Robinson, Texas.
Typical home $300,809 (+0.9% in a year), asking rent $1,764 . Waco, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$833 (+112%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,583 +1%
- $298,226$300,809 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $42,265 +16%
- $258,544$300,809 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.
- Robinson$1,579
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 23 years.
Typical home values in Robinson, TX rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Robinson, McLennan County, Texas
Robinson is a city of 12,443 people in McLennan County. Half its households earn more than $99,289 a year and half less, against $66,643 across McLennan County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in McLennan County was 4.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Robinson is a city in McLennan County, just outside Waco. Households here earn more than the county's typical household, and far fewer people live below the poverty line than you might expect. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and the people who live here are somewhat younger than in many American towns. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot, with August the warmest month.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Among the largest workplaces in Robinson are Robinson ISD, Brookshire's and FedEx Freight. The typical commute is fairly short, and a modest number of people work from home.
Things to do. A short drive away, Cameron Park Zoo and the Mayborn Museum Complex are good places for an afternoon with family or visiting grandchildren. Waco Lake, a reservoir, is close by for time on the water, and Waco Mammoth National Monument is a protected area a longer drive away.
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- 4,094households
- 22%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 19 mintypical commute
- 9%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. McLennan County had 122,992 jobs in 2025, 0.2% 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 75°. About 38 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Waco Dam weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Robinson
- Robinson ISDSchool district322FTE
- Brookshire'sSupermarkets and other grocery retailers63
- FedEx FreightLess than truckload general freight trucking63
- XPOFreight transportation47
- Southeastern Freight LinesTrucking37
- Rush EnterprisesAutomobiles and other motor vehicles28
- ABM IndustriesService to buildings and dwellings20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 258 people in all. 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
- TornadoesRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- HailRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Robinson’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 McLennan County and the Waco, TX metro.
Robinson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Robinson$300,809
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Robinson 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.
- Robinson32.16%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Robinson86
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Robinson18
Zip codes with a Robinson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Robinson — 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.