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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Cheapest Counties to Own a Home in Texas

Where the full monthly cost of owning the local median home is lowest. Every figure includes tax, insurance, utilities and maintenance, not just the mortgage.

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Texas ranked

#County Monthly to ownMedian homeEffective rate
1 Cottle County $664$54,1001.152%
2 Stonewall County $678$54,7001.360%
3 Hudspeth County $691$57,4001.179%
4 Cochran County $693$57,7001.185%
5 Willacy County $755$60,8001.914%
6 Dickens County $760$65,0001.366%
7 Foard County $800$71,4001.182%
8 Knox County $802$66,8001.862%
9 Hardeman County $840$76,5001.183%
10 Lamb County $842$76,6001.192%
11 Edwards County $846$78,3001.051%
12 Dimmit County $867$80,3001.142%
13 San Augustine County $869$83,5000.816%
14 Crosby County $870$75,5001.781%
15 Motley County $870$81,1001.097%
16 Hall County $871$80,2001.212%
17 Culberson County $880$84,5000.859%
18 Newton County $881$83,1001.030%
19 Fisher County $883$77,6001.705%
20 Briscoe County $883$82,9001.084%
21 Garza County $894$79,3001.660%
22 Brooks County $894$82,7001.260%
23 Throckmorton County $898$84,2001.151%
24 Duval County $910$86,4001.078%
25 Zapata County $925$88,8001.027%
26 Donley County $945$90,5001.126%
27 Zavala County $949$88,1001.423%
28 Kinney County $951$88,5001.406%
29 Haskell County $956$92,0001.117%
30 Starr County $967$93,3001.122%
31 Mitchell County $968$85,7001.960%
32 Coleman County $969$91,2001.368%
33 Baylor County $977$93,3001.247%
34 Castro County $979$94,9001.124%
35 Swisher County $981$89,2001.743%
36 Dawson County $993$90,8001.726%
37 Jones County $994$92,7001.537%
38 Refugio County $998$94,4001.404%
39 Borden County $1,003$105,4000.468%
40 Floyd County $1,023$101,0001.079%
41 Falls County $1,026$97,3001.469%
42 Wheeler County $1,027$97,6001.446%
43 Nolan County $1,038$98,3001.511%
44 Wilbarger County $1,039$98,8001.474%
45 Gray County $1,048$100,4001.429%
46 La Salle County $1,064$101,0001.561%
47 Bee County $1,066$102,8001.421%
48 Hutchinson County $1,067$102,2001.482%
49 Jim Wells County $1,067$104,8001.251%
50 Upton County $1,068$106,3001.126%
51 Kent County $1,069$108,9000.907%
52 Marion County $1,070$110,5000.787%
53 McCulloch County $1,075$104,4001.375%
54 Runnels County $1,077$103,7001.464%
55 Bailey County $1,083$104,4001.468%
56 Hale County $1,090$106,1001.386%
57 Trinity County $1,096$110,1001.107%
58 Collingsworth County $1,098$108,4001.271%
59 Concho County $1,098$105,8001.512%
60 Shelby County $1,101$111,7001.023%
61 Morris County $1,103$110,2001.178%
62 Menard County $1,107$105,3001.659%
63 Stephens County $1,113$105,7001.683%
64 Coke County $1,125$112,9001.187%
65 Reeves County $1,131$113,7001.181%
66 Terry County $1,139$111,2001.479%
67 Frio County $1,140$110,1001.590%
68 Scurry County $1,146$110,8001.589%
69 Hockley County $1,151$112,7001.480%
70 Schleicher County $1,152$113,4001.429%
71 McMullen County $1,166$108,8001.992%
72 Winkler County $1,166$121,2000.952%
73 Deaf Smith County $1,167$116,0001.371%
74 Childress County $1,170$115,1001.472%
75 Crane County $1,192$119,9001.308%
76 Eastland County $1,195$121,7001.192%
77 Jasper County $1,211$125,9001.036%
78 Cameron County $1,224$120,0001.622%
79 Crockett County $1,238$140,0000.333%
80 Presidio County $1,246$123,1001.583%
81 Jim Hogg County $1,248$125,6001.413%
