El Paso County, TX real estate

What the numbers say

El Paso County, TX real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in El Paso County listed for $315,000, up 6.1% from a year earlier. That is 11% below the Texas median of $355,765.

Homes spent a median of 66 days on the market, faster than 74 days a year ago. That makes El Paso County the #19 fastest-selling of 59 Texas counties we track.

Homeowners in El Paso County pay a median of $3,660 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $180,400, an effective rate of about 2.03%. The Texas average is 1.49%, which makes El Paso County the #250 lowest-tax of 250 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,079 a month, and $1,030 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 $315,000 home here comes to about $2,381 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $102,000 a year (the median household here earns $59,806).