A typical Elmendorf home is worth about $229,000
Down 3.7% in a year, 24% below the Texas typical home. Homes typically sell in 75 days, below asking.
What kind of housing town is Elmendorf?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
146 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 146 new homes in Elmendorf in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $33.6 million to build. That's 61 per 1,000 residents, faster than across Texas (8.1). Over the past 10 years, Elmendorf has permitted 612 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Elmendorf gained 374 residents while 82 new homes were permitted: about 4.6 new residents per new home. Population grew faster than building, so existing homes filled up: a sign of tight supply. Across Texas: 2.6 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 152 | 152 | 0 | $34.4 million |
| 2025 | 146 | 146 | 0 | $33.6 million |
| 2024 | 146 | 146 | 0 | $28.6 million |
| 2023 | 86 | 86 | 0 | $12.9 million |
| 2022 | 53 | 53 | 0 | $8.5 million |
| 2021 | 79 | 79 | 0 | $6.9 million |
| 2020 | 59 | 59 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $513,000 |
| 2018 | 30 | 30 | 0 | $6.1 million |
| 2017 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $745,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $140,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $461,000 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10 | 0 | $990,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $708,000 |
| 2012 | 7 | 7 | 0 | $491,000 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $781,000 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $294,000 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $280,000 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $594,000 |
| 2007 | 15 | 15 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $381,000 |
| 2004 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $520,000 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $116,000 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | $358,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
A buyer's market
More homes are for sale than are selling — about 9 months of supply. Buyers have room to negotiate.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
Down 12.2% in five years
Slower than Texas (11.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Elmendorf | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $170,000 | $190,000 |
| 2018 | $185,000 | $202,000 |
| 2019 | $201,000 | $214,000 |
| 2020 | $212,000 | $223,000 |
| 2021 | $246,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $257,000 | $286,000 |
| 2023 | $250,000 | $313,000 |
| 2024 | $240,000 | $311,000 |
| 2025 | $239,000 | $311,000 |
| 2026 | $239,000 | $303,000 |
| August 2026 | $229,000 | $299,000 |
A typical Elmendorf home worth $162K in September 2016 is worth about $229K today.
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 4.4 years of income
More than across Texas (3.8 years). Try your own numbers below.
That’s $31K short of a typical Elmendorf home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,350 a month here, $50 less than owning.
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Elmendorf’s typical property tax (1.05% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,350
Renters already here pay a median of $1,327.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (San Antonio-New Braunfels, 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.
83% of Elmendorf households own their home
Half of Elmendorf’s homes were built before 1994.
Texas: 63% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.
Neighbors talk housing
What Elmendorf buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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.