Home values, rents and more in the Houston metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Houston metro compares
The typical home in the Houston metro area is worth about $303,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Houston metro are about the same as the typical value in Texas ($296,000) and 17% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Houston metro fell 1.8%, compared with −1.4% in Texas and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,638 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% above Texas ($1,556) and 15% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 0.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $82,168, against $78,476 in Texas and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 7,904,627 people live in the Houston metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Houston metro has the 334th-highest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 11th-highest of 67 in Texas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Texas
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Houston metro
Cities in the Houston metro
- Houston, TX $259,000
- Pasadena, TX $215,000
- Pearland, TX $378,000
- League City, TX $373,000
- Sugar Land, TX $440,000
- Conroe, TX $311,000
- Atascocita, TX $307,000
- Baytown, TX $244,000
- Missouri City, TX $331,000
- Spring, TX $361,000
- Texas City, TX $227,000
- Galveston, TX $315,000
- Channelview, TX $209,000
- Friendswood, TX $457,000
- Rosenberg, TX $311,000
- La Porte, TX $255,000
- Fulshear, TX $502,000
- Deer Park, TX $279,000
- Alvin, TX $291,000
- Lake Jackson, TX $270,000
- Katy, TX $330,000
- Fresno, TX $271,000
- Pecan Grove, TX $394,000
- Dickinson, TX $267,000
- Angleton, TX $247,000
- La Marque, TX $230,000
- Cinco Ranch, TX $529,000
- Stafford, TX $296,000
- Bellaire, TX $1,183,000
- Humble, TX $252,000
- South Houston, TX $188,000
- Manvel, TX $441,000
- Seabrook, TX $349,000
- Tomball, TX $356,000
- Santa Fe, TX $334,000
- Iowa Colony, TX $334,000
- Richmond, TX $374,000
- Webster, TX $303,000
- Clute, TX $194,000
- Freeport, TX $154,000
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.