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Housing costs in Hays 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 | $1,495 | ± $39 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $1,417 | ± $35 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $1,355 | ± $32 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,235 | ± $34 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $399,800 | ± $10,271 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $371,400 | ± $7,636 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $335,700 | ± $7,696 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $278,000 | ± $6,421 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 34.8 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 34.7 % | ± 1.7 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 34.5 % | ± 1.6 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 34.1 % | ± 1.4 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Hays County is $1,495, 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.