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Robert Lee, Texas.

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What it costs per month · Robert Lee $1,556/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$751 (+93%) since Jan 2020.

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 Texas $1,556 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Texas$1,556
  • United States$1,922

Living in Robert Lee, Coke County, Texas

Robert Lee is a city of 1,027 people in Coke County. Half its households earn more than $34,172 a year and half less. Unemployment in Coke County was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 20.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Coke County work in schools and health care, then construction.

People 1,027 in the 2020 census
Household income $34,172 the median, give or take $6,934
Unemployment 3.1% Coke County, August 2026; 3.8% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Robert Lee for the Census survey to measure.

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Robert Lee is the seat of Coke County, a small Texas city where neighbors tend to know one another and daily errands stay close to home. Household incomes run low, and few adults hold a four-year degree. The pace is quiet, and the trip to work is short for most people.

Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, with others in the building trades, in banks, insurance and property, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Across Coke County, the largest workplaces are Bronte ISD and Robert LEE ISD, both school districts. Jobs across the county have shrunk over the past year, and few people work from home.

Things to do. E.V. Spence Reservoir is a short drive away and is the nearest place to get out on the water. Beals Creek, a river, and O.C. Fisher Reservoir lie a longer drive away. Winters are mild and almost snowless, summers run hot, and rain is light through the year.

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  • 535households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 15 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What people in Coke County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Building trades13%
  • Banks, insurance and property12%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities10%
  • Other services8%
  • Shops (retail)6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Coke County had 871 jobs in 2025, 20.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 30°; warmest in July, 96° and 72° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 30° F M A M J J 96° 72° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 58° and 30°; warmest in July, 96° and 72° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 58° 30° F M A M J J 96° 72° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 30°; warmest in July, with highs near 96° and lows near 72°. About 21 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Robert Lee 4WSW weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Coke County

  1. Bronte ISDSchool district52FTE
  2. Robert Lee ISDSchool district47FTE

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

  1. WildfireRelatively high
  2. HailRelatively high
  3. Strong windRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. DroughtRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Robert Lee’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 Coke County.

Robert Lee home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Robert Lee address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Robert Lee — 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.