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The median home value in Port Lavaca, TX is $188,146 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.05% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$188,146
Year-over-Year
+1.05%
Population
11,112
Port Lavaca ranks #288 of 346 Texas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 30.7% below the state's city median of $271,560. It sits in Calhoun County, where the county-wide median is $206,643.
Median household income in Port Lavaca is $70,123, so the typical home value is about 2.7× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Port Lavaca police recorded a violent crime rate of 297 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 1,260 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Port Lavaca, that value is $188,146. That's up 1.05% from a year earlier. It is about 30.7% below the typical Texas city tracked here.
Homes in Port Lavaca are cheaper than Calhoun County as a whole, where the median is $206,643 — a difference of about 9.0%.
Median household income here is $70,123, so the typical home value is about 2.7× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Port Lavaca police reported 297 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 11,112. 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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