Home values, rents and more in the Waco metro area
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How the Waco metro compares
The typical home in the Waco metro area is worth about $250,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in the Waco metro are 16% below the typical value in Texas ($296,000) and 32% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in the Waco metro rose 0.4%, compared with −1.4% in Texas and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,419 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 9% below Texas ($1,556) and 27% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 2.1% over the past year.
The median household income is $66,205, against $78,476 in Texas and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 308,807 people live in the Waco metro (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
The Waco metro has the 442nd-lowest typical home value of the 923 metro areas in the United States and the 22nd-highest of 67 in Texas with Zillow figures.
Part of: Texas
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Nearby metro areas
Counties in the Waco metro
Cities in the Waco metro
- Waco, TX $193,000
- Hewitt, TX $295,000
- Robinson, TX $301,000
- Bellmead, TX $154,000
- Woodway, TX $366,000
- Lacy-Lakeview, TX $189,000
- Mc Gregor, TX $230,000
- Marlin, TX $91,268
- Clifton, TX $233,000
- West, TX $294,000
- Mart, TX $157,000
- Meridian, TX $258,000
- Beverly Hills, TX $140,000
- Bruceville-Eddy, TX $200,000
- Lorena, TX $340,000
- Riesel, TX $254,000
- Moody, TX $318,000
- Valley Mills, TX $318,000
- China Spring, TX $433,000
- Gholson, TX $270,000
- Crawford, TX $502,000
- Rosebud, TX $147,000
- Walnut Springs, TX $192,000
- Lott, TX $199,000
- Morgan, TX $213,000
- Leroy, TX $255,000
- Hallsburg, TX $327,000
- Cranfills Gap, TX $321,000
- Iredell, TX $320,000
- Kopperl, TX $227,000
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.