82 Sabine County $1,253$131,9000.997%
83 Hamilton County $1,255$124,8001.537%
84 Ward County $1,260$138,8000.600%
85 Lipscomb County $1,265$128,4001.363%
86 Red River County $1,266$133,8000.984%
87 Hidalgo County $1,272$124,0001.764%
88 Cass County $1,273$133,5001.063%
89 Parmer County $1,278$127,3001.566%
90 Karnes County $1,290$136,9000.982%
91 Sherman County $1,304$125,5001.952%
92 Tyler County $1,307$138,4001.032%
93 Live Oak County $1,319$142,3000.882%
94 Lynn County $1,325$130,8001.734%
95 Hansford County $1,325$132,1001.639%
96 Potter County $1,333$134,9001.503%
97 Moore County $1,339$135,4001.526%
98 Ochiltree County $1,340$137,2001.402%
99 Pecos County $1,342$142,9001.034%
100 Sterling County $1,349$143,2001.072%
101 Panola County $1,349$146,0000.899%
102 Comanche County $1,357$137,8001.511%
103 Carson County $1,362$140,6001.362%
104 Callahan County $1,364$144,8001.096%
105 Sutton County $1,364$140,6001.378%
106 Dallam County $1,374$140,5001.470%
107 Terrell County $1,384$152,2000.803%
108 Delta County $1,384$149,4000.975%
109 Oldham County $1,388$144,8001.297%
110 Madison County $1,404$149,1001.155%
111 Howard County $1,406$150,3001.092%
112 Irion County $1,406$152,6000.954%
113 Brown County $1,410$149,9001.152%
114 Uvalde County $1,417$144,4001.565%
115 Wichita County $1,418$141,6001.766%
116 Houston County $1,421$155,1000.921%
117 Angelina County $1,422$149,8001.250%
118 Polk County $1,427$154,0001.037%
119 Calhoun County $1,442$150,0001.397%
120 Nacogdoches County $1,445$158,2000.925%
121 Limestone County $1,450$154,4001.187%
122 Maverick County $1,453$151,5001.394%
123 Val Verde County $1,463$151,5001.474%
124 Martin County $1,470$162,2000.884%
125 Camp County $1,477$159,9001.065%
126 Titus County $1,479$157,9001.201%
127 San Saba County $1,483$161,8001.006%
128 Kleberg County $1,487$152,2001.614%
129 Gonzales County $1,490$158,9001.227%
130 Atascosa County $1,491$157,4001.321%
131 Cherokee County $1,499$160,3001.211%
132 DeWitt County $1,504$167,2000.859%
133 Freestone County $1,508$164,4001.037%
134 Navarro County $1,511$159,9001.325%
135 Reagan County $1,513$163,7001.115%
136 Bowie County $1,519$161,3001.296%
137 Matagorda County $1,520$162,2001.255%
138 Rusk County $1,522$166,9001.001%
139 Hill County $1,524$163,1001.234%
140 Clay County $1,527$161,3001.360%
141 Orange County $1,528$163,4001.246%
142 Young County $1,539$165,3001.214%
143 Jefferson County $1,542$159,6001.575%
144 Milam County $1,545$168,9001.059%
145 Robertson County $1,554$172,7000.917%
146 Liberty County $1,558$167,1001.251%
147 Palo Pinto County $1,564$167,3001.283%
148 Leon County $1,566$177,4000.755%
149 Anderson County $1,568$173,4000.973%
150 Lamar County $1,580$175,5000.951%
151 Burleson County $1,582$174,0001.044%
152 Upshur County $1,587$171,2001.226%
153 Jackson County $1,595$175,5001.052%
154 Roberts County $1,598$176,8001.005%
155 Kimble County $1,606$173,1001.255%
156 Harrison County $1,611$178,2001.016%
157 Jack County $1,625$174,8001.296%
158 Archer County $1,633$175,3001.322%
159 Shackelford County $1,641$176,9001.287%
160 Yoakum County $1,642$183,0000.981%
161 Goliad County $1,649$182,8001.035%
162 Bosque County $1,658$184,5001.008%
163 Coryell County $1,663$177,4001.414%
164 San Jacinto County $1,667$183,1001.139%
165 El Paso County $1,676$167,3002.086%
166 Montague County $1,686$189,4000.951%
167 Henderson County $1,693$189,6000.980%
