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Housing in Edom

A typical Edom home is worth roughly $213,000

Home prices around Edom have risen about 89% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$213K
▲ 15.3% in a year · TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,110
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,950
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Edom?

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★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 89% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP codes around Edom rose 89% over the past 5 years, faster than across Texas (43%). Last year prices rose 15%.

Edom areaTexas
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+15%
past year
+89%
past 5 years
+120%
past 10 years

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

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Edom

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$281,000
Typical Edom home $213K

That covers a typical Edom home, with $68K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,380
Loan $1,050Tax $260Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,110 a month here, $270 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Texas typical property tax (1.49% 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 $1,110

Renters already here pay a median of $1,125.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$830
1 bedroom$870
2 bedrooms$1,110
3 bedrooms$1,460
4 bedrooms$1,520
23%
of households rent · TX 37%
18
renter households
$1,125
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

77% of Edom households own their home

Half of Edom’s homes were built before 1977.

Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Texas: 63% own.

1977
typical home built · TX 1992
$1,950
median property tax bill · TX $4,232

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

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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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