Home values, rents and more in Bay City, TX
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Bay City compares
The typical home in Bay City, TX is worth about $199,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Bay City are 3% below the typical value in the Bay City metro area ($206,000) and 46% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Bay City fell 0.2%, compared with +0.7% in the Bay City metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $851 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), about the same as the Bay City metro area ($863) and 56% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 6.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $53,840, against $58,628 in the Bay City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 17,730 people live in Bay City (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Bay City has the 3rd-lowest typical home value of the 7 cities in the Bay City metro area and the 312th-lowest of 1,071 in Texas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Matagorda County, TX · Bay City metro area · Texas
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.