The median home value in Palestine, TX is $199,529 as of 2026-06-30, up 0.4% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$199,529
Year-over-Year
+0.4%
Population
19,648
Palestine ranks #277 of 346 Texas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 26.6% below the state's city median of $271,742. It sits in Anderson County, where the county-wide median is $221,139.
Palestine police recorded a violent crime rate of 417 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,445 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 Palestine is $199,529. That's up 0.4% from a year earlier. That is about 26.6% below the typical county in Texas.
Homes in Palestine are cheaper than Anderson County as a whole, where the median is $221,139 — a difference of about 9.8%.
Palestine police reported 417 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 19,648. 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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