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Harris County, Texas.

Typical home $276,524 (-2.0% in a year), asking rent $1,583 (-0.1%). Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metro.

What it costs per month · Harris County, TX $1,451/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$688 (+90%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Down $5,594 -2%
$282,118$276,524 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $28,030 +11%
$248,494$276,524 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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Harris County $1,451 Texas $1,556 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Harris County$1,451
  • Texas$1,556
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 32 years.

Typical home values in Harris County, TX fell 2.0% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in Harris County, TX fell 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +2.7%.

Owning the typical home in Harris County, TX runs $539/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $729 in Oct 2023.

That is $2,121 a month against $1,583 rent: a $1,451 mortgage payment, plus $374 property tax and $296 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — Harris County, TX

The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.

$1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Owning all in $2,121 Renting $1,583 Mortgage only $1,451
$1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Owning all in$2,121
  • Renting$1,583
  • Mortgage only$1,451

Property tax · $374/mo 1.62% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Harris County, TX

Insurance & upkeep · $296/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.

Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.

Harris County, TX home values

Against the state and national figures. Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 Harris County $276,524 Texas $296,424 United States $366,157
$200,000 $250,000 $300,000 $350,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Harris County$276,524
  • Texas$296,424
  • United States$366,157

Property taxes

The Census’s survey of what owners say they pay. Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s.

Median bill $4,489/yr ACS 2020–2024 · on a $276,600 median home
Effective rate 1.62% median bill ÷ median value, same survey · ACS 1-year 2024: 1.46% on a one-year window
On the 2026 roll $3,579/yr median bill on current assessment rolls, effective 1.29% — AssessorSearch Data Lab, shown because it agrees with the official levels above
Payment ÷ income 24% of the median household income ($74,983, ACS 2020–2024) — 30% is the standard affordability line
HUD Fair Market Rent $1,573/mo two-bedroom, FY2026 — the official benchmark housing assistance is priced against
Where the bill is headed $4,488/yr an estimate: that same rate on today's $276,524 typical value — reassessment hasn't finished catching up

Got this county's reappraisal notice in hand? Check your property taxes — anonymous, and it helps close the two-year data gap.

The reassessment wedge (index, Dec 2017 = 100)

Home values move monthly; tax bills move when the assessor catches up. The space between the lines is the catch-up still to come — tax data is ACS, roughly two years behind, and that lag is the point. Where a roll segment appears, named by its release year, it bridges to the median bill on current assessment rolls (AssessorSearch Data Lab, a different instrument, shown only where it agrees with ACS levels).

100 125 150 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Home value 145 Median tax bill 139 2026 roll 111
100 125 150 2018 2022 2026
  • Home value145
  • Median tax bill139
  • 2026 roll111

Zip codes in Harris County, TX

By share of each zip's area inside this county — a zip straddling a boundary appears here and in its neighbour, which is the truth of it.

