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Baytown, TX Real Estate Market

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Home Values, Rents: Reflects Q4 2023. Updated quarterly.
  • Setting, Housing Stock, Homeownership: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.

Methodology:   NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data

Baytown, TX Housing Market Trends

With a population of 84,324, 30,749 total housing units (homes and apartments), and a median house value of $205,315, house prices in Baytown are solidly below the national average.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Baytown, accounting for 59.81% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Baytown include large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 26.70%), duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 5.76%), and a few mobile homes or trailers ( 5.46%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Baytown are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 53.20% owning and 46.80% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Baytown built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Baytown built between 1940-1969 ( 28.58%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 26.61%). There's also some housing in Baytown built before 1939 ( 3.73%).

Baytown Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Baytown have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 97.74%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Baytown house appreciation rate of 7.06%.

Over the last year, Baytown appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Baytown's appreciation rate has been 2.93%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Baytown were at 0.14%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 0.57%.

Relative to Texas, our data show that Baytown's latest annual appreciation rate is lower than 60% of the other cities and towns in Texas.

One very important thing to keep in mind is that these are average appreciation rates for the city. Individual neighborhoods within Baytown differ in their investment potential, sometimes by a great deal. Fortunately, you can use NeighborhoodScout to pinpoint the exact neighborhoods in Baytown - or in any city or town - that have the best track record of real estate appreciation, by the latest quarter, the last year, 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, or even since 2000, to assist you in making the best Baytown real estate investment or home purchase decisions.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$205,315

Baytown, TX Home Prices
> $1,276,000
$957,001 - $1,276,000
$638,001 - $957,000
$510,001 - $638,000
$382,001 - $510,000
$256,001 - $382,000
$128,001 - $256,000
$64,001 - $128,000
$0 - $64,000
0.5%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.4%
1.2%
1.2%
6.5%
6.5%
23.8%
23.8%
44.7%
44.7%
15.6%
15.6%
7.0%
7.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Average

for Texas

Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

30,749

Baytown Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,589 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
53.2%
53.2%
46.8%
46.8%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
8.7%
8.7%
91.3%
91.3%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
26.6%
26.6%
41.1%
41.1%
28.6%
28.6%
3.7%
3.7%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
59.8%
59.8%
1.8%
1.8%
5.8%
5.8%
26.7%
26.7%
5.5%
5.5%
0.5%
0.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
2.3%
2.3%
16.3%
16.3%
26.1%
26.1%
40.6%
40.6%
13.6%
13.6%
1.1%
1.1%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes