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Housing in La Puerta

Homes in La Puerta

Home prices around La Puerta have risen about 74% over the past 5 years.

2-bedroom rent
$980
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is La Puerta?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 74% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around La Puerta rose 74% over the past 5 years, faster than across Texas (43%). Last year prices rose 13%.

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+13%
past year
+74%
past 5 years
+90%
past 10 years

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $980

Renters already here pay a median of $720, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$750
2 bedrooms$980
3 bedrooms$1,360
4 bedrooms$1,500
84%
of households rent · TX 37%
127
renter households
$720
median rent paid today · Census

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

17% of La Puerta households own their home

Half of La Puerta’s homes were built before 1983.

Owners and renters
Own 17%Rent 84%

Texas: 63% own.

1983
typical home built · TX 1992

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

Next door

La Puerta vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with La Puerta. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
La Puerta—+13.1%†$980—
Garza-Salinas II$48K*+13.1%†$980$12,368
El Refugio—+13.1%†$980$47,440
B and E—+13.1%†$980—
La Casita—+13.1%†$980—

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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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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