Harris County, TX real estate

What the numbers say

Harris County, TX real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Harris County listed for $329,450, down 1.7% from a year earlier. That is 7% below the Texas median of $355,765.

Homes spent a median of 53 days on the market. That makes Harris County the #6 fastest-selling of 59 Texas counties we track.

Homeowners in Harris County pay a median of $4,489 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $276,600, an effective rate of about 1.62%. The Texas average is 1.49%, which makes Harris County the #229 lowest-tax of 250 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,401 a month, and $1,425 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 $329,000 home here comes to about $2,379 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 $74,983).