Donie, Texas.
Typical home $260,247 (+0.7% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$685 (+101%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,710 +1%
- $258,537$260,247 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $17,513 +7%
- $242,733$260,247 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.
- Donie$1,366
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 50 years.
Typical home values in Donie, TX rose 0.7% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Donie, Freestone County, Texas
The Census does not count Donie on its own, so the figures here are Freestone County's. Half the county's households earn more than $59,960 a year and half less; 12% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 75% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 25% are rented. Unemployment in Freestone County was 5.2% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Freestone County work in schools and health care, then transport and warehouses.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Donie is a small town in Freestone County, Texas, where most homes are lived in by their owners and the population is fairly settled, with a median age that sits in the middle years of adult life. Household incomes are below the county's median for many families, and a share of residents live below the poverty line. Summers are very hot, and winters are cool, with chilly nights in the coldest months.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in transport, warehouses and utilities, in professional and business services, and in farming, forestry and mining. The county added jobs over the past year, while unemployment edged up slightly to a level a little above the year before. Few residents work from home, and a minority of adults hold a four-year degree.
Things to do. Lake Limestone, a reservoir, is a longer drive away and suits anyone who enjoys open water. Fort Parker State Park, a protected area, is also a longer drive away and offers a quieter outing among the trees. Catfish Creek, a river, is likewise a longer drive away for those who like to spend an afternoon by moving water.
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- 7,090households
- 41.1median age
- 16%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Freestone County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Freestone County had 5,062 jobs in 2025, 2.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 36°; warmest in August, with highs near 98° and lows near 73°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Mexia weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Freestone County
- Fairfield ISDSchool district275FTE
- TIC - The Industrial CompanyPower plant construction217
- Teague ISDSchool district199FTE
- TH EmploymentGolf and country clubs160
- Brookshire BrothersGrocery stores103
- Universal Delivery SolutionsDelivery service95
- Fairfield Nursing and RehabNursing homes92
- Wortham ISDSchool district85FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 11 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 960 people in all. School districts come 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
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Freestone County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Freestone County.
Donie home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Donie$260,247
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Donie8
Zip codes with a Donie address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Donie — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.