HomeMarketCap.comThe median tracked Houston ZIP has a typical home value of $252,640. That is a typical-value index, not a sale-price median — the two differ, which is why published figures for Houston rarely match. The median tracked ZIP in Houston has a typical home value of $252,640 and typical rent of $1,550 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $132,359 in 77054 to $1,729,857 in 77005 — a factor of 13.1. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.6.
Key stats
- The median tracked ZIP in Houston has a typical home value of $252,640 and typical rent of $1,550 per month.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $132,359 in 77054 to $1,729,857 in 77005 — a factor of 13.1.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.6.
- 29 of 97 tracked ZIPs (30%) show the current cooling flag.
- The metro income-needed indicator changed -2.43% year over year.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 97
- Median ZIP home value
- $252,640
- Median ZIP rent
- $1,550
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $132,359 in 77054 to $1,729,857 in 77005 — a factor of 13.1.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.6.
- cooling share
- 29 of 97 tracked ZIPs (30%) show the current cooling flag.
What a house costs in Houston
The median tracked Houston ZIP has a typical home value of $252,640. That is a typical-value index, not a sale-price median — the two differ, which is why published figures for Houston rarely match.
What the figure hides
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $132,359 in 77054 to $1,729,857 in 77005 — a factor of 13.1.
A budget does not shop the metro; it shops the ZIPs it reaches. The range above is the one that matters when the citywide figure and the listings you can see do not agree.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules