Zip lookup · TX

78538
Edcouch, Texas.

Edcouch, Hidalgo County, TX · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro · population 11,982

What it costs per month · 78538 $766/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$498 (+185%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $5,566 +4%
$140,411$145,977 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $47,686 +49%
$98,291$145,977 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 78538 $766 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 78538$766
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 9 years.

Typical home values in zip 78538 rose 4.0% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Edcouch, TX — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $145,977 as of Sep 2026
+4.0%year on year

Typical home value — 78538

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 78538 $145,977 McAllen $188,971 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 78538$145,977
  • McAllen$188,971
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.1 78543 Elsa 8,400 — $121,003
7.4 78562 La Villa 3,211 — $106,326
7.8 78561 Lasara 1,457 — $150,865
8.7 78549 Hargill 609 — $88,807
9.1 78542 Edinburg 89,401 $1,119 $200,627
10.4 78599 Weslaco 35,454 $1,109 $185,825
10.5 78594 Sebastian 1,206 — $100,697
11.5 78593 Santa Rosa 5,455 — $150,834
14.1 78570 Mercedes 34,348 $818 $133,807
14.4 78569 Lyford 4,342 — $165,674
14.4 78539 Edinburg 37,168 $1,147 $239,971
14.5 78537 Donna 51,426 $976 $147,006
16.4 78580 Raymondville 12,964 — $117,188
17.6 78504 Mcallen 63,094 $1,684 $263,666
17.8 78559 La Feria 12,169 — $179,869
18.1 78516 Alamo 34,370 $1,331 $165,664
18.1 78552 Harlingen 42,332 $1,254 $222,379
18.1 78596 Weslaco 39,518 $1,127 $162,236
18.9 78589 San Juan 40,231 — $179,458
19.3 78579 Progreso 2,039 — $125,958
19.5 78577 Pharr 80,540 $1,112 $160,637
19.6 78501 Mcallen 58,935 $1,183 $194,342

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.