housing costs · Texas
Housing costs in Galveston 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 | $1,404 | ± $28 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,360 | ± $27 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,301 | ± $27 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,175 | ± $21 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $314,600 | ± $5,354 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $284,900 | ± $4,395 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $260,600 | ± $5,132 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $229,300 | ± $4,219 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 32.6 % | ± 1.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 31.3 % | ± 1.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.2 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 29.4 % | ± 0.8 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Galveston County is $1,404, above 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.