Orange County, TX real estate

What the numbers say

Orange County, TX real estate at a glance

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

In September 2026, the median home in Orange County listed for $205,000, down 8.6% from a year earlier. That is 42% below the Texas median of $355,765.

Homes spent a median of 67 days on the market, faster than 75 days a year ago. That makes Orange County the #24 fastest-selling of 59 Texas counties we track.

Homeowners in Orange County pay a median of $2,152 a year in property taxes on a median home value of $173,400, an effective rate of about 1.24%. The Texas average is 1.49%, which makes Orange County the #139 lowest-tax of 250 counties in the state with published tax data.

Renters pay a median of $1,100 a month, and $1,021 for a two-bedroom. At today's prices a typical home costs about 16 times a year's rent.

With 20% down and today's 7.24% average 30-year rate, the monthly payment on a $205,000 home here comes to about $1,415 including property tax and insurance. Lenders typically want that to be under 28% of income, which works out to roughly $61,000 a year (the median household here earns $72,104).