Home values, rents and more in Harlingen, TX
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Harlingen compares
The typical home in Harlingen, TX is worth about $197,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Harlingen are 4% below the typical value in the Brownsville metro area ($205,000) and 46% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Harlingen fell 0.9%, compared with +1.3% in the Brownsville metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,157 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 23% below the Brownsville metro area ($1,509) and 40% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.3% over the past year.
The median household income is $53,645, against $52,601 in the Brownsville metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 72,087 people live in Harlingen (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Harlingen has the 6th-lowest typical home value of the 12 cities in the Brownsville metro area and the 302nd-lowest of 1,071 in Texas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Cameron County, TX · Brownsville 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.