Washington, Texas.
Typical home $558,818 (+3.2% in a year). Brenham, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,543 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $17,285 +3%
- $541,533$558,818 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $61,900 +12%
- $496,918$558,818 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.
- Washington$2,933
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 30 years.
Typical home values in Washington, TX rose 3.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Washington, Washington County, Texas
The Census does not count Washington on its own, so the figures here are Washington County's. Half the county's households earn more than $77,825 a year and half less; 13% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 70% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Washington County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Washington County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Washington is a small town in Washington County, in the Texas countryside. Winters are mild, with little or no snow, and summers are hot. The area gets a good deal of rain over the year, so the land is often green. Most homes in the county are lived in by their owners, and the town has a quiet, settled feel.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, while others work in manufacturing, shops or the building trades. Joblessness eased slightly over the past year, and the number of jobs edged up. Many people drive to work, and only a small share work from home.
Things to do. Washington-on-the-Brazos, a protected area, is a short drive away and is one of the best known sites in the region. The Star of the Republic Museum, also a short drive away, is a museum that covers the history of the area. Lake Somerville State Park and Trailway, a protected area a longer drive away, offers a place to walk and spend time outdoors.
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- 15,481households
- 40.9median age
- 31%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Washington County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Washington County had 16,712 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 62° and lows near 38°; warmest in August, with highs near 96° and lows near 73°. About 44 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Washington Sp weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Washington County
- Blinn College DistrictTwo-year college1,094
- Blue Bell CreameriesIce cream specialties manufacturing859
- Brenham ISDSchool district769FTE
- H-E-BRetail596
- Waaree Solar AmericasSemiconductor devices manufacturing517
- Germania Farm Mutual InsuranceProperty and casualty insurance carriers, direct450
- Valmont Industries318
- Stanpac USAFood containers, sanitary, made from purchased paper or paperboard296
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 39 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 5,866 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts 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
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- DroughtRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Washington County, 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 Washington County and the Brenham, TX metro.
Washington home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Washington$558,818
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 7 Washington 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.
- Washington14.76%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Washington29
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Washington address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Washington — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.