Zip lookup · TX

77979
Port Lavaca, Texas.

Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, TX · Port Lavaca, TX metro · population 16,488

What it costs per month · 77979 $978/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$381 (+64%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $2,707 +1%
$183,654$186,361 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $4,545 +2%
$181,816$186,361 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 77979 $978 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 77979$978
  • United States$1,922

Typical home values in zip 77979 rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 3 counties: Calhoun County, TX 86% · Victoria County, TX 8% · Jackson County, TX 7%

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

Asking rent $888 as of Aug 2026
Typical home value $186,361 as of Sep 2026
+1.5%year on year

Asking rent — 77979

Against the Port Lavaca, TX metro and the national benchmark.

$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026 77979 $888 Port Lavaca $1,007 United States $1,930
$1,000 $1,250 $1,500 $1,750 2026
  • 77979$888
  • Port Lavaca$1,007
  • United States$1,930

Typical home value — 77979

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 77979 $186,361 Port Lavaca $204,233 United States $366,157
$150,000 $200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 77979$186,361
  • Port Lavaca$204,233
  • United States$366,157

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