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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home Outright in Texas

The counties where a paid-off house still costs the most to keep. For retirees on a fixed income this figure matters more than the purchase price, because it never goes away and it rises with assessments.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Texas ranked

#County Monthly if paid offMedian homeEffective rate
1 Travis County $1,595$487,6001.535%
2 Collin County $1,530$447,6001.660%
3 Kendall County $1,465$489,8001.203%
4 Williamson County $1,452$414,6001.707%
5 Denton County $1,424$403,4001.721%
6 Rockwall County $1,348$386,0001.643%
7 Fort Bend County $1,346$350,3001.988%
8 Hays County $1,332$371,4001.729%
9 Gillespie County $1,255$432,3001.019%
10 Comal County $1,240$398,8001.210%
11 Blanco County $1,179$396,2001.043%
12 Parker County $1,171$343,6001.449%
13 Montgomery County $1,153$317,5001.649%
14 Tarrant County $1,116$294,1001.772%
15 Kaufman County $1,097$290,8001.732%
16 Ellis County $1,073$306,4001.460%
17 Brazoria County $1,058$276,8001.745%
18 Dallas County $1,047$277,9001.680%
19 Brazos County $1,042$279,7001.637%
20 Guadalupe County $1,025$285,9001.494%
21 Galveston County $1,021$284,9001.488%
22 Waller County $1,010$292,0001.360%
23 Burnet County $998$310,5001.126%
24 Harris County $988$255,0001.718%
25 Midland County $988$293,0001.262%
26 Bastrop County $985$269,5001.513%
27 Wilson County $980$286,3001.301%
28 Bexar County $976$244,1001.814%
29 Chambers County $950$289,9001.135%
30 Llano County $940$322,3000.803%
31 Austin County $936$270,9001.279%
32 Hood County $933$281,3001.152%
33 Wise County $931$277,2001.188%
34 Kerr County $928$285,1001.093%
35 Washington County $905$270,1001.150%
36 Johnson County $894$254,6001.280%
37 Randall County $881$227,5001.577%
38 Fayette County $875$271,1001.008%
39 Bell County $857$221,1001.542%
40 Erath County $855$251,9001.126%
41 McLennan County $849$219,2001.527%
42 Lampasas County $844$236,0001.268%
43 Mason County $839$274,6000.815%
44 Grayson County $829$228,3001.293%
45 Somervell County $826$253,6000.967%
46 Lee County $812$247,5000.969%
47 Bandera County $811$249,8000.940%
48 Medina County $811$220,0001.310%
49 Cooke County $811$224,6001.244%
50 Nueces County $805$194,7001.678%
51 Caldwell County $804$215,6001.332%
52 Smith County $801$220,8001.245%
53 Lubbock County $800$199,6001.563%
54 Aransas County $796$236,8001.014%
55 Grimes County $787$226,6001.094%
56 Webb County $785$178,9001.851%
57 Hunt County $785$210,9001.297%
58 Brewster County $785$216,0001.224%
59 El Paso County $783$167,3002.086%
60 Victoria County $782$197,6001.488%
61 Hartley County $778$213,2001.221%
62 Hemphill County $772$214,9001.164%
63 Rains County $759$214,9001.094%
64 Fannin County $758$213,5001.104%
65 Taylor County $749$190,3001.403%
66 Lavaca County $748$220,9000.957%
67 Gaines County $746$185,3001.468%
68 Walker County $746$207,9001.112%
69 Wharton County $744$182,7001.505%
70 Armstrong County $743$185,7001.443%
71 San Patricio County $741$180,4001.527%
72 Andrews County $732$188,2001.328%
73 Tom Green County $731$186,7001.351%
74 Ector County $730$190,5001.280%
75 Van Zandt County $724$199,5001.105%
76 Franklin County $723$213,2000.912%
77 Coryell County $716$177,4001.414%
78 Glasscock County $710$248,6000.464%
