A typical Round Rock home is worth about $398,000
Down 5.4% in a year, 33% above the Texas typical home. Homes typically sell in 58 days, below asking.
What kind of housing town is Round Rock?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Down 12.5% in five years
Slower than Texas (11.1%).
Show as a table
| January | Round Rock | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $272,000 | $190,000 |
| 2018 | $281,000 | $202,000 |
| 2019 | $289,000 | $214,000 |
| 2020 | $301,000 | $223,000 |
| 2021 | $342,000 | $242,000 |
| 2022 | $481,000 | $286,000 |
| 2023 | $478,000 | $313,000 |
| 2024 | $446,000 | $311,000 |
| 2025 | $437,000 | $311,000 |
| 2026 | $413,000 | $303,000 |
| August 2026 | $398,000 | $299,000 |
A typical Round Rock home worth $263K in June 2016 is worth about $398K today.
How Round Rock ranks on rising home prices →
Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.
A typical home costs 4 years of income
About the same as across Texas. Try your own numbers below.
That’s $44K short of a typical Round Rock home.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,000 a month here, $600 less than owning.
How Round Rock ranks on affordability →
An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Round Rock’s typical property tax (1.53% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.
2 of Round Rock’s houses are on the National Register
Half of Round Rock’s homes were built before 2002.
Texas: 63% own.
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places.
A seller's market
Supply is tight — about 3.1 months of homes for sale at the current pace. Buyers should expect competition on well-priced homes.
Under ~4 months of supply favors sellers; over ~6 favors buyers.
Redfin Data Center, all residential sales, May 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $2,000
Renters already here pay a median of $1,763, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.
Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included
How Round Rock ranks on rent that’s easy to afford →
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
845 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 845 new homes in Round Rock in 2025: 529 single-family houses and 316 in buildings with two or more homes, worth about $244.8 million to build. That's 6.6 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of Texas as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Round Rock has permitted 13,443 homes in all.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Round Rock gained 19,581 residents while 8,969 new homes were permitted: about 2.2 new residents per new home. Building and growth moved roughly in step. Across Texas: 2.6 new residents per new home.
Every year as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 327 | 327 | 0 | $110.6 million |
| 2025 | 845 | 529 | 316 | $244.8 million |
| 2024 | 1,937 | 902 | 1,035 | $466.7 million |
| 2023 | 1,334 | 1,063 | 271 | $186.2 million |
| 2022 | 1,457 | 815 | 642 | $303.1 million |
| 2021 | 1,931 | 816 | 1,115 | $401.4 million |
| 2020 | 1,105 | 451 | 654 | $206.7 million |
| 2019 | 1,010 | 654 | 356 | $215.4 million |
| 2018 | 1,370 | 922 | 448 | $251.3 million |
| 2017 | 1,703 | 715 | 988 | $256.8 million |
| 2016 | 751 | 453 | 298 | $132.7 million |
| 2015 | 1,419 | 365 | 1,054 | $153.5 million |
| 2014 | 797 | 419 | 378 | $78.6 million |
| 2013 | 552 | 230 | 322 | $67.9 million |
| 2012 | 855 | 259 | 596 | $79.1 million |
| 2011 | 259 | 259 | 0 | $38.3 million |
| 2010 | 253 | 253 | 0 | $40.6 million |
| 2009 | 290 | 290 | 0 | $46.3 million |
| 2008 | 570 | 324 | 246 | $63.5 million |
| 2007 | 2,276 | 796 | 1,480 | $289.9 million |
| 2006 | 1,627 | 1,307 | 320 | $164.1 million |
| 2005 | 1,899 | 1,477 | 422 | $216 million |
| 2004 | 1,255 | 1,255 | 0 | $151.1 million |
| 2003 | 1,453 | 1,453 | 0 | $163.9 million |
| 2002 | 1,435 | 1,435 | 0 | $161.9 million |
| 2001 | 1,655 | 1,226 | 429 | $175 million |
| 2000 | 2,233 | 1,703 | 530 | $204.5 million |
How Round Rock ranks on new homes being built →
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.
Round Rock vs. its neighbors
Round Rock is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.
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| Town | Typical value | 1-yr change | 2-bed rent | New homes 2025 | Median income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round Rock | $398K | −5.4% | $2,000 | 845 | $99,287 |
| Brushy Creek | $499K* | −1.1%† | $2,060 | — | $138,589 |
| Pflugerville | $367K | −4.9% | $1,970 | 920 | $117,799 |
| Georgetown | $421K | −4.3% | $2,010 | 1,770 | $95,062 |
| Austin | $497K | −3.7% | $2,010 | 8,893 | $93,658 |
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.
Neighbors talk housing
What Round Rock buyers, sellers and renters are saying.
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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. 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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.