Rent, income, home value and property tax for Texas, home to 30.2M people, then the same for each of its 254 counties. Every figure is the published one, with its source named.
Texas at a glance
Median rent
$1,403
Census ACS, B25064, monthly
Median household income
$78,476
Census ACS, B19013, yearly
Median home value
$283,800
Census ACS, B25077
Median property tax bill
$4,232
Census ACS, B25103, yearly, current owners
Mean commute
27 min
Census ACS, DP03, one way
Unemployment
5.3%
Census ACS, DP03
Texas's own published state rows, never an average of its counties. Prices overall run 3% below the national average (BEA regional price parity, 2024).
Census ACS 2024 five-year estimates, checked November 2026.
The three most populous counties in Texas
These are the most populous places in Texas, not a match to you. Set what matters to you on Find your fit and this becomes your three closest matches here. Made-up answers work too. This is a tool, not a survey.
Admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845, as the 28th state. Texans declared independence from Mexico in 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos and formed the Republic of Texas. Sam Houston secured victory on April 21 with a surprise attack at the San Jacinto River.
Missions that have been centers of community since the early 1700s, now the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Texas.
History: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Each place links to the page of the agency that looks after it.
Property tax in Texas
Current owners in Texas pay a median 1.49% of home value a year in property tax. Example: $4,232 a year, the median bill. By county, the median bill runs from $583 in Cochran County to $7,727 in Travis County. These are bills that current owners pay, as the Census measures them. Each county's own figure is in the table below.
A buyer in Texas should expect a higher bill than these: the 10% homestead cap ends when the seller no longer qualifies, so a buyer is taxed on market value until their own cap starts the year after they claim the exemption. Source: Texas Comptroller, valuing property and the residence homestead limitation.
Health in Texas
Life expectancy
76.7 yrs
County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS vital statistics
No health insurance
18.8%
County Health Rankings, from Census SAHIE, people under 65
Poor or fair health
19.8%
County Health Rankings, from CDC BRFSS. Modeled, not counted
Injury deaths per 100K people
66
County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS, counted deaths
Each is the figure County Health Rankings publishes for Texas as a whole, never an average of its counties. Each county's own health readings are on its page.
Natural hazards in Texas
Expected yearly loss, statewide
$12.3B
All natural hazards, an average year. Larger states lose more
Building loss rate
$1.51
Per $1,000 of building value, each year. Fair to compare between states
Costliest hazard
Inland flooding
$4.9B of the expected yearly loss, the largest share of any hazard FEMA assesses
Air quality
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The EPA publishes air quality by county and metro area, never by state. It is on each county's page
FEMA publishes a risk score for counties and none for states, so none is shown here. Each county's score is on its own page.
New homes permitted in Texas
Permitted in 2025
210,217homes
Per 1,000 residents
7.0
Single-family · larger buildings
140,579 · 69,638
231K2020
266K2021
263K2022
232K2023
226K2024
210K2025
Texas approved permits for 210,217 new homes in 2025. That is about 7.0 homes for every 1,000 people. 140,579 were single-family houses, and 69,638 were in buildings with two or more homes. From 2020 to 2025 the yearly count stayed between 210,217 and 265,955.
6th of the 50 states and DC by homes permitted per 1,000 residents in 2025.
A permit lets a home be built. It does not mean the home is finished. Some offices did not report, so part of this figure is a Census estimate. The offices that did report account for 193,502. Source: US Census Building Permits Survey, annual 2025 data.
Side by side
Harris County, TX is the largest county here. Set it beside another place, reading by reading.
Household income, home value and population are on each county's own page, and in this table on a wider screen.
Where these numbers come from
Each reading is the published figure, not an estimate. A dash means the source did not publish one, or published one too uncertain to print.
State figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 20245-year estimates, the state's own row (tables B25064, B19013, B25077, B25103, B01003, DP03).
County figures: the same survey, each county's own row, as on every county page.
Price level: Bureau of Economic Analysis, regional price parities, 2024, all items, state-level.
Health: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the state's own row. Poor or fair health is a modeled estimate from CDC survey data. The other three are counted or calculated.
Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025, state table, expected annual loss. This product uses FEMA data but is not endorsed by FEMA.
Air quality has no state figure: the EPA publishes it by county and metro area only.
Photographs: Wikimedia Commons and the county photo feed, each credited to its photographer under its own licence, beneath the picture.
What to do with these numbers
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