Zip lookup · TX

78616
Dale, Texas.

Dale, Caldwell County, TX · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX metro · population 10,683

What it costs per month · 78616 $1,859/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,013 (+120%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $14,402 -4%
$368,604$354,202 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $30,030 +9%
$324,172$354,202 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 78616 $1,859 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 78616$1,859
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 39 years.

Typical home values in zip 78616 fell 3.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

This zip spans 2 counties: Caldwell County, TX 82% · Bastrop County, TX 18%

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

Typical home value $354,202 as of Sep 2026
-3.9%year on year

Typical home value — 78616

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 78616 $354,202 Austin $414,273 United States $366,157
$200,000 $300,000 $400,000 $500,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 78616$354,202
  • Austin$414,273
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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6.9 78662 Red Rock 3,015 — $443,523
8.0 78644 Lockhart 22,348 $1,712 $277,573
12.1 78612 Cedar Creek 19,799 $1,917 $412,572
13.2 78953 Rosanky 1,089 — $535,783
15.2 78656 Maxwell 2,847 $1,847 $252,451
15.7 78617 Del Valle 30,756 $1,624 $277,720
16.5 78719 Austin 1,796 — $404,866
16.7 78640 Kyle 77,531 $1,585 $293,532
16.7 78648 Luling 7,863 $975 $225,532
17.2 78622 Fentress 331 — $227,154
17.3 78632 Harwood 1,245 — $417,219
17.6 78747 Austin 22,180 $1,640 $345,836
17.6 78661 Prairie Lea 835 — $201,868
18.2 78655 Martindale 3,730 — $329,498
19.5 78602 Bastrop 38,190 $1,723 $347,357
20.0 78610 Buda 48,319 $1,560 $358,454

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