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The median home value in Harris County, TX is $280,978 as of 2026-07-31, down 2.3% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$280,978
Year-over-Year
-2.3%
National Rank
#1103 of 3071
Harris County ranks 62nd out of 243 counties in TX by median home price, and is +19.9% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within TX, the typical county has a median home value of $213,390, making Harris County +31.7% above the TX state median.
Households here earn a median of $74,983 a year against a typical home value of $280,978 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.7×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 54% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Harris County recorded a violent crime rate of 1,039 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 4,043 per 100,000.
Based on 14 reporting cities covering 2,733,787 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Harris County is $280,978. That's down 2.3% from a year earlier. That is about 19.9% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Harris County the 62nd most expensive of 243 counties in Texas.
Median household income here is $74,983, so a typical home costs about 3.7× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Harris County recorded 1,039 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 2,733,787 residents across 14 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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