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The median home value in Shelby County, TX is $217,726 as of 2026-07-31, down 4.94% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$217,726
Year-over-Year
-4.94%
National Rank
#1744 of 3071
Shelby County ranks 117th out of 243 counties in TX by median home price, and is -7.1% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within TX, the typical county has a median home value of $213,390, making Shelby County +2.0% above the TX state median.
Households here earn a median of $49,776 a year against a typical home value of $217,726 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.4×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 72% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Shelby County recorded a violent crime rate of 421 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 2,041 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 6,174 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Shelby County is $217,726. That's down 4.94% from a year earlier. That is about 7.1% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Shelby County the 117th most expensive of 243 counties in Texas.
Median household income here is $49,776, so a typical home costs about 4.4× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Shelby County recorded 421 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 6,174 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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