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Home values, rents and more in Rio Grande City, TX

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$148,000
Metro: $144,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+2.6%
Metro: +1.6% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
15,396
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$44,577
Metro: $37,639 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Rio Grande City, TX, shaded by typical home valueRio Grande City
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ZIP codes around Rio Grande City, TX, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Rio Grande City is outlined.

How Rio Grande City compares

The typical home in Rio Grande City, TX is worth about $148,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Rio Grande City are 3% above the typical value in the Rio Grande City metro area ($144,000) and 59% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Rio Grande City rose 2.6%, compared with +1.6% in the Rio Grande City metro area and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $44,577, against $37,639 in the Rio Grande City metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 15,396 people live in Rio Grande City (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Rio Grande City has the 139th-lowest typical home value of the 1,071 cities in Texas with Zillow figures.

Part of: Starr County, TX · Rio Grande 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.

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