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The median home value in Ward County, TX is $188,505 as of 2026-07-31, up 1.7% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$188,505
Year-over-Year
+1.7%
National Rank
#2089 of 3071
Ward County ranks 149th out of 243 counties in TX by median home price, and is -19.6% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within TX, the typical county has a median home value of $213,390, making Ward County -11.7% below the TX state median.
Households here earn a median of $65,952 a year against a typical home value of $188,505 — a price-to-income ratio of 2.9×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 22% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Ward County recorded a violent crime rate of 364 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,387 per 100,000.
Based on 1 reporting city covering 7,140 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Ward County is $188,505. That's up 1.7% from a year earlier. That is about 19.6% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Ward County the 149th most expensive of 243 counties in Texas.
Median household income here is $65,952, so a typical home costs about 2.9× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Ward County recorded 364 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 7,140 residents across 1 reporting city, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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