Early, Texas.
Typical home $249,177 (+1.2% in a year). Brownwood, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$679 (+108%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,839 +1%
- $246,338$249,177 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $36,511 +17%
- $212,666$249,177 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.
- Early$1,308
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.
Typical home values in Early, TX rose 1.2% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Early, Brown County, Texas
Early is a city of 3,087 people in Brown County. Half its households earn more than $67,346 a year and half less, against $57,470 across Brown County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 71% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 29% are rented. Unemployment in Brown County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.7% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Early is a small city in Brown County, Texas, where most homes are lived in by their owners. Incomes run above the county's, and the town is somewhat younger than many places its size. Winters are mild and brief, with only a dusting of snow in a typical year, while summers turn very hot, peaking in August.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing and shops close behind. Among the largest workplaces in Early are Early ISD, Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure and Discount Tire. Most people have a short drive to work, and a small group works from home.
Things to do. Lake Brownwood State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, and Don Shepard Park, a stadium, is also close by. Lake Brownwood, a reservoir, is a longer drive away, as is the Robert E. Howard Museum for anyone wanting a day out of town.
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- 1,170households
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Brown County had 15,574 jobs in 2025, 1.7% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 60° and lows near 32°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 72°. About 1 inches of snow and 31 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Brownwood 2ENE weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Early
- Early ISDSchool district177FTE
- Solaris Oilfield InfrastructureOil and gas field-type drilling machinery and equipment manufacturing45
- Discount TireTire dealers25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 70 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
- HailRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Early’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Brown County and the Brownwood, TX metro.
Early home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Early$249,177
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Early listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Early18.99%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Early32
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Early7
Zip codes with a Early address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Early — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.