Waskom, Texas.
Typical home $183,963 (-0.2% in a year). Longview, TX metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$352 (+57%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $431 -0%
- $184,394$183,963 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Down $641 -0%
- $184,604$183,963 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.
- Waskom$966
- Texas$1,556
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, prices here aren't rising.
Typical home values in Waskom, TX fell 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Waskom, Harrison County, Texas
Waskom is a city of 1,910 people in Harrison County. Unemployment in Harrison County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.3% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Harrison County 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Waskom is a small city in Harrison County, in the piney woods of East Texas near the Louisiana line. Homes here cost less than across much of the country, and incomes in the county run below what many Americans earn. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and a good share of residents live below the poverty line. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and rain falls through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in town are Waskom ISD, Progress Rail, which makes railroad rolling stock, and AZZ, which galvanizes metals and metal products. Unemployment in the county is a little lower than a year ago, though the county has lost some jobs over the past year. Most people drive to work, and few work from home.
Things to do. The Gardens of the American Rose Center, a botanical garden, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Caddo Lake, a reservoir with winding bayous, and to Caddo Lake State Park, a protected area good for paddling and time outdoors. For an evening out, the Strand Theatre is also a longer drive away.
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- 735households
- 10%of adults have a degree
- 17%below the poverty line
- 27 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What people in Harrison County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Harrison County had 21,053 jobs in 2025, 2.3% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 56° and lows near 37°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 73°. About 1 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Shreveport Weather Office weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Waskom
- Waskom ISDSchool district158FTE
- Progress RailRailroad rolling stock manufacturing54
- AZZGalvanizing metals and metal products for the trade41
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 95 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
- Ice stormsVery high
- TornadoesVery high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Waskom’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Harrison County and the Longview, TX metro.
Waskom home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Waskom$183,963
- Texas$296,424
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 Waskom 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.
- Waskom33.31%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Waskom22
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Zip codes with a Waskom address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Waskom — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Waskom
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75692 | Waskom | 5,563 | — | $186,152 |
| 75661 | Karnack | 2,360 | — | $171,617 |