78586
San Benito, Texas.
San Benito, Cameron County, TX · Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro · population 50,964
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$440 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $7,004 +5%
- $152,502$159,506 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $19,797 +14%
- $139,708$159,506 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.
- 78586$837
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 26 years.
Typical home values in zip 78586 rose 4.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: San Benito, TX — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.
Asking rent — 78586
Against the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro and the national benchmark.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Typical home value — 78586
Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 78586$159,506
- Brownsville$204,552
- United States$366,157
Within 20 miles
| Miles sorted ascending, activate to sort descending | Zip activate to sort by Zip | City activate to sort by City | Population activate to sort by Population | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 78575 | Olmito | 4,575 | $1,656 | $289,682 |
| 9.0 | 78552 | Harlingen | 42,332 | $1,254 | $222,379 |
| 10.3 | 78550 | Harlingen | 53,335 | $1,134 | $176,408 |
| 11.4 | 78520 | Brownsville | 64,740 | $1,521 | $189,048 |
| 11.6 | 78559 | La Feria | 12,169 | — | $179,869 |
| 14.0 | 78566 | Los Fresnos | 25,110 | — | $221,820 |
| 14.4 | 78526 | Brownsville | 60,012 | $1,897 | $235,340 |
| 15.7 | 78593 | Santa Rosa | 5,455 | — | $150,834 |
| 16.3 | 78583 | Rio Hondo | 5,236 | — | $203,664 |
| 17.1 | 78570 | Mercedes | 34,348 | $818 | $133,807 |
| 18.7 | 78579 | Progreso | 2,039 | — | $125,958 |
| 19.2 | 78594 | Sebastian | 1,206 | — | $100,697 |
| 19.3 | 78569 | Lyford | 4,342 | — | $165,674 |
| 19.8 | 78562 | La Villa | 3,211 | — | $106,326 |
Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.