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Housing in Clarendon

A typical Clarendon home is worth roughly $103,000

No new homes were permitted in 2022.

Typical home value
$103K
TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,057
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Clarendon?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$193,000
Typical Clarendon home $103K

That covers a typical Clarendon home, with $89K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$710
Loan $510Tax $170Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $340 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Clarendon’s typical property tax (1.99% 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 $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $798, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$770
1 bedroom$860
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,440
4 bedrooms$1,670
39%
of households rent · TX 37%
223
renter households
25%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · TX 52%
22%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$798
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Amarillo, 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.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2022

No permits for new homes were issued in Clarendon in 2022. The last year with any was 2013 (2 new homes).

Single-family
051015 20002005201020152020
0
new homes permitted in 2022
2
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−149
New homes+2

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Clarendon's population fell by 149 even though 2 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
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013220$385,000
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005110$90,000
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
200112120$129,000
2000000—

Clarendon's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2022, so the 2022 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

1 of Clarendon’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Clarendon’s homes were built before 1964.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 61%Rent 39%

Texas: 63% own.

1964
typical home built · TX 1992
$2,057
median property tax bill · TX $4,232
1.99%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · TX 1.49%
1%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Clarendon

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.

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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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