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Home values, rents and more in Waelder, TX

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

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Typical home value
$285,000
Texas: $296,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
−9.2%
Texas: −1.4% · U.S.: +1.2%
Population
603
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$61,214
Texas: $78,476 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Waelder, TX, shaded by typical home valueWaelder78959
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ZIP codes around Waelder, TX, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Waelder is outlined.

How Waelder compares

The typical home in Waelder, TX is worth about $285,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Waelder are 4% below the typical value in Texas ($296,000) and 22% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Waelder fell 9.2%, compared with −1.4% in Texas and +1.2% nationally.

The median household income is $61,214, against $78,476 in Texas and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 603 people live in Waelder (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Waelder has the 436th-highest typical home value of the 1,071 cities in Texas with Zillow figures.

Part of: Gonzales County, TX · 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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