Zip lookup · TX

77488
Wharton, Texas.

Wharton, Wharton County, TX · El Campo, TX metro · population 14,548

What it costs per month · 77488 $1,126/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$476 (+73%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $5,874 +3%
$208,585$214,459 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $13,383 +7%
$201,076$214,459 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 77488 $1,126 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 77488$1,126
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 54 years.

Typical home values in zip 77488 rose 2.8% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $214,459 as of Sep 2026
+2.8%year on year

Typical home value — 77488

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 77488 $214,459 El Campo $242,413 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 77488$214,459
  • El Campo$242,413
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.6 77453 Lane City 91 — $177,427
8.1 77448 Hungerford 171 — $230,843
11.7 77420 Boling 2,236 — $230,828
12.1 77451 Kendleton 515 — $176,271
12.4 77437 El Campo 18,238 — $226,659
14.2 77417 Beasley 3,920 — $279,330
14.8 77435 East Bernard 4,812 — $345,500
19.2 77482 Van Vleck 2,050 — $236,237
19.3 77444 Guy 911 — $313,857

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