Palmhurst, Texas.
Typical home $282,143 (+0.5% in a year). McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$808 (+120%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $1,492 +1%
- $280,651$282,143 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $58,928 +26%
- $223,215$282,143 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.
- Palmhurst$1,481
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Palmhurst, TX rose 0.5% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Palmhurst, Hidalgo County, Texas
Palmhurst is a city of 2,601 people in Hidalgo County. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Hidalgo County was 6.3% 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 professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Palmhurst is a small city in Hidalgo County, home to a population that skews younger than much of the country. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and relatively few residents live below the poverty line. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers get very hot, especially in August, while rainfall is modest through the year.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in professional and business services, the building trades, and banks, insurance and property. Within Palmhurst, H-E-B, Walmart and Goodwill Industries of South Texas are among the largest workplaces. Commutes are fairly short, a good number of people work from home, and a sizeable share of adults hold a four-year degree.
Things to do. A short drive away, the McAllen Botanical Gardens offer a quiet place to walk among plants, and the Museum of South Texas History tells the story of the region. Nature lovers can also head a short drive to the National Butterfly Center, a protected area given over to wildlife. For a longer outing, the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge is a longer drive away.
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- 785households
- 39%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 18 mintypical commute
- 11%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Hidalgo County had 296,499 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 69° and lows near 47°; warmest in August, with highs near 97° and lows near 75°. About 20 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the La Joya weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Palmhurst
- H-E-BRetail317
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters309
- Goodwill Industries of South TexasUsed merchandise stores27
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 3 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 653 people in all. 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
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Hailrelatively high in parts of PalmhurstRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesrelatively high in parts of PalmhurstRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Palmhurst’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 Hidalgo County and the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro.
Palmhurst home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Palmhurst$282,143
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 6 Palmhurst 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.
- Palmhurst17.23%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Palmhurst35
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Palmhurst6
Zip codes with a Palmhurst address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Palmhurst — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.