Leakey, Texas.
Typical home $315,660 (-0.4% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$786 (+90%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $1,369 -0%
- $317,030$315,660 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $4,068 +1%
- $311,593$315,660 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.
- Leakey$1,657
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Leakey, TX fell 0.4% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Leakey, Real County, Texas
Leakey is a city of 315 people in Real County. Unemployment in Real County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 8.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Leakey is a very small town and the seat of Real County, in the Texas Hill Country. Winters are mild, with cold nights in January but little or no snow, and summers turn hot by August. Rain and melted snow add up to a moderate amount through the year.
Work. Across Real County, the school districts are among the largest employers, including Leakey ISD and Nueces Canyon Cisd Schools, along with the skilled nursing facility Hwy 55 Opco. The county had more jobs last year than the year before, and unemployment has held steady compared with a year ago.
Things to do. Garner State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away. Lost Maples State Natural Area is a longer drive away, as is the Sabinal River, which makes a good day out for anyone who likes time by the water.
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Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 31°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 68°. About 29 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Prade Rch weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Real County
- Leakey ISDSchool district68FTE
- Hwy 55 OpcoSkilled nursing facilities59
- Nueces Canyon CisdSchool district49FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 59 people in all across the county; Leakey has one of its own. 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
- Inland floodingVery high
- LightningVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- DroughtRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Leakey’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 Real County.
Leakey home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Leakey$315,660
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Leakey 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.
- Leakey14.60%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Leakey62
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Leakey address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Leakey — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.