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Housing in Bovina

A typical Bovina home is worth roughly $114,000

Builders were permitted 3 new homes in 2025.

Typical home value
$114K
TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$878
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Bovina?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.3 years of income

Less than across Texas (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$194,000
Typical Bovina home $114K

That covers a typical Bovina home, with $81K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$670
Loan $560Tax $70Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $300 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bovina’s typical property tax (0.77% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $1,033.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,170
4 bedrooms$1,520
33%
of households rent · TX 37%
140
renter households
11%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · TX 52%
24%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,033
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Parmer County, TX): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

3 new homes permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 3 new homes in Bovina in 2025, all single-family houses. That's 2 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Texas (8.1). Over the past 10 years, Bovina has permitted 17 homes in all.

Single-family
01234 200020052010201520202025
3
new homes permitted in 2025
1
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
2
per 1,000 residents · TX 8.1
17
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−169
New homes+10

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Bovina's population fell by 169 even though 10 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Texas: 2.6 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)110$296,000
2025330$889,000
2024330$863,000
2023220$100,000
2022000—
2021000—
2020440$100,000
2019110$205,000
2018110$90,000
2017220$50,000
2016110$25,000
2015220$35,000
2014110$20,000
2013220$60,000
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007110$48,000
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003110$130,000
2002000—
2001000—
2000110$20,000

Bovina's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

68% of Bovina households own their home

Half of Bovina’s homes were built before 1972.

Owners and renters
Own 68%Rent 33%

Texas: 63% own.

1972
typical home built · TX 1992
$878
median property tax bill · TX $4,232
0.77%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · TX 1.49%
5%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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