Brazos County, TX real estate

What the numbers say

Brazos County, TX real estate at a glance

By AstroCore · Realtor.com, US Census and Freddie Mac data

In September 2026, the median home in Brazos County listed for $348,950, down 4.5% from a year earlier. That is 2% below the Texas median of $355,765.

Homes spent a median of 84 days on the market, slower than 73 days a year ago. That makes Brazos County the #50 fastest-selling of 59 Texas counties we track.

Homeowners in Brazos County pay a median of $4,568 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $296,000, an effective rate of about 1.54%. The Texas average is 1.49%, which makes Brazos County the #215 lowest-tax of 250 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,193 a month, and $1,109 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 24 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 $349,000 home here comes to about $2,497 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $107,000 a year (the median household here earns $58,553).