Fort Bend County, TX real estate

What the numbers say

Fort Bend County, TX real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Fort Bend County listed for $429,500, down 1.7% from a year earlier. That is 21% above the Texas median of $355,765.

Homes spent a median of 51 days on the market, faster than 52 days a year ago. That makes Fort Bend County the #4 fastest-selling of 59 Texas counties we track.

Homeowners in Fort Bend County pay a median of $6,965 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $374,500, an effective rate of about 1.86%. The Texas average is 1.49%, which makes Fort Bend County the #247 lowest-tax of 250 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,807 a month, and $1,732 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 20 times a year's rent.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $430,000 home here comes to about $3,186 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $137,000 a year (the median household here earns $114,041).