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77005 Houston 100% $2,160 +8.4% $1,724,569 +5.3%
77024 Houston 100% $1,750 -2.8% $1,472,827 +11.1%
77401 Bellaire 100% $2,749 — $1,181,406 +4.0%
77027 Houston 100% $1,878 +4.5% $822,955 +3.6%
77079 Houston 100% $1,479 -4.8% $741,499 +7.4%
77098 Houston 100% $1,844 +1.2% $695,828 +1.5%
77019 Houston 100% $2,124 +1.8% $686,556 +0.8%
77056 Houston 100% $1,728 +1.6% $684,468 +3.1%
77055 Houston 100% $1,518 -1.7% $616,652 +1.4%
77008 Houston 100% $1,971 +1.1% $588,560 -0.2%
77006 Houston 100% $1,649 +1.3% $561,394 +0.5%
77094 Houston 100% $2,007 +3.3% $560,701 +0.5%
77018 Houston 100% $2,090 +2.0% $535,946 +1.5%
77030 Houston 100% $1,633 -0.7% $514,250 -0.7%
77389 Spring 100% $1,754 +1.7% $508,210 +0.1%
77007 Houston 100% $1,892 +0.3% $492,518 -3.6%
77025 Houston 100% $1,418 -2.6% $469,519 +1.1%
77059 Houston 100% $2,697 — $450,871 -0.2%
77096 Houston 100% $1,294 -3.9% $434,130 +1.9%
77433 Cypress 100% $1,964 +0.0% $422,856 -1.2%
77345 Houston 100% $2,066 — $406,632 +0.1%
77377 Tomball 100% $1,902 +6.5% $395,219 -1.2%
77043 Houston 100% $1,655 -2.3% $388,275 +0.4%
77009 Houston 100% $1,847 +4.8% $383,240 -0.2%
77077 Houston 100% $1,284 -1.8% $382,339 -1.2%
77429 Cypress 100% $1,862 -2.8% $373,727 -1.2%
77379 Spring 100% $1,560 +0.4% $360,401 -0.3%
77375 Tomball 100% $1,679 +1.3% $355,110 -0.8%
77004 Houston 100% $2,116 +1.4% $349,584 -4.4%
77003 Houston 100% $1,986 -0.0% $345,225 -4.1%
77080 Houston 100% $1,170 -2.8% $343,517 -1.7%
77069 Houston 100% $1,154 +0.7% $327,300 -1.1%
77095 Houston 100% $1,394 -1.4% $320,742 -2.0%
77062 Houston 100% $1,594 +1.0% $314,357 +1.2%
77046 Houston 100% $1,443 -0.8% $312,717 -5.6%
77505 Pasadena 100% $1,429 -3.5% $311,787 -0.4%
77068 Houston 100% $1,966 — $309,720 -3.4%
77346 Atascocita 100% $1,814 +1.2% $307,801 -1.5%
77041 Houston 100% $1,639 -1.4% $294,295 -2.5%
77388 Spring 100% $1,692 -1.3% $292,911 -1.5%
77070 Houston 100% $1,455 +1.0% $291,481 -0.9%
77044 Houston 100% $1,859 -0.2% $284,438 -2.2%
77065 Houston 100% $1,309 -2.0% $281,128 -2.9%
77536 Deer Park 100% $1,945 +5.5% $279,150 +0.1%
77057 Houston 100% $1,438 +0.7% $272,926 -1.4%
77092 Houston 100% $1,502 +3.1% $272,833 +0.9%
77089 Houston 100% $1,562 +0.9% $270,868 -0.4%
77336 Houston 100% $1,862 — $269,876 -4.0%
77042 Houston 100% $1,185 -0.2% $266,835 -3.3%
77449 Katy 100% $1,809 -0.8% $264,942 -2.8%
77064 Houston 100% $1,483 -2.7% $264,863 -2.1%
77504 Pasadena 100% $1,251 +6.0% $264,276 -1.5%
77084 Houston 100% $1,526 -2.8% $261,493 -2.8%
77532 Crosby 100% $1,891 +1.3% $261,099 -2.9%
77091 Houston 100% $1,862 +6.1% $261,013 -3.7%
77571 La Porte 100% $1,640 +0.0% $257,286 +0.7%
77035 Houston 100% $1,167 +0.9% $256,616 -2.1%
77396 Humble 100% $1,555 -0.8% $256,356 -1.6%
77040 Houston 100% $1,333 +0.2% $255,196 -2.0%
77075 Houston 100% $1,288 +0.8% $250,139 -1.0%
77002 Houston 100% $1,920 +0.4% $248,777 -3.3%
77047 Houston 100% $1,934 +0.5% $248,213 -1.9%
77081 Houston 100% $933 -5.5% $247,856 +2.2%
77014 Houston 100% $1,153 -0.4% $244,543 -2.5%
77090 Houston 100% $1,071 -3.8% $244,393 -2.2%
77023 Houston 100% $1,369 +2.5% $241,635 -5.1%
77066 Houston 100% $1,266 -0.8% $240,626 -1.4%
77063 Houston 100% $1,300 -1.6% $240,413 -2.9%
77049 Houston 100% $1,401 -2.7% $238,473 -1.6%
77373 Spring 100% $1,767 -0.5% $238,312 -2.8%
