Overton, Texas.
Typical home $179,675 (+3.3% in a year). Longview, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$362 (+62%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $5,801 +3%
- $173,874$179,675 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $14,142 +9%
- $165,533$179,675 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.
- Overton$943
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 42 years.
Typical home values in Overton, TX rose 3.3% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Overton, Rusk County, Texas
Overton is a city of 2,275 people in Rusk County. Unemployment in Rusk County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Overton is a small East Texas city whose residents are younger than in many American towns. Incomes across Rusk County are comfortable, though a real share of people in town live below the poverty line. Homes are priced modestly for the state, and few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, finance and other services close behind. Across Rusk County, some of the largest workplaces are VitalCaring Group, Henderson ISD and Sadlers Smokehouse. The typical commute is a fairly long one, and a modest number of people work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Lake Tyler East is a reservoir for time on the water, and Driller Park is a stadium for ball games. Farther afield, Caldwell Zoo is a longer drive away, as is Tyler State Park, a protected area for walking and camping. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, while summers turn hot and the year is a wet one.
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- 780households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Rusk County had 13,308 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 36°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 71°. About 1 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Henderson weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rusk County
- VitalCaring GroupHome health agencies599
- Henderson ISDSchool district536FTE
- Sadlers SmokehouseCooked meats made from purchased carcasses470
- Management & Training CorporationJails, privately operated348
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters275
- Tatum ISDSchool district229FTE
- Merico Abatement Contractors Inc - Luminant Power Plant- Martin LakeSpecialty trade contractors225
- Luminant Generation CompanyElectric power generation, fossil fuel201
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 28 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,722 people in all across the county; Overton 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
- Strong windVery high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Overton’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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 Rusk County and the Longview, TX metro.
Overton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Overton$179,675
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Overton 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.
- Overton21.90%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Overton32
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Overton8
Zip codes with a Overton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Overton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.