Property tax rate
1.49%Median bill $4,232/yr · CensusMedian rent
$1,4032-bed $1,395Per month · CensusDays on market
66 days▼ 1 day vs last yearSeptember 2026 · Realtor.comWhat the numbers say
Texas real estate at a glance
By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data
In September 2026, the median home in Texas listed for $355,765, down 2.5% from a year earlier.
Homes spent a median of 66 days on the market, faster than 67 days a year ago.
Homeowners in Texas pay a median of $4,232 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $283,800, an effective rate of about 1.49%.
Renters pay a median of $1,403 a month, and $1,395 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 21 times a year's rent, which generally favors renting over buying in the short term.
With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $356,000 home here comes to about $2,530 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $108,000 a year (the median household here earns $78,476).
Monthly payment on a typical home
$2,530/mo- Principal & interest$1,940
- Property tax$442
- Insurance (est.)$148
$356,000 home · 20% down · 7.24% 30-year fixed
Run your own numbersRents in Texas by bedrooms
Studio$1,207
1 bedroom$1,237
2 bedrooms$1,395
3 bedrooms$1,650
4 bedrooms$2,111
Median gross rent (rent plus utilities), US Census American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates.
County by county
Every Texas county compared
Lowest property tax rates
- McMullen County0.41%
- Borden County0.42%
- Glasscock County0.55%
- Jeff Davis County0.60%
- Ward County0.64%
Fastest-selling counties
- Taylor County43 days
- Randall County45 days
- Lubbock County47 days
- Fort Bend County51 days
- Ector County53 days
| County | Median list price | Days on market | Property tax | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County | – | – | 0.92% | $1,041 |
| Andrews County | – | – | 1.28% | $1,305 |
| Angelina County | $280,488 | 86 | 1.09% | $1,076 |
| Aransas County | – | – | 1.02% | $1,128 |
| Archer County | – | – | 1.21% | $770 |
| Armstrong County | – | – | 1.23% | $1,021 |
| Atascosa County | – | – | 1.29% | $1,061 |
| Austin County | – | – | 1.16% | $1,137 |
| Bailey County | – | – | 1.52% | $931 |
| Bandera County | – | – | 0.88% | $1,149 |
| Bastrop County | $395,000 | 90 | 1.41% | $1,410 |
| Baylor County | – | – | 1.25% | $581 |
| Bee County | – | – | 1.45% | $1,065 |
| Bell County | $280,000 | 73 | 1.44% | $1,224 |
| Bexar County | $289,950 | 67 | 1.73% | $1,354 |
| Blanco County | – | – | 0.93% | $1,017 |
| Borden County | – | – | 0.42% | – |
| Bosque County | – | – | 0.98% | $928 |
| Bowie County | $274,628 | 84 | 1.18% | $988 |
| Brazoria County | $359,995 | 59 | 1.66% | $1,454 |
| Brazos County | $348,950 | 84 | 1.54% | $1,193 |
| Brewster County | – | – | 1.13% | $839 |
| Briscoe County | – | – | 1.09% | $631 |
| Brooks County | – | – | 1.31% | $719 |
| Brown County | – | – | 1.11% | $919 |
| Burleson County | – | – | 0.95% | $1,063 |
| Burnet County | – | – | 1.06% | $1,319 |
| Caldwell County | – | – | 1.35% | $1,173 |
| Calhoun County | – | – | 1.26% | $891 |
| Callahan County | – | – | 0.91% | $817 |
| Cameron County | $298,250 | 85 | 1.50% | $912 |
| Camp County | – | – | 1.10% | $801 |
| Carson County | – | – | 1.19% | $956 |
| Cass County | – | – | 0.94% | $852 |
| Castro County | – | – | 0.92% | $896 |
