Housing in Fort Hancock

A typical Fort Hancock home is worth roughly $53,000

Typical home value

$53K

TX $299K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$1,300

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$652

TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Fort Hancock?

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

Your money goes further82% below the Texas typical home.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$179,000

Typical Fort Hancock home $53K

That covers a typical Fort Hancock home, with $126K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$330

Loan $260Tax $50Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,300 a month here, $970 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Fort Hancock’s typical property tax (1.23% 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 $1,300

Renters already here pay a median of $540, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$900

1 bedroom$1,100

2 bedrooms$1,300

3 bedrooms$1,580

4 bedrooms$2,170

31%

of households rent · TX 37%

renter households

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · TX 52%

33%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$540

median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

69% of Fort Hancock households own their home

Half of Fort Hancock’s homes were built before 1984.

Owners and renters

Own 69%Rent 31%

Texas: 63% own.

1984

typical home built · TX 1992

$652

median property tax bill · TX $4,232

1.23%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · TX 1.49%

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. 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.