BOCA CHICA VILLAGE, Texas—In autumn 2019, Celia Johnson began resisting efforts by billionaire Elon Musk ’s SpaceX to buy two modest houses she owns near the company’s rocket-launch facility.

Musk tweeted that he sold most of his real estate in California and primarily lives in a $50,000 tiny home in Boca Chica/Starbase near SpaceX's facility.

Boca Chica Village is an unincorporated community about 20 miles from the city of Brownsville. Satellite imagery shows there are about 35 houses in the area.

Welcome to Boca Chica, the Tiny Texas Town Where SpaceX is Building its Starship A tiny community on Texas' southernmost tip has become a prime destination for the spaceflight faithful.

SpaceX offered $150,000 for a home next to its launch facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, per NBC News. The offer was one-third of the price of similar waterfront houses in the village, the owner ...