Home values, rents and more in Houston, TX
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Houston compares
The typical home in Houston, TX is worth about $259,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Houston are 14% below the typical value in the Houston metro area ($303,000) and 29% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Houston fell 2.1%, compared with −1.8% in the Houston metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,544 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 6% below the Houston metro area ($1,638) and 20% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents were flat over the past year.
The median household income is $64,813, against $82,168 in the Houston metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 2,328,253 people live in Houston (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Houston has the 37th-lowest typical home value of the 109 cities in the Houston metro area and the 525th-highest of 1,071 in Texas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Harris County, TX · Houston metro area · Texas
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Nearby cities
ZIP codes in Houston, TX
- 77002 · Houston $249,000
- 77003 · Houston $345,000
- 77004 · Houston $350,000
- 77005 · Houston $1,725,000
- 77006 · Houston $561,000
- 77007 · Houston $493,000
- 77008 · Houston $589,000
- 77009 · Houston $383,000
- 77011 · Houston $184,000
- 77012 · Houston $151,000
- 77013 · Houston $191,000
- 77014 · Houston $245,000
- 77015 · Houston $198,000
- 77016 · Houston $156,000
- 77017 · Houston $182,000
- 77018 · Houston $536,000
- 77019 · Houston $687,000
- 77020 · Houston $161,000
- 77021 · Houston $193,000
- 77022 · Houston $213,000
- 77023 · Houston $242,000
- 77024 · Houston $1,473,000
- 77025 · Houston $470,000
- 77026 · Houston $144,000
- 77027 · Houston $823,000
- 77028 · Houston $157,000
- 77030 · Houston $514,000
- 77031 · Houston $250,000
- 77032 · Houston $186,000
- 77033 · Houston $137,000
- 77034 · Houston $220,000
- 77035 · Houston $257,000
- 77036 · Houston $160,000
- 77037 · Houston $198,000
- 77038 · Houston $216,000
- 77039 · Houston $185,000
- 77040 · Houston $255,000
- 77041 · Houston $294,000
- 77042 · Houston $267,000
- 77043 · Houston $388,000
- 77044 · Houston $284,000
- 77045 · Houston $195,000
- 77046 · Houston $313,000
- 77047 · Houston $248,000
- 77048 · Houston $216,000
- 77049 · Houston $238,000
- 77050 · Houston $172,000
- 77051 · Houston $191,000
- 77053 · Houston $196,000
- 77054 · Houston $128,000
- 77055 · Houston $617,000
- 77056 · Houston $684,000
- 77057 · Houston $273,000
- 77058 · Houston $243,000
- 77059 · Houston $451,000
- 77060 · Houston $191,000
- 77061 · Houston $221,000
- 77062 · Houston $314,000
- 77063 · Houston $240,000
- 77064 · Houston $265,000
- 77065 · Houston $281,000
- 77066 · Houston $241,000
- 77067 · Houston $208,000
- 77068 · Houston $310,000
- 77069 · Houston $327,000
- 77070 · Houston $291,000
- 77071 · Houston $232,000
- 77072 · Houston $197,000
- 77073 · Houston $228,000
- 77074 · Houston $207,000
- 77075 · Houston $250,000
- 77076 · Houston $188,000
- 77077 · Houston $382,000
- 77078 · Houston $162,000
- 77079 · Houston $741,000
- 77080 · Houston $344,000
- 77081 · Houston $248,000
- 77082 · Houston $249,000
- 77083 · Houston $257,000
- 77084 · Houston $261,000
- 77085 · Houston $222,000
- 77086 · Houston $215,000
- 77087 · Houston $177,000
- 77088 · Houston $210,000
- 77089 · Houston $271,000
- 77090 · Houston $244,000
- 77091 · Houston $261,000
- 77092 · Houston $273,000
- 77093 · Houston $161,000
- 77094 · Houston $561,000
- 77095 · Houston $321,000
- 77096 · Houston $434,000
- 77098 · Houston $696,000
- 77099 · Houston $213,000
- 77336 · Houston $270,000
- 77339 · Houston $293,000
- 77345 · Houston $407,000
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.