79 Gregg County $709$185,8001.222%
80 Colorado County $708$194,0001.091%
81 Hardin County $705$188,2001.155%
82 Hopkins County $703$193,2001.072%
83 Jeff Davis County $699$234,4000.547%
84 Archer County $697$175,3001.322%
85 Shackelford County $696$176,9001.287%
86 Jack County $692$174,8001.296%
87 Jefferson County $690$159,6001.575%
88 San Jacinto County $690$183,1001.139%
89 Mills County $688$200,2000.880%
90 Wood County $685$195,1000.932%
91 Kimble County $682$173,1001.255%
92 Henderson County $680$189,6000.980%
93 Montague County $675$189,4000.951%
94 Kleberg County $674$152,2001.614%
95 Goliad County $673$182,8001.035%
96 Upshur County $673$171,2001.226%
97 Bosque County $673$184,5001.008%
98 Palo Pinto County $671$167,3001.283%
99 Liberty County $666$167,1001.251%
100 Clay County $666$161,3001.360%
101 Yoakum County $665$183,0000.981%
102 Wichita County $662$141,6001.766%
103 Harrison County $659$178,2001.016%
104 Jackson County $658$175,5001.052%
105 Navarro County $658$159,9001.325%
106 Bowie County $657$161,3001.296%
107 Young County $656$165,3001.214%
108 Orange County $656$163,4001.246%
109 Val Verde County $655$151,5001.474%
110 Roberts County $654$176,8001.005%
111 Matagorda County $654$162,2001.255%
112 Hill County $654$163,1001.234%
113 Burleson County $654$174,0001.044%
114 Atascosa County $651$157,4001.321%
115 Uvalde County $646$144,4001.565%
116 Maverick County $645$151,5001.394%
117 Milam County $644$168,9001.059%
118 Lamar County $644$175,5000.951%
119 Cherokee County $643$160,3001.211%
120 Gonzales County $642$158,9001.227%
121 Anderson County $642$173,4000.973%
122 Calhoun County $641$150,0001.397%
123 Reagan County $639$163,7001.115%
124 Titus County $636$157,9001.201%
125 Sherman County $634$125,5001.952%
126 Robertson County $632$172,7000.917%
127 Rusk County $631$166,9001.001%
128 Freestone County $630$164,4001.037%
129 Lynn County $627$130,8001.734%
130 Limestone County $626$154,4001.187%
131 Dallam County $624$140,5001.470%
132 Camp County $623$159,9001.065%
133 Angelina County $622$149,8001.250%
134 Comanche County $622$137,8001.511%
135 Hansford County $620$132,1001.639%
136 San Saba County $620$161,8001.006%
137 Leon County $619$177,4000.755%
138 Moore County $617$135,4001.526%
139 Oldham County $615$144,8001.297%
140 Sutton County $614$140,6001.378%
141 Potter County $613$134,9001.503%
142 Carson County $612$140,6001.362%
143 DeWitt County $612$167,2000.859%
144 Brown County $610$149,9001.152%
145 Hidalgo County $610$124,0001.764%
146 Madison County $608$149,1001.155%
147 Ochiltree County $607$137,2001.402%
148 Polk County $605$154,0001.037%
149 Martin County $604$162,2000.884%
150 Howard County $604$150,3001.092%
151 Nacogdoches County $600$158,2000.925%
152 Parmer County $598$127,3001.566%
153 Houston County $593$155,1000.921%
154 Irion County $591$152,6000.954%
155 Callahan County $591$144,8001.096%
156 Hamilton County $588$124,8001.537%
157 Presidio County $588$123,1001.583%
158 Delta County $587$149,4000.975%
159 McMullen County $585$108,8001.992%
160 Sterling County $584$143,2001.072%
161 Cameron County $584$120,0001.622%
162 Lipscomb County $580$128,4001.363%
163 Pecos County $579$142,9001.034%
164 Jim Hogg County $578$125,6001.413%
165 Terrell County $571$152,2000.803%
166 Panola County $570$146,0000.899%
167 Tyler County $568$138,4001.032%
