housing costs · Texas
Housing costs in Cameron County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $912 | ± $25 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $899 | ± $17 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $855 | ± $15 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $785 | ± $14 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $136,500 | ± $3,909 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $120,000 | ± $2,519 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $109,600 | ± $2,861 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $94,200 | ± $2,302 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.9 % | ± 1.1 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 30.1 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.5 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 30.4 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Cameron County is $912, below the Texas median of $957 across 249 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.
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