Ector County, TX real estate

What the numbers say

Ector County, TX real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Ector County listed for $307,200, up 1.5% from a year earlier. That is 14% below the Texas median of $355,765.

Homes spent a median of 53 days on the market, slower than 51 days a year ago. That makes Ector County the #5 fastest-selling of 59 Texas counties we track.

Homeowners in Ector County pay a median of $2,538 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $200,200, an effective rate of about 1.27%. The Texas average is 1.49%, which makes Ector County the #152 lowest-tax of 250 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,259 a month, and $1,302 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 20 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 $307,000 home here comes to about $2,127 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $91,000 a year (the median household here earns $71,536).