Happy, TX housing market
The typical Happy home is worth about $177,000, up 8.2% in a year, 41% below the Texas typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how Happy compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Happy at a glance
Typical home value, 2016–2026
Show as a table
| January | Happy | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $111,000 | $190,000 |
| 2018 | $113,000 | $202,000 |
| 2019 | $118,000 | $214,000 |
| 2020 | $130,000 | $223,000 |
| 2021 | $145,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $168,000 | $286,000 |
| 2023 | $169,000 | $313,000 |
| 2024 | $159,000 | $311,000 |
| 2025 | $164,000 | $311,000 |
| 2026 | $168,000 | $303,000 |
| August 2026 | $177,000 | $299,000 |
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Happy is $1,050 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Happy pay a median of $1,102.
Studio $740 · 4 bedrooms $1,670
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (79042; Amarillo, TX HUD Metro FMR Area), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.