| Chambers County | – | – | 1.05% | $1,609 |
| Cherokee County | – | – | 1.16% | $933 |
| Childress County | – | – | 1.19% | $913 |
| Clay County | – | – | 1.27% | $811 |
| Cochran County | – | – | 1.10% | $697 |
| Coke County | – | – | 1.16% | $729 |
| Coleman County | – | – | 1.35% | $653 |
| Collin County | $517,500 | 65 | 1.58% | $1,859 |
| Collingsworth County | – | – | 1.26% | $714 |
| Colorado County | – | – | 1.05% | $926 |
| Comal County | $479,500 | 86 | 1.13% | $1,603 |
| Comanche County | – | – | 1.35% | $855 |
| Concho County | – | – | 1.68% | $733 |
| Cooke County | – | – | 1.19% | $1,047 |
| Coryell County | $246,400 | 71 | 1.36% | $1,186 |
| Cottle County | – | – | 1.15% | $264 |
| Crane County | – | – | 1.04% | $882 |
| Crockett County | – | – | – | $558 |
| Crosby County | – | – | 1.83% | $684 |
| Culberson County | – | – | 0.97% | $1,043 |
| Dallam County | – | – | 1.15% | $1,081 |
| Dallas County | $383,575 | 59 | 1.58% | $1,565 |
| Dawson County | – | – | 1.62% | $777 |
| Deaf Smith County | – | – | 1.48% | $926 |
| Delta County | – | – | 0.95% | $945 |
| Denton County | $472,495 | 63 | 1.61% | $1,728 |
| DeWitt County | – | – | 0.86% | $921 |
| Dickens County | – | – | 1.44% | $758 |
| Dimmit County | – | – | 1.43% | $823 |
| Donley County | – | – | 1.16% | $780 |
| Duval County | – | – | 1.28% | $741 |
| Eastland County | – | – | 1.08% | $866 |
| Ector County | $307,200 | 53 | 1.27% | $1,259 |
| Edwards County | – | – | – | $713 |
| El Paso County | $315,000 | 66 | 2.03% | $1,079 |
| Ellis County | $477,475 | 71 | 1.35% | $1,594 |
| Erath County | – | – | 1.07% | $1,146 |
| Falls County | – | – | 1.37% | $731 |
| Fannin County | – | – | 1.08% | $1,035 |
| Fayette County | – | – | 0.89% | $988 |
| Fisher County | – | – | 1.73% | $601 |
| Floyd County | – | – | 1.24% | $676 |
| Foard County | – | – | 1.12% | $572 |
| Fort Bend County | $429,500 | 51 | 1.86% | $1,807 |
| Franklin County | – | – | 0.89% | $936 |
| Freestone County | – | – | 0.94% | $853 |
| Frio County | – | – | 1.55% | $1,016 |
| Gaines County | – | – | 1.57% | $789 |
| Galveston County | $399,000 | 73 | 1.41% | $1,404 |
| Garza County | – | – | 1.57% | $838 |
| Gillespie County | – | – | 0.98% | $1,340 |
| Glasscock County | – | – | 0.55% | $648 |
| Goliad County | – | – | 0.94% | $754 |
| Gonzales County | – | – | 1.31% | $840 |
| Gray County | – | – | 1.37% | $933 |
| Grayson County | $344,450 | 78 | 1.27% | $1,310 |
| Gregg County | $287,000 | 67 | 1.16% | $1,102 |
| Grimes County | – | – | 1.02% | $1,069 |
| Guadalupe County | $319,948 | 72 | 1.43% | $1,517 |
| Hale County | – | – | 1.31% | $836 |
| Hall County | – | – | 1.26% | $529 |
| Hamilton County | – | – | 1.26% | $885 |
| Hansford County | – | – | 1.81% | $939 |
| Hardeman County | – | – | 1.04% | $684 |
| Hardin County | $314,900 | 59 | 1.09% | $1,049 |
| Harris County | $329,450 | 53 | 1.62% | $1,401 |
| Harrison County | $299,450 | 72 | 0.97% | $974 |
| Hartley County | – | – | 1.01% | $1,028 |
| Haskell County | – | – | 1.16% | $782 |
| Hays County | $398,252 | 86 | 1.66% | $1,495 |
| Hemphill County | – | – | 1.16% | $836 |
| Henderson County | $365,598 | 93 | 0.94% | $1,048 |
| Hidalgo County | $258,750 | 78 | 1.62% | $957 |
| Hill County | – | – | 1.16% | $946 |
| Hockley County | – | – | 1.39% | $850 |
| Hood County | $381,125 | 75 | 1.05% | $1,428 |
