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Housing in Premont

A typical Premont home is worth roughly $90,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$90K
TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$738
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Premont?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 1.9 years of income

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

You could afford about
$189,000
Typical Premont home $90K

That covers a typical Premont home, with $99K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$530
Loan $440Tax $60Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $440 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Premont’s typical property tax (0.82% 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $781, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$740
1 bedroom$740
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,430
42%
of households rent · TX 37%
349
renter households
26%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · TX 52%
24%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$781
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Jim Wells 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 Premont in 2025. The last year with any was 2022 (2 new homes).

Single-family
0246 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
2
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−198
New homes+2

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Premont's population fell by 198 even though 2 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. 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—
2022220$100,000
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016000—
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011220$28,000
2010000—
2009110$170,000
2008000—
2007000—
2006550$269,000
2005220$26,000
2004220$147,000
2003220$23,000
2002550$282,000
2001660$323,000
2000110$60,000

Premont'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

59% of Premont households own their home

Half of Premont’s homes were built before 1974.

Owners and renters
Own 59%Rent 42%

Texas: 63% own.

1974
typical home built · TX 1992
$738
median property tax bill · TX $4,232
0.82%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · TX 1.49%
1%
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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