housing costs · Texas
Housing costs in Houston 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 | $887 | ± $71 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $873 | ± $84 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $819 | ± $82 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $735 | ± $53 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $164,900 | ± $8,879 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $155,100 | ± $15,000 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $128,300 | ± $14,788 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $118,100 | ± $9,362 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 30.0 % | ± 4.2 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 29.6 % | ± 3.4 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 30.4 % | ± 4.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 33.6 % | ± 2.2 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Houston County is $887, 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.