| Hopkins County | – | – | 1.00% | $1,109 |
| Houston County | – | – | 0.84% | $887 |
| Howard County | – | – | 0.95% | $1,034 |
| Hudspeth County | – | – | 1.25% | $705 |
| Hunt County | $298,975 | 74 | 1.24% | $1,222 |
| Hutchinson County | – | – | 1.35% | $932 |
| Irion County | – | – | 0.70% | $1,950 |
| Jack County | – | – | 0.98% | $960 |
| Jackson County | – | – | 1.02% | $1,065 |
| Jasper County | – | – | 0.97% | $848 |
| Jeff Davis County | – | – | 0.60% | $1,241 |
| Jefferson County | $235,000 | 66 | 1.53% | $1,117 |
| Jim Hogg County | – | – | 0.97% | $824 |
| Jim Wells County | – | – | 1.15% | $938 |
| Johnson County | $367,450 | 64 | 1.24% | $1,398 |
| Jones County | – | – | 1.59% | $866 |
| Karnes County | – | – | 0.93% | $957 |
| Kaufman County | $329,450 | 69 | 1.68% | $1,554 |
| Kendall County | – | – | 1.10% | $1,606 |
| Kenedy County | – | – | – | – |
| Kent County | – | – | 0.68% | $675 |
| Kerr County | $496,250 | 87 | 0.97% | $1,109 |
| Kimble County | – | – | 1.27% | $790 |
| King County | – | – | 1.08% | – |
| Kinney County | – | – | 1.41% | $1,272 |
| Kleberg County | – | – | 1.47% | $1,043 |
| Knox County | – | – | 1.60% | $521 |
| La Salle County | – | – | 1.47% | $819 |
| Lamar County | $260,875 | 88 | 0.87% | $949 |
| Lamb County | – | – | 1.12% | $968 |
| Lampasas County | – | – | 1.17% | $1,059 |
| Lavaca County | – | – | 0.89% | $910 |
| Lee County | – | – | 0.96% | $1,067 |
| Leon County | – | – | 0.69% | $907 |
| Liberty County | $270,000 | 71 | 1.17% | $1,044 |
| Limestone County | – | – | 1.19% | $905 |
| Lipscomb County | – | – | 1.41% | $876 |
| Live Oak County | – | – | 0.96% | $924 |
| Llano County | – | – | 0.75% | $998 |
| Loving County | – | – | – | – |
| Lubbock County | $239,950 | 47 | 1.51% | $1,178 |
| Lynn County | – | – | 1.77% | $927 |
| Madison County | – | – | 0.98% | $851 |
| Marion County | – | – | 0.74% | $911 |
| Martin County | – | – | 0.91% | $971 |
| Mason County | – | – | 0.84% | $800 |
| Matagorda County | – | – | 1.35% | $999 |
| Maverick County | – | – | 1.25% | $859 |
| McCulloch County | – | – | 0.99% | $806 |
| McLennan County | $309,950 | 75 | 1.42% | $1,173 |
| McMullen County | – | – | 0.41% | $758 |
| Medina County | – | – | 1.32% | $1,196 |
| Menard County | – | – | 1.95% | $729 |
| Midland County | $425,000 | 55 | 1.23% | $1,407 |
| Milam County | – | – | 0.99% | $984 |
| Mills County | – | – | 0.78% | $708 |
| Mitchell County | – | – | 1.86% | $524 |
| Montague County | – | – | 0.92% | $1,008 |
| Montgomery County | $382,500 | 57 | 1.52% | $1,532 |
| Moore County | – | – | 1.30% | $939 |
| Morris County | – | – | 1.10% | $859 |
| Motley County | – | – | 1.03% | $675 |
| Nacogdoches County | $306,725 | 67 | 0.83% | $965 |
| Navarro County | – | – | 1.20% | $1,076 |
| Newton County | – | – | 0.82% | $1,001 |
| Nolan County | – | – | 1.53% | $913 |
| Nueces County | $336,950 | 100 | 1.59% | $1,283 |
| Ochiltree County | – | – | 1.42% | $891 |
| Oldham County | – | – | 1.09% | $1,111 |
| Orange County | $205,000 | 67 | 1.24% | $1,100 |
| Palo Pinto County | – | – | 1.11% | $1,093 |
| Panola County | – | – | 0.79% | $834 |
| Parker County | $549,900 | 73 | 1.40% | $1,500 |
| Parmer County | – | – | 1.28% | $1,081 |
| Pecos County | – | – | 1.03% | $918 |
| Polk County | – | – | 0.90% | $987 |
| Potter County | $225,200 | 55 | 1.46% | $1,022 |
