Glidden, Texas.
Typical home $230,883 (-7.6% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$432 (+55%) since Feb 2021.
- 1 year
- Down $18,963 -8%
- $249,846$230,883 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $23,968 -9%
- $254,851$230,883 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.
- Glidden$1,212
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Glidden, TX fell 7.6% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Glidden, Colorado County, Texas
Glidden, in Colorado County, had 741 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Colorado County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most people in Colorado County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Glidden is a small community in Colorado County, Texas, with a population well below that of most towns people picture when they think of a place to settle. Very few residents hold a four-year degree, and the share living below the poverty line is low. Typical home values sit at a level many homeowners would consider moderate, and the county's median household income is the benchmark for what local households earn.
Work. Residents of Glidden work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. Across Colorado County, the largest workplaces include Columbus ISD, Utex Industries, which makes rubber goods, and Columbus Community Hospital. Unemployment across the county is a little lower than it was a year ago, and the number of jobs has been roughly level.
Things to do. The Old Stafford Opera House, a theatre, and the Confederate Memorial Museum are both in or beside town. A short drive away, Cummins Creek offers a river setting for time outdoors. Farther afield, a longer drive leads to Stephen F. Austin State Park, a protected area along the river. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are very hot, so outdoor outings suit the cooler months best.
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- 5%of adults have a degree
- 2%below the poverty line
- 0%work from home
What people in Colorado County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Colorado County had 7,493 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 64° and lows near 39°; warmest in August, with highs near 98° and lows near 71°. About 45 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Columbus weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Colorado County
- Columbus ISDSchool district232FTE
- Rice CisdSchool district206FTE
- Utex IndustriesExtruded, molded or lathe-cut rubber goods manufacturing191
- Columbus Community HospitalGeneral hospital170FTE
- Drymalla Construction CompanySchool building construction137
- Weimar ISDSchool district128FTE
- WalmartDiscount department stores115
- HOUB Texas Best BlockProducer of pavers and block102
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 21 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,657 people in all across the county; Glidden has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals 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
- Cold wavesVery high
- LightningVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Glidden’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 Colorado County.
Glidden home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Glidden$230,883
- 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.
Zip codes with a Glidden address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Glidden — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.