Burton, Texas.
Typical home $525,462 (+1.2% in a year). Brenham, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,410 (+105%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,128 +1%
- $519,334$525,462 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $52,552 +11%
- $472,910$525,462 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.
- Burton$2,758
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 33 years.
Typical home values in Burton, TX rose 1.2% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Burton, Washington County, Texas
Burton is a city of 297 people in Washington County. Unemployment in Washington County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Washington County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Burton is a very small city in Washington County, Texas, with far fewer people than most places that carry the name of a city. Homes here are valued well above what is typical across the country, and household incomes across the county sit somewhat above the national middle. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, while summers turn hot, and the year is a fairly wet one.
Work. Residents of Burton work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, shops and the building trades close behind. Across Washington County, some of the largest workplaces are Blinn College District, Blue Bell Creameries and Brenham ISD. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than it was a year ago, and the number of jobs has edged up slightly.
Things to do. A short drive away, Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway and Somerville Lake offer a protected area and a reservoir for walking, boating and time by the water. For history, Washington-on-the-Brazos is a protected area a longer drive away, as is the Star of the Republic Museum. The Brenham Heritage Museum is also a longer drive from town.
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What people in Washington County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 16,712 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 35°; warmest in August, with highs near 98° and lows near 70°. About 41 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Somerville Dam weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- Blinn College DistrictTwo-year college1,094
- Blue Bell CreameriesIce cream specialties manufacturing859
- Brenham ISDSchool district769FTE
- H-E-BRetail596
- Waaree Solar AmericasSemiconductor devices manufacturing517
- Germania Farm Mutual InsuranceProperty and casualty insurance carriers, direct450
- Valmont Industries318
- Stanpac USAFood containers, sanitary, made from purchased paper or paperboard296
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 39 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,866 people in all across the county; Burton has one of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- TornadoesVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Burton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Washington County and the Brenham, TX metro.
Burton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Burton$525,462
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 10 Burton listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Burton10.41%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Burton26
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Burton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Burton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.