Sinton, Texas.
Typical home $159,146 (+4.4% in a year). Corpus Christi, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$249 (+43%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $6,763 +4%
- $152,383$159,146 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $16,824 -10%
- $175,970$159,146 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.
- Sinton$835
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Sinton, TX rose 4.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sinton, San Patricio County, Texas
Sinton is a city of 5,504 people in San Patricio County. 53% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 47% are rented. Unemployment in San Patricio County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then government.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sinton is a small city and the seat of San Patricio County, in the coastal plain of South Texas. The population is young for a US town, with a median age below much of the country, and a little more homes are lived in by their owners than by renters. Homes here cost less than the typical home across the country, and few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by government, manufacturing and retail. Among the largest workplaces in Sinton are Sinton ISD, Blanchette Field Services and H-E-B. The usual trip to work is a moderate drive, and few people work from home. Unemployment across San Patricio County has eased a little over the past year, though the number of jobs in the county slipped slightly last year.
Things to do. The coast around Corpus Christi is a longer drive away and holds most of the nearby attractions. Among the best known are the Nueces River and the USS Lexington, a museum, and the Texas State Aquarium, which is a zoo-style attraction. Winters are mild and summers are hot, with little or no snow, so outings are comfortable for much of the year.
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- 1,907households
- 11%of adults have a degree
- 26 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. San Patricio County had 21,467 jobs in 2025, 0.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 66° and lows near 45°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 76°. About 33 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sinton weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Sinton
- Sinton ISDSchool district331FTE
- Blanchette Field ServicesMine site preparation and related construction activities, construction contractors195
- H-E-BRetail69
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 264 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
- Cold wavesVery high
- Inland floodingVery high
- HurricanesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sinton’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 San Patricio County and the Corpus Christi, TX metro.
Sinton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sinton$159,146
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Sinton 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.
- Sinton18.78%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Sinton57
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Sinton12
Zip codes with a Sinton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sinton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Sinton
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78387 | Sinton | 9,640 | — | $161,002 |
| 78368 | Mathis | 9,464 | — | $114,078 |