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The median home value in Jim Wells County, TX is $140,091 as of 2026-07-31, down 8.62% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$140,091
Year-over-Year
-8.62%
National Rank
#2679 of 3071
Jim Wells County ranks 195th out of 243 counties in TX by median home price, and is -40.2% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within TX, the typical county has a median home value of $213,390, making Jim Wells County -34.3% below the TX state median.
Households here earn a median of $51,896 a year against a typical home value of $140,091 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.7×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 18% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Jim Wells County recorded a violent crime rate of 555 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most counties nationally. Property crime runs at 3,202 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 17,487 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Jim Wells County is $140,091. That's down 8.62% from a year earlier. That is about 40.2% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Jim Wells County the 195th most expensive of 243 counties in Texas.
Median household income here is $51,896, so a typical home costs about 2.7× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Jim Wells County recorded 555 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 17,487 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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