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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Most Expensive Counties to Own a Home in Texas

Total monthly cost of the county's own median home: mortgage at 20% down, property tax, insurance, electricity, water and a maintenance reserve. Home price dominates this ranking, which is why it maps closely to the coasts.

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Texas ranked

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

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