Mills County, TX real estate

What the numbers say

Mills County, TX real estate at a glance

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

Homeowners in Mills County pay a median of $1,740 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $223,700, an effective rate of about 0.78%. The Texas average is 1.49%, which makes Mills County the #13 lowest-tax of 250 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $708 a month, and $707 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 26 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 $224,000 home here comes to about $1,458 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $62,000 a year (the median household here earns $67,620).