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Housing in Robert Lee

A typical Robert Lee home is worth roughly $65,000

No new homes were permitted in 2022.

Typical home value
$65K
TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,140
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$911
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Robert Lee?

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
$124,000
Typical Robert Lee home $65K

That covers a typical Robert Lee home, with $59K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$420
Loan $320Tax $80Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,140 a month here, $720 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Robert Lee’s typical property tax (1.40% 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 $1,140

Renters already here pay a median of $442, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$900
2 bedrooms$1,140
3 bedrooms$1,530
4 bedrooms$1,880
45%
of households rent · TX 37%
196
renter households
$442
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (San Angelo, TX MSA): 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 2022

No permits for new homes were issued in Robert Lee in 2022 or in any year since 2000.

Single-family
01 20002005201020152020
0
new homes permitted in 2022
0
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−22
New homes+0

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Robert Lee's population fell by 22 and no new homes were permitted. Across Texas: 2.6 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
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Robert Lee's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2022, so the 2022 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

55% of Robert Lee households own their home

Half of Robert Lee’s homes were built before 1971.

Owners and renters
Own 55%Rent 45%

Texas: 63% own.

1971
typical home built · TX 1992
$911
median property tax bill · TX $4,232
1.40%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · TX 1.49%
2%
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. 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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