The median home value in Athens, TX is $260,037 as of 2026-06-30, down 1.53% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$260,037
Year-over-Year
-1.53%
Population
13,718
Athens ranks #189 of 346 Texas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 4.3% below the state's city median of $271,742. It sits in Henderson County, where the county-wide median is $273,120.
Athens police recorded a violent crime rate of 423 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,407 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Athens is $260,037. That's down 1.53% from a year earlier. That is about 4.3% below the typical county in Texas.
Homes in Athens are cheaper than Henderson County as a whole, where the median is $273,120 — a difference of about 4.8%.
Athens police reported 423 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 13,718. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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