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Housing in Whiteface

A typical Whiteface home is worth roughly $65,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$65K
TX $299K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$836
TX $4,232

What kind of housing town is Whiteface?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Whiteface

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You could afford about
$281,000
Typical Whiteface home $65K

That covers a typical Whiteface home, with $216K to spare.

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

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $550 more 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 $970

Renters already here pay a median of $1,025.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$680
1 bedroom$820
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,170
4 bedrooms$1,610
24%
of households rent · TX 37%
22
renter households
$1,025
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Cochran County, 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

No new homes permitted in 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Whiteface in 2025. The last year with any was 2016 (3 new homes).

Single-family
0123 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
3
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−74
New homes+3

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Whiteface's population fell by 74 even though 3 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Texas: 2.6 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022000—
2021000—
2020000—
2019000—
2018000—
2017000—
2016330$130,000
2015000—
2014000—
2013000—
2012000—
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006000—
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001000—
2000000—

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

The homes

76% of Whiteface households own their home

Half of Whiteface’s homes were built before 1978.

Owners and renters
Own 76%Rent 24%

Texas: 63% own.

1978
typical home built · TX 1992
$836
median property tax bill · TX $4,232
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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