77071 Houston 100% $1,838 +6.5% $232,286 -3.2%
77338 Humble 100% $1,518 +2.6% $229,767 -0.9%
77073 Houston 100% $1,891 +2.9% $228,096 -1.7%
77061 Houston 100% $899 -7.8% $221,283 -3.8%
77562 Highlands 100% — — $220,330 +0.0%
77034 Houston 100% $1,030 -0.2% $220,202 -2.0%
77038 Houston 100% $1,772 — $216,426 -0.1%
77048 Houston 100% $1,749 -2.8% $215,912 -1.8%
77086 Houston 100% $1,396 -0.1% $215,207 -0.3%
77022 Houston 100% $1,533 +2.3% $212,555 -3.0%
77088 Houston 100% $1,690 -2.4% $210,113 -1.1%
77067 Houston 100% $1,649 -0.4% $208,193 -2.7%
77074 Houston 100% $1,176 -1.6% $206,831 -2.5%
77530 Channelview 100% $1,788 +10.1% $206,661 -0.0%
77502 Pasadena 100% $1,615 — $204,381 -1.6%
77503 Pasadena 100% $1,290 +3.3% $201,719 -3.9%
77015 Houston 100% $1,050 +1.6% $198,236 -0.9%
77037 Houston 100% — — $197,954 -1.3%
77072 Houston 100% $1,559 -1.0% $196,998 -1.8%
77045 Houston 100% $1,681 +2.6% $194,543 -3.1%
77021 Houston 100% $1,827 +4.9% $193,128 -4.7%
77051 Houston 100% $1,781 +4.3% $191,405 -5.5%
77060 Houston 100% $972 +2.5% $190,745 -2.6%
77013 Houston 100% $830 -1.8% $190,645 +1.5%
77076 Houston 100% $1,560 — $187,960 -2.9%
77587 South Houston 100% $1,400 — $187,891 -2.3%
77032 Houston 100% $1,384 -4.2% $186,266 -1.3%
77039 Houston 100% $1,320 — $184,838 -0.1%
77011 Houston 100% $1,273 +3.1% $184,365 -4.8%
77017 Houston 100% $1,379 -1.2% $181,641 -2.2%
77087 Houston 100% $1,569 +3.1% $177,395 -2.0%
77050 Houston 100% — — $171,533 -4.3%
77078 Houston 100% $1,490 — $162,220 -3.3%
77020 Houston 100% $1,854 +9.1% $161,290 -2.3%
77093 Houston 100% $1,348 +8.9% $161,276 -0.5%
77506 Pasadena 100% $1,331 -0.5% $159,998 -5.1%
77036 Houston 100% $934 -4.7% $159,566 -4.1%
77028 Houston 100% $1,680 +2.9% $156,847 -2.6%
77016 Houston 100% $1,671 -3.6% $155,796 -5.8%
77547 Galena Park 100% $1,650 — $155,776 -2.4%
77012 Houston 100% $1,363 — $151,454 -2.0%
77029 Jacinto City 100% $1,478 — $145,918 -5.3%
77026 Houston 100% $1,530 +1.4% $144,044 -0.7%
77033 Houston 100% $1,725 -0.4% $136,687 -3.7%
77054 Houston 100% $1,337 -1.4% $128,118 -9.8%
77010 Houston 100% $2,856 — — —
77598 Webster 100% $1,360 +1.3% $259,523 +1.2%
77586 El Lago 100% $1,696 +2.8% $345,872 +0.5%
77082 Houston 100% $1,265 -2.5% $248,562 -4.1%
77058 Houston 99% $1,425 +1.4% $242,912 -1.0%
77031 Houston 99% $1,588 — $250,265 -2.5%
77085 Houston 97% $1,289 -1.8% $222,454 -1.8%
77520 Baytown 97% $1,190 +1.0% $168,715 -2.8%
77099 Houston 95% $1,143 +0.3% $212,700 -1.0%
77339 Houston 77% $1,590 +2.4% $292,537 -0.3%
77521 Baytown 77% $1,547 -1.3% $252,797 -0.9%
77493 Katy 68% $2,197 -1.8% $335,766 -3.9%
77447 Hockley 67% $1,883 +1.1% $300,649 -3.7%
77450 Katy 65% $1,763 -1.3% $374,993 -1.2%
77083 Houston 60% $1,893 -3.0% $256,597 -2.4%
77546 Friendswood 31% $2,118 +5.5% $397,818 +0.2%
77053 Houston 31% $1,708 +2.4% $196,203 -0.3%
77484 Waller 21% $1,614 +1.8% $348,553 -1.2%
77357 New Caney 11% $1,836 -2.6% $259,089 -3.1%
77494 Katy 7% $1,861 -1.1% $478,133 -2.0%
77581 Pearland 6% $1,861 +2.1% $369,156 -0.1%
77477 Stafford 5% $1,534 +1.1% $282,826 -0.8%
77523 Baytown 5% $2,035 -0.7% $376,673 +0.5%
77365 Porter 4% $1,845 -0.1% $305,402 -1.7%
77489 Missouri City 4% $1,898 -3.6% $229,884 -1.3%
77535 Dayton 0% $1,599 — $318,144 -1.0%
77565 Kemah 0% $1,496 +2.7% $365,333 -0.8%
77573 League City 0% $1,744 +2.0% $383,781 +0.8%
77362 Pinehurst 0% $2,182 — $388,784 -2.0%