168 Gregg County $1,701$185,8001.222%
169 San Patricio County $1,704$180,4001.527%
170 Hardin County $1,709$188,2001.155%
171 Wharton County $1,720$182,7001.505%
172 Wood County $1,727$195,1000.932%
173 Tom Green County $1,728$186,7001.351%
174 Armstrong County $1,734$185,7001.443%
175 Hopkins County $1,735$193,2001.072%
176 Gaines County $1,735$185,3001.468%
177 Andrews County $1,736$188,2001.328%
178 Webb County $1,741$178,9001.851%
179 Colorado County $1,744$194,0001.091%
180 Ector County $1,747$190,5001.280%
181 Mills County $1,757$200,2000.880%
182 Taylor County $1,765$190,3001.403%
183 Van Zandt County $1,789$199,5001.105%
184 Victoria County $1,837$197,6001.488%
185 Nueces County $1,845$194,7001.678%
186 Walker County $1,855$207,9001.112%
187 Franklin County $1,861$213,2000.912%
188 Lubbock County $1,866$199,6001.563%
189 Fannin County $1,897$213,5001.104%
190 Rains County $1,906$214,9001.094%
191 Hunt County $1,911$210,9001.297%
192 Hartley County $1,916$213,2001.221%
193 Hemphill County $1,919$214,9001.164%
194 Lavaca County $1,928$220,9000.957%
195 Brewster County $1,938$216,0001.224%
196 Jeff Davis County $1,951$234,4000.547%
197 Caldwell County $1,955$215,6001.332%
198 Smith County $1,980$220,8001.245%
199 Medina County $1,986$220,0001.310%
200 Grimes County $1,997$226,6001.094%
201 Cooke County $2,010$224,6001.244%
202 McLennan County $2,019$219,2001.527%
203 Glasscock County $2,037$248,6000.464%
204 Bell County $2,037$221,1001.542%
205 Grayson County $2,048$228,3001.293%
206 Aransas County $2,060$236,8001.014%
207 Randall County $2,096$227,5001.577%
208 Lampasas County $2,104$236,0001.268%
209 Lee County $2,133$247,5000.969%
210 Bandera County $2,145$249,8000.940%
211 Somervell County $2,179$253,6000.967%
212 Erath County $2,200$251,9001.126%
213 Johnson County $2,253$254,6001.280%
214 Bexar County $2,279$244,1001.814%
215 Mason County $2,305$274,6000.815%
216 Fayette County $2,322$271,1001.008%
217 Washington County $2,347$270,1001.150%
218 Harris County $2,350$255,0001.718%
219 Austin County $2,382$270,9001.279%
220 Wise County $2,411$277,2001.188%
221 Bastrop County $2,423$269,5001.513%
222 Hood County $2,434$281,3001.152%
223 Kerr County $2,450$285,1001.093%
224 Chambers County $2,497$289,9001.135%
225 Wilson County $2,509$286,3001.301%
226 Dallas County $2,530$277,9001.680%
227 Brazos County $2,535$279,7001.637%
228 Brazoria County $2,536$276,8001.745%
229 Galveston County $2,542$284,9001.488%
230 Guadalupe County $2,552$285,9001.494%
231 Midland County $2,552$293,0001.262%
232 Waller County $2,568$292,0001.360%
233 Kaufman County $2,649$290,8001.732%
234 Burnet County $2,655$310,5001.126%
235 Llano County $2,660$322,3000.803%
236 Tarrant County $2,686$294,1001.772%
237 Ellis County $2,709$306,4001.460%
238 Montgomery County $2,848$317,5001.649%
239 Parker County $3,005$343,6001.449%
240 Fort Bend County $3,216$350,3001.988%
241 Blanco County $3,294$396,2001.043%
242 Hays County $3,315$371,4001.729%
243 Comal County $3,369$398,8001.210%
244 Rockwall County $3,408$386,0001.643%
245 Gillespie County $3,563$432,3001.019%
246 Denton County $3,577$403,4001.721%
247 Williamson County $3,665$414,6001.707%
248 Collin County $3,920$447,6001.660%
249 Kendall County $4,080$489,8001.203%
250 Travis County $4,198$487,6001.535%

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

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