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Housing in Von Ormy

A typical Von Ormy home is worth roughly $80,000

Builders were permitted 1 new home in 2025.

Typical home value
$80K
TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,180
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,217
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Von Ormy?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.1 years of income

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

You could afford about
$140,000
Typical Von Ormy home $80K

That covers a typical Von Ormy home, with $60K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$520
Loan $400Tax $100Insurance $20

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,180 a month here, $660 more than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Von Ormy’s typical property tax (1.52% 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 $1,180

Renters already here pay a median of $1,153.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$890
1 bedroom$990
2 bedrooms$1,180
3 bedrooms$1,510
4 bedrooms$1,730
39%
of households rent · TX 37%
136
renter households
68%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · TX 52%
36%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,153
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX HUD Metro FMR Area): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

1 new home permitted in 2025

Builders were permitted 1 new home in Von Ormy in 2025. That's 0.9 per 1,000 residents, slower than across Texas (8.1). Over the past 9 years, Von Ormy has permitted 2 homes in all.

Single-family
01 201720202025
1
new homes permitted in 2025
1
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
0.9
per 1,000 residents · TX 8.1
2
homes in the past 9 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)110$130,000
2025110$130,000
2024110$130,000
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—

Von Ormy'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

62% of Von Ormy households own their home

Half of Von Ormy’s homes were built before 1989.

Owners and renters
Own 62%Rent 39%

Texas: 63% own.

1989
typical home built · TX 1992
$1,217
median property tax bill · TX $4,232
1.52%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · TX 1.49%

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

Next door

Von Ormy vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Von Ormy. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Von Ormy$80K*—$1,1801$38,869
San Antonio$248K−2.2%$1,4905,320$65,056

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.

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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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