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Housing in Yancey

A typical Yancey home is worth about $291,000

Down 3% in a year, close to the Texas typical home.

Typical home value
$291K
▼ 3% in a year · TX $299K
Zillow
2-bedroom rent
$1,230
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Yancey?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home values since 2022

Typical home value by month.

YanceyTexas
$275K$300K$325K$350K$375K20242026
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JanuaryYanceyTexas
2023$314,000$313,000
2024$294,000$311,000
2025$308,000$311,000
2026$297,000$303,000
August 2026$291,000$299,000
Then & now

A typical Yancey home worth $336K in February 2022 is worth about $291K today.

−$45K
−3%
past year
−13.4%
since 2022

Zillow Home Value Index: the typical value of all homes (middle third), smoothed and seasonally adjusted, through August 2026.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Yancey

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$281,000
Typical Yancey home $291K

That’s $11K short of a typical Yancey home.

The typical home, each month
$1,890
Loan $1,440Tax $360Insurance $80

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,230 a month here, $660 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 $1,230

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$940
1 bedroom$950
2 bedrooms$1,230
3 bedrooms$1,630
4 bedrooms$1,640

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

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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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