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Housing in Staples

A typical Staples home is worth roughly $247,000

Typical home value
$247K
TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,420
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,577
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Staples?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Staples

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You could afford about
$281,000
Typical Staples home $247K

That covers a typical Staples home, with $34K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,600
Loan $1,220Tax $310Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,420 a month here, $180 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Texas typical property tax (1.49% 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 $1,420

Renters already here pay a median of $1,271, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,080
1 bedroom$1,180
2 bedrooms$1,420
3 bedrooms$1,810
4 bedrooms$2,120
19%
of households rent · TX 37%
11
renter households
$1,271
median rent paid today · Census

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.

The homes

81% of Staples households own their home

Half of Staples’s homes were built before 1982.

Owners and renters
Own 81%Rent 19%

Texas: 63% own.

1982
typical home built · TX 1992
$2,577
median property tax bill · TX $4,232
3%
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. 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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