Zip lookup · TX

78543
Elsa, Texas.

Elsa, Hidalgo County, TX · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro · population 8,400

What it costs per month · 78543 $635/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$421 (+197%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $167 +0%
$120,837$121,003 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $43,475 +56%
$77,529$121,003 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 78543 $635 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 78543$635
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 8 years.

Typical home values in zip 78543 rose 0.1% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

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

Typical home value $121,003 as of Sep 2026
+0.1%year on year

Typical home value — 78543

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 78543 $121,003 McAllen $188,971 United States $366,157
$100,000 $200,000 $300,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 78543$121,003
  • McAllen$188,971
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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5.1 78538 Edcouch 11,982 — $145,977
5.8 78599 Weslaco 35,454 $1,109 $185,825
7.0 78562 La Villa 3,211 — $106,326
9.4 78537 Donna 51,426 $976 $147,006
10.7 78570 Mercedes 34,348 $818 $133,807
11.1 78539 Edinburg 37,168 $1,147 $239,971
11.2 78542 Edinburg 89,401 $1,119 $200,627
11.6 78593 Santa Rosa 5,455 — $150,834
12.8 78549 Hargill 609 — $88,807
12.8 78561 Lasara 1,457 — $150,865
12.9 78594 Sebastian 1,206 — $100,697
13.1 78516 Alamo 34,370 $1,331 $165,664
13.4 78596 Weslaco 39,518 $1,127 $162,236
14.0 78589 San Juan 40,231 — $179,458
14.5 78504 Mcallen 63,094 $1,684 $263,666
14.8 78577 Pharr 80,540 $1,112 $160,637
15.1 78579 Progreso 2,039 — $125,958
15.4 78559 La Feria 12,169 — $179,869
15.6 78501 Mcallen 58,935 $1,183 $194,342
17.3 78569 Lyford 4,342 — $165,674
17.3 78552 Harlingen 42,332 $1,254 $222,379
18.0 78503 Mcallen 22,621 $1,251 $178,552
18.4 78573 Mission 44,809 $1,071 $209,883

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