Edna, Texas.
Typical home $211,006 (+0.2% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$392 (+55%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $492 +0%
- $210,514$211,006 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $36,500 -15%
- $247,506$211,006 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.
- Edna$1,108
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Edna, TX rose 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Edna, Jackson County, Texas
Edna is a city of 5,987 people in Jackson County. 58% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 42% are rented. Unemployment in Jackson County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 4.9% 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Edna is a small city and the seat of Jackson County, on the Texas coastal plain. Compared with the county as a whole, a larger share of residents here live below the poverty line, and few adults hold a four-year degree. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and typical home values sit at a level many buyers elsewhere in the country would find modest. Winters are mild, with January the coolest month and afternoons that stay comfortable. Summers are hot, with August the warmest, and rain and the occasional melted snow add up to a fairly wet year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by manufacturing, the building trades and local shops. Among the largest workplaces in Edna are Jackson County Hospital, Southbrooke Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Mercer Construction Company. Jackson County has seen fewer jobs than a year earlier, and unemployment there is no different from a year ago. The typical commute is a short one, and few people work from home.
Things to do. For time outdoors, Lake Texana is a lake a short drive away, and the Brackenridge Recreation Complex is a protected area, also a short drive away. Leona Creek, a short drive from town, is a smaller waterway nearby, and the Lavaca River is a longer drive away for those who want to go further afield.
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- 2,362households
- 15%of adults have a degree
- 25%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jackson County had 5,356 jobs in 2025, 4.9% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 65° and lows near 44°; warmest in August, with highs near 96° and lows near 74°. About 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Victoria Regional Airport weather station, 19 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Edna
- Jackson County HospitalCritical access hospital165FTE
- Southbrooke Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center97
- Mercer Construction CompanyDistribution line, sewer and water, construction40
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 351 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- HurricanesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- DroughtRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Edna’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Jackson County.
Edna home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Edna$211,006
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Edna 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.
- Edna26.12%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Edna42
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Edna9
Zip codes with a Edna address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Edna — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.