Loving County, Texas Housing Market Prices

Loving County Home Prices and Rent at a Glance

The median home price (often called the average home price), rent costs, affordability metrics, and housing stock characteristics for this housing market.

  • Median home price
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  • Median rent 39% below the Texas median Cheaper than 70% of counties in Texas
    $850

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Median home price

Housing Market Overview

Metric Loving County Texas Avg US Average
Median Home Price — $258,873 $248,835
Price Trend (Annual %) — 9.2% 7.5%
Median Gross Rent $850 $1,402 $1,407
Rent Trend (Annual %) — 5.6% 5.1%
Household Income Trend (Annual %) — — —

Rent is about 39% lower than the Texas average.

Affordability

Metric Loving County Texas Avg US Average
Median Home Price — $258,873 $248,835
Median Household Income $55,000 $78,939 $80,455
Price-to-Income Ratio — 3.3 3.1

Occupancy & Tenure

Metric Loving County Texas Avg US Average
Homeownership Rate 9.1% 56.7% 58.5%
Rental Rate 72.7% 33.9% 31.2%
Vacancy Rate 18.2% 9.4% 10.2%
Median Tenure (years) 20.0 14.0 15.0
Median Year Moved In 2006 2012 2011

Loving County has a homeownership rate of 9.1%, lower than the Texas average of 56.7%. Its housing vacancy rate is 18.2%, compared with 9.4% in Texas.

Housing Stock

Metric Loving County Texas Avg US Average
Average Household Size 1.22 people 2.69 people 2.53 people
Median Structure Built Year 1967 1990 1978
Median Number of Rooms 5.0 5.4 5.5

The typical housing unit in Loving County was built around 1967. On average, 1.2 people live in a home with about 5.0 rooms, staying for about 20.0 years on average.

Loving County, TX Housing Compared With Nearby Counties

Loving County, TX is the smallest of the 4 counties compared here, 33 residents against a local median of 61,104. The measure that sets Loving County, TX apart most is homeownership: 11.1%, 85% below the local median of 73.3%. That is the weaker end of the local range on this measure.

Median rent tells the same story from another angle: $850 against a local median of $1,101, 23% below it. The counties themselves sit within 2.5% of each other on homeownership, a tighter band than the gap between any of them and Loving County, TX, which makes it a genuine outlier here rather than one end of a wide local spread. Loving County, TX has the 4th highest homeownership of the 4 areas compared here.

Area Population Median home price Median rent Homeownership
Loving County, TX 33 — $850 #4/4 11.1% #4/4
Reeves County, TX 12,664 $153,191 $980 73.7%
Eddy County, NM 61,104 $266,585 $1,244 73.3%
Lea County, NM 73,733 $162,562 $1,101 71.2%

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about the housing market in Loving County, Texas.

What is the median rent in Loving County, Texas?

The median gross rent in Loving County, Texas is $850 per month, lower than the Texas average of $1,402.

What is the homeownership rate in Loving County, Texas?

9.1% of households in Loving County, Texas own their home, lower than the Texas average of 56.7%.

What is the vacancy rate in Loving County, Texas?

The housing vacancy rate in Loving County, Texas is 18.2%, higher than the Texas average of 9.4%.

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