Port Lavaca, Texas.
Typical home $185,020 (+1.6% in a year), asking rent $888 . Port Lavaca, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$377 (+64%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,925 +2%
- $182,095$185,020 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $4,205 +2%
- $180,815$185,020 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.
- Port Lavaca$971
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Port Lavaca, TX rose 1.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Port Lavaca, Calhoun County, Texas
Port Lavaca is a city of 11,557 people in Calhoun County. Half its households earn more than $70,123 a year and half less, against $79,959 across Calhoun County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 70% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Calhoun County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 7.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Port Lavaca is a small city on the Texas coast, and its residents are younger than the typical American town's. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run below the county's as a whole. A four-year degree is held by a minority of adults, and getting to work takes little time, since most people drive a short way. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with a fair amount of rain through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in the building trades. Among the largest workplaces in Port Lavaca are Calhoun County ISD, Memorial Medical Center and Walmart. Across Calhoun County there are fewer jobs than a year earlier, and unemployment is a little lower than it was a year ago.
Things to do. The Lavaca River is a short drive away, as are Garcitas Creek and Placedo Creek, which suit people who like being near quiet water. Farther afield, a longer drive takes you to the Guadalupe River and to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, a protected area for those who enjoy wildlife and open country.
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- 4,977households
- 20%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Calhoun County had 13,054 jobs in 2025, 7.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 64° and lows near 46°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 78°. About 41 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pt Comfort weather station, 5 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Port Lavaca
- Calhoun County ISDSchool district564FTE
- Memorial Medical CenterCritical access hospital218FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters217
- H-E-BRetail173
- BilfingerIndustrial building construction, general contractors160
- Lavaca Bay Nursing and Rehabilitation CenterHomes for the elderly with nursing care109
- TaherFood service contractors, concession operator37
- Vitality Senior Services ManagementAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities37
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 767 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); 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
- LightningVery high
- Cold wavesVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Tornadoesrelatively high in parts of Port LavacaRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Port Lavaca’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Calhoun County and the Port Lavaca, TX metro.
Port Lavaca home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Port Lavaca$185,020
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Port Lavaca listings — the market is cooling.
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.
- Port Lavaca19.07%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Port Lavaca105
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Port Lavaca16
Zip codes with a Port Lavaca address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Port Lavaca — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.