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The median home value in Ellis County, TX is $375,371 as of 2026-07-31, down 1.07% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$375,371
Year-over-Year
-1.07%
National Rank
#548 of 3071
Ellis County ranks 21st out of 243 counties in TX by median home price, and is +60.2% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within TX, the typical county has a median home value of $213,390, making Ellis County +75.9% above the TX state median.
Households here earn a median of $99,595 a year against a typical home value of $375,371 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.8×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 55% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Ellis County recorded a violent crime rate of 178 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,371 per 100,000.
Based on 9 reporting cities covering 152,142 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Ellis County is $375,371. That's down 1.07% from a year earlier. That is about 60.2% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Ellis County the 21st most expensive of 243 counties in Texas.
Median household income here is $99,595, so a typical home costs about 3.8× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Ellis County recorded 178 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 152,142 residents across 9 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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