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Housing in Paducah

A typical Paducah home is worth roughly $49,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$49K
TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,020
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$639
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Paducah?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.3 years of income

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

You could afford about
$136,000
Typical Paducah home $49K

That covers a typical Paducah home, with $87K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$310
Loan $240Tax $50Insurance $10

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,020 a month here, $710 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Paducah’s typical property tax (1.30% 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 $1,020

Renters already here pay a median of $256, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$790
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$1,020
3 bedrooms$1,330
4 bedrooms$1,500
19%
of households rent · TX 37%
89
renter households
17%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · TX 52%
33%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$256
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cottle County, TX): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Paducah in 2025. The last year with any was 2003 (1 new home).

Single-family
01 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−123
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Paducah's population fell by 123 and no new homes were permitted. Across Texas: 2.6 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003110$50,000
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Paducah's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

81% of Paducah households own their home

Half of Paducah’s homes were built before 1958.

Owners and renters
Own 81%Rent 19%

Texas: 63% own.

1958
typical home built · TX 1992
$639
median property tax bill · TX $4,232
1.30%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · TX 1.49%
16%
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. 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.

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