Home values, rents and more in the Athens metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Athens metro compares
The typical home in the Athens metro area is worth about $268,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Athens metro are 10% below the typical value in Texas ($296,000) and 27% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Athens metro fell 1.5%, compared with −1.4% in Texas and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,408 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 10% below Texas ($1,556) and 27% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 6.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $65,179, against $78,476 in Texas and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 88,595 people live in the Athens metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Athens metro has the 427th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 18th-highest of 67 in Texas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Texas
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Athens metro
Cities in the Athens metro
- Athens, TX $255,000
- Gun Barrel City, TX $250,000
- Chandler, TX $265,000
- Malakoff, TX $236,000
- Brownsboro, TX $274,000
- Payne Springs, TX $287,000
- Berryville, TX $268,000
- Eustace, TX $294,000
- Log Cabin, TX $152,000
- Trinidad, TX $317,000
- Murchison, TX $241,000
- Star Harbor, TX $425,000
- Enchanted Oaks, TX $530,000
- Coffee City, TX $213,000
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.