Almeda Road.

[1] Jenna Colley of the Houston Business Journal said that the subdivision is one seven-minute drive away from the Texas Medical Center.

[3] The first subdivision, built on former farmland, was intended to provide living space for people who work in the Texas Medical Center and Downtown Houston.

During that year Business Week said that in City Park "sales are strong, even though the lots and homes are much smaller than those for comparable money in the exurbs, and they are in the Houston Independent School District, which some young families want to avoid.

[11] Prior to the northern hemisphere fall of 2011 the development was zoned to Woodson K-8 School for Grades 6-8.

[15] Prior to the northern hemisphere fall of 2012, City Park was zoned to Reynolds Elementary School for grades K-5.