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Housing in Jayton

A typical Jayton home is worth roughly $121,000

Typical home value
$121K
TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,030
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Jayton?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Jayton

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You could afford about
$281,000
Typical Jayton home $121K

That covers a typical Jayton home, with $159K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$790
Loan $600Tax $150Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,030 a month here, $240 more 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 $1,030

Renters already here pay a median of $833, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$800
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,030
3 bedrooms$1,340
4 bedrooms$1,520
15%
of households rent · TX 37%
12
renter households
$833
median rent paid today · Census

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

85% of Jayton households own their home

Half of Jayton’s homes were built before 1965.

Owners and renters
Own 85%Rent 15%

Texas: 63% own.

1965
typical home built · TX 1992
7%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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. 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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