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Housing costs in Wharton 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 | $1,046 | ± $79 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $986 | ± $72 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $894 | ± $99 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $842 | ± $58 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $189,900 | ± $12,396 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $182,700 | ± $11,442 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $170,100 | ± $7,378 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $156,300 | ± $6,899 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 29.4 % | ± 5.4 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 27.1 % | ± 4.1 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 26.0 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 26.3 % | ± 3.0 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in Wharton County is $1,046, 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.