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Housing in Bristol

A typical Bristol home is worth roughly $635,000

Home prices around Bristol have risen about 50% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$635K
▼ 2.4% in a year · TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,550
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,648
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Bristol?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 6.2 years of income

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

You could afford about
$407,000
Typical Bristol home $635K

That’s $228K short of a typical Bristol home.

The typical home, each month
$3,720
Loan $3,140Tax $390Insurance $190

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,550 a month here, $2,170 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Bristol’s typical property tax (0.73% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Price trend

Home prices up 50% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Bristol rose 50% over the past 5 years, faster than across Texas (43%). Last year prices fell 2.4%.

Bristol areaTexas
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
−2.4%
past year
+50%
past 5 years
+110%
past 10 years

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Bristol, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

The homes

89% of Bristol households own their home

Half of Bristol’s homes were built before 1988.

Owners and renters
Own 89%Rent 11%

Texas: 63% own.

1988
typical home built · TX 1992
$4,648
median property tax bill · TX $4,232
0.73%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · TX 1.49%
12%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,550

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,270
1 bedroom$1,320
2 bedrooms$1,550
3 bedrooms$1,950
4 bedrooms$2,480
11%
of households rent · TX 37%
32
renter households

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

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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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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