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The median home value in San Benito, TX is $163,975 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.07% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$163,975
Year-over-Year
+5.07%
Population
24,382
San Benito ranks #313 of 346 Texas cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 39.6% below the state's city median of $271,560. It sits in Cameron County, where the county-wide median is $207,321.
Median household income in San Benito is $43,639, so the typical home value is about 3.8× 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).
San Benito police recorded a violent crime rate of 262 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,900 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 San Benito, that value is $163,975. That's up 5.07% from a year earlier. It is about 39.6% below the typical Texas city tracked here.
Homes in San Benito are cheaper than Cameron County as a whole, where the median is $207,321 — a difference of about 20.9%.
Median household income here is $43,639, so the typical home value is about 3.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
San Benito police reported 262 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 24,382. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.