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The median home value in Austin County, TX is $428,059 as of 2026-07-31, down 0.78% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$428,059
Year-over-Year
-0.78%
National Rank
#358 of 3071
Austin County ranks 12th out of 243 counties in TX by median home price, and is +82.7% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within TX, the typical county has a median home value of $213,390, making Austin County +100.6% above the TX state median.
Households here earn a median of $75,789 a year against a typical home value of $428,059 — a price-to-income ratio of 5.6×, past the 5× level generally described as severely unaffordable. That is less affordable than roughly 90% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Austin County recorded a violent crime rate of 254 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 987 per 100,000.
Based on 3 reporting cities covering 12,974 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Austin County is $428,059. That's down 0.78% from a year earlier. That is about 82.7% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Austin County the 12th most expensive of 243 counties in Texas.
Median household income here is $75,789, so a typical home costs about 5.6× annual household earnings — expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Austin County recorded 254 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 12,974 residents across 3 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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