HomeMarketCap.comThe median tracked Austin ZIP has a typical home value of $559,762. That is a typical-value index, not a sale-price median — the two differ, which is why published figures for Austin rarely match. The median tracked ZIP in Austin has a typical home value of $559,762 and typical rent of $1,698 per month. Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $270,219 in 78725 to $1,315,141 in 78703 — a factor of 4.9. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 27.5.
Key stats
- The median tracked ZIP in Austin has a typical home value of $559,762 and typical rent of $1,698 per month.
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $270,219 in 78725 to $1,315,141 in 78703 — a factor of 4.9.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 27.5.
- 14 of 42 tracked ZIPs (33%) show the current cooling flag.
- The metro income-needed indicator changed -5.74% year over year.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 42
- Median ZIP home value
- $559,762
- Median ZIP rent
- $1,698
- housing cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $270,219 in 78725 to $1,315,141 in 78703 — a factor of 4.9.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 27.5.
- cooling share
- 14 of 42 tracked ZIPs (33%) show the current cooling flag.
What a house costs in Austin
The median tracked Austin ZIP has a typical home value of $559,762. That is a typical-value index, not a sale-price median — the two differ, which is why published figures for Austin rarely match.
What the figure hides
Across tracked ZIPs the typical home value runs from $270,219 in 78725 to $1,315,141 in 78703 — a factor of 4.9.
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