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The median home value in Houston County, TX is $210,421 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.16% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$210,421
Year-over-Year
+1.16%
National Rank
#1817 of 3071
Houston County ranks 127th out of 243 counties in TX by median home price, and is -10.2% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within TX, the typical county has a median home value of $213,390, making Houston County -1.4% below the TX state median.
Households here earn a median of $56,531 a year against a typical home value of $210,421 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.7×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 53% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Houston County recorded a violent crime rate of 154 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — lower than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 1,274 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 7,768 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Houston County is $210,421. That's up 1.16% from a year earlier. That is about 10.2% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Houston County the 127th most expensive of 243 counties in Texas.
Median household income here is $56,531, so a typical home costs about 3.7× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Houston County recorded 154 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 7,768 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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