168 Cass County $560$133,5001.063%
169 Live Oak County $559$142,3000.882%
170 Karnes County $559$136,9000.982%
171 Childress County $555$115,1001.472%
172 Scurry County $554$110,8001.589%
173 Frio County $553$110,1001.590%
174 Crane County $552$119,9001.308%
175 Red River County $552$133,8000.984%
176 Hockley County $550$112,7001.480%
177 Sabine County $549$131,9000.997%
178 Stephens County $548$105,7001.683%
179 Deaf Smith County $548$116,0001.371%
180 Schleicher County $547$113,4001.429%
181 Terry County $545$111,2001.479%
182 Menard County $545$105,3001.659%
183 Eastland County $545$121,7001.192%
184 Jasper County $539$125,9001.036%
185 Concho County $534$105,8001.512%
186 Bailey County $526$104,4001.468%
187 La Salle County $524$101,0001.561%
188 Reeves County $524$113,7001.181%
189 Runnels County $524$103,7001.464%
190 Hale County $523$106,1001.386%
191 Coke County $523$112,9001.187%
192 Hutchinson County $521$102,2001.482%
193 Winkler County $519$121,2000.952%
194 Ward County $519$138,8000.600%
195 Collingsworth County $519$108,4001.271%
196 McCulloch County $518$104,4001.375%
197 Bee County $517$102,8001.421%
198 Morris County $515$110,2001.178%
199 Nolan County $513$98,3001.511%
200 Gray County $512$100,4001.429%
201 Wilbarger County $511$98,8001.474%
202 Mitchell County $510$85,7001.960%
203 Dawson County $508$90,8001.726%
204 Trinity County $508$110,1001.107%
205 Jim Wells County $508$104,8001.251%
206 Falls County $507$97,3001.469%
207 Wheeler County $506$97,6001.446%
208 Swisher County $505$89,2001.743%
209 Shelby County $504$111,7001.023%
210 Upton County $501$106,3001.126%
211 Jones County $499$92,7001.537%
212 Refugio County $494$94,4001.404%
213 Crockett County $490$140,0000.333%
214 Kent County $487$108,9000.907%
215 Floyd County $484$101,0001.079%
216 Coleman County $482$91,2001.368%
217 Marion County $480$110,5000.787%
218 Baylor County $478$93,3001.247%
219 Zavala County $478$88,1001.423%
220 Kinney County $478$88,5001.406%
221 Castro County $473$94,9001.124%
222 Garza County $470$79,3001.660%
223 Starr County $469$93,3001.122%
224 Fisher County $468$77,6001.705%
225 Crosby County $467$75,5001.781%
226 Haskell County $465$92,0001.117%
227 Donley County $462$90,5001.126%
228 Brooks County $453$82,7001.260%
229 Zapata County $451$88,8001.027%
230 Duval County $449$86,4001.078%
231 Throckmorton County $449$84,2001.151%
232 Knox County $446$66,8001.862%
233 Hall County $443$80,2001.212%
234 Briscoe County $441$82,9001.084%
235 Borden County $441$105,4000.468%
236 Dimmit County $439$80,3001.142%
237 Newton County $438$83,1001.030%
238 Motley County $437$81,1001.097%
239 Lamb County $433$76,6001.192%
240 Hardeman County $432$76,5001.183%
241 Willacy County $430$60,8001.914%
242 Culberson County $429$84,5000.859%
243 Edwards County $428$78,3001.051%
244 San Augustine County $424$83,5000.816%
245 Foard County $419$71,4001.182%
246 Dickens County $413$65,0001.366%
247 Stonewall County $386$54,7001.360%
248 Cochran County $385$57,7001.185%
249 Hudspeth County $384$57,4001.179%
250 Cottle County $375$54,1001.152%

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.

Nationwide

Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home Outright across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Texas

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