Housing in Sam Rayburn

A typical Sam Rayburn home is worth roughly $255,000

Typical home value

$255K

TX $299K

Estimate

2-bedroom rent

$970

a month, utilities in · HUD

Median tax bill

$2,568

TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Sam Rayburn?

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

A second-home town28% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes.

★ What stands out · The homes

82% of Sam Rayburn households own their home

Half of Sam Rayburn’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters

Own 82%Rent 18%

Texas: 63% own.

1989

typical home built · TX 1992

$2,568

median property tax bill · TX $4,232

1.01%

of a home’s value, a year in tax · TX 1.49%

28%

of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Affordability

A typical home costs 3.1 years of income

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

You could afford about

$318,000

Typical Sam Rayburn home $255K

That covers a typical Sam Rayburn home, with $63K to spare.

The typical home, each month

$1,550

Loan $1,260Tax $210Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $580 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Sam Rayburn’s typical property tax (1.01% 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 $1,108.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$750

1 bedroom$830

2 bedrooms$970

3 bedrooms$1,210

4 bedrooms$1,430

18%

of households rent · TX 37%

renter households

17%

of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · TX 52%

14%

of the median income, for a two-bedroom

$1,108

median rent paid today · Census

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

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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. 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.