A small new-construction enclave with real frontage on Dickinson Bayou
"This isn't a decades-old subdivision dressed up as waterfront. It's a brand-new community where almost half the homesites back right onto Dickinson Bayou — and that frontage is the real thing."
Peacock Isle is a new-construction waterfront community off FM 517 in Dickinson, between I-45 and State Highway 3. It's small on purpose — just 50 homesites — and it's built by Bayway Homes, a builder that has focused on coastal and waterfront homes since 1997. The first homes went up in 2022, so everything here is new, and the sales center sits right in the community at 3921 Peacock Isle Dr.
What sets it apart is genuine water frontage. Of the 50 lots, 23 have direct backyard frontage on Dickinson Bayou — not a canal, not a manufactured pond, but the bayou itself. From those homes you can fish, kayak, canoe, or water-ski right off your own backyard, and there are two public watercraft launches close by: one where Highway 3 crosses the bayou, and another at Paul Hopkins Park on FM 517. The interior lots aren't waterfront, but the whole community shares the bayou setting.
There's a financial advantage worth calling out: Peacock Isle has no MUD, PID, or PUD tax. A lot of newer Houston-area communities carry one of those special-district levies on top of your property taxes, and they add up year after year. Skipping them here keeps the carrying cost lower — and you're still 35 minutes from downtown Houston, 22 from Galveston, and 18 from Kemah's waterfront.
real bayou frontage
- New construction by Bayway Homes (2022 on)
- Just 50 homesites — small, low-density enclave
- 23 lots front directly on Dickinson Bayou
- No MUD, PID, or PUD tax
- Fish, kayak, canoe, or water-ski off the bayou
- Two public watercraft launches nearby
- Dickinson ISD · 22 min to Galveston
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