| Presidio County | – | – | 1.24% | $448 |
| Rains County | – | – | 1.02% | $989 |
| Randall County | $377,925 | 45 | 1.51% | $1,170 |
| Reagan County | – | – | 0.92% | $746 |
| Real County | – | – | 1.07% | $1,188 |
| Red River County | – | – | 1.01% | $1,044 |
| Reeves County | – | – | 1.08% | $981 |
| Refugio County | – | – | 1.47% | $795 |
| Roberts County | – | – | 1.11% | $859 |
| Robertson County | – | – | 1.01% | $779 |
| Rockwall County | $484,950 | 67 | 1.54% | $1,992 |
| Runnels County | – | – | 1.37% | $847 |
| Rusk County | $277,500 | 73 | 1.05% | $1,015 |
| Sabine County | – | – | 0.82% | $844 |
| San Augustine County | – | – | 0.68% | $591 |
| San Jacinto County | – | – | 0.99% | $1,060 |
| San Patricio County | $282,250 | 74 | 1.49% | $1,291 |
| San Saba County | – | – | 0.90% | $958 |
| Schleicher County | – | – | 1.25% | $660 |
| Scurry County | – | – | 1.27% | $1,020 |
| Shackelford County | – | – | 1.15% | $718 |
| Shelby County | – | – | 1.01% | $781 |
| Sherman County | – | – | 1.72% | $835 |
| Smith County | $364,925 | 70 | 1.16% | $1,238 |
| Somervell County | – | – | 0.91% | $773 |
| Starr County | – | – | 1.14% | $726 |
| Stephens County | – | – | 1.48% | $846 |
| Sterling County | – | – | 1.29% | $952 |
| Stonewall County | – | – | 1.79% | $613 |
| Sutton County | – | – | 1.22% | $772 |
| Swisher County | – | – | 1.72% | $783 |
| Tarrant County | $364,995 | 57 | 1.65% | $1,547 |
| Taylor County | $328,500 | 43 | 1.37% | $1,159 |
| Terrell County | – | – | 0.92% | – |
| Terry County | – | – | 1.69% | $817 |
| Throckmorton County | – | – | 1.28% | $878 |
| Titus County | – | – | 1.20% | $907 |
| Tom Green County | $307,763 | 67 | 1.29% | $1,154 |
| Travis County | $499,000 | 80 | 1.48% | $1,744 |
| Trinity County | – | – | 1.06% | $856 |
| Tyler County | – | – | 0.89% | $1,049 |
| Upshur County | – | – | 1.19% | $995 |
| Upton County | – | – | 1.08% | $720 |
| Uvalde County | – | – | 1.44% | $981 |
| Val Verde County | – | – | 1.43% | $994 |
| Van Zandt County | – | – | 1.03% | $1,066 |
| Victoria County | $279,973 | 67 | 1.46% | $1,157 |
| Walker County | $299,125 | 73 | 1.18% | $1,031 |
| Waller County | – | – | 1.27% | $1,169 |
| Ward County | – | – | 0.64% | $1,118 |
| Washington County | – | – | 1.09% | $1,165 |
| Webb County | $247,225 | 65 | 1.80% | $1,027 |
| Wharton County | – | – | 1.52% | $1,046 |
| Wheeler County | – | – | 1.39% | $970 |
| Wichita County | $210,000 | 59 | 1.64% | $1,006 |
| Wilbarger County | – | – | 1.60% | $932 |
| Willacy County | – | – | 1.68% | $809 |
| Williamson County | $414,950 | 74 | 1.61% | $1,796 |
| Wilson County | – | – | 1.22% | $1,069 |
| Winkler County | – | – | 0.76% | $1,037 |
| Wise County | $496,725 | 73 | 1.14% | $1,299 |
| Wood County | – | – | 0.88% | $862 |
| Yoakum County | – | – | 0.94% | $973 |
| Young County | – | – | 1.11% | $862 |
| Zapata County | – | – | 0.95% | $617 |
| Zavala County | – | – | 1.53% | $548 |
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Sources: Realtor.com housing inventory (monthly) and Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (weekly), via FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; US Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (property taxes, home values, rents, income). Insurance is an estimate. Medians for the whole state; individual homes vary. For information only.