Zip lookup · TX

77486
West Columbia, Texas.

West Columbia, Brazoria County, TX · Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro · population 7,195

What it costs per month · 77486 $1,406/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$630 (+81%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $49 -0%
$267,848$267,799 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $30,676 +13%
$237,123$267,799 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 77486 $1,406 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 77486$1,406
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 28 years.

Typical home values in zip 77486 fell 0.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: West Columbia, TX — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Asking rent $1,650 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $267,799 as of Sep 2026
-0.0%year on year

Asking rent — 77486

Against the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro and the national benchmark.

$1,600 $1,700 $1,800 $1,900 2026 77486 $1,650 Houston $1,637 United States $1,930
$1,600 $1,700 $1,800 $1,900 2026
  • 77486$1,650
  • Houston$1,637
  • United States$1,930

Typical home value — 77486

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 77486 $267,799 Houston $302,832 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 77486$267,799
  • Houston$302,832
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.7 77480 Sweeny 7,626 — $236,158
7.7 77430 Damon 1,664 — $365,269
11.4 77444 Guy 911 — $313,857
13.0 77482 Van Vleck 2,050 — $236,237
14.0 77515 Angleton 34,088 $1,546 $239,555
14.4 77566 Lake Jackson 30,246 $1,402 $271,840
14.7 77422 Brazoria 14,547 $1,545 $234,619
15.4 77420 Boling 2,236 — $230,828
17.3 77461 Needville 12,365 — $351,609
18.7 77531 Clute 16,406 $891 $217,262

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.