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Cameron, 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

Cameron, TX Housing Market Trends

With 5,418 people, 1,753 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $136,825, house prices in Cameron are some of the most affordable in Texas as well as the nation.

Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Cameron, accounting for 70.43% of the city's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Cameron include duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 14.25%), mobile homes or trailers ( 8.07%), and a few large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 6.79%).

The most prevalent building size and type in Cameron are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The city has a mixture of owners and renters, with 56.38% owning and 43.62% renting.

There is a lot of housing in Cameron 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 Cameron built between 1940-1969 ( 21.86%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from before 1939 ( 10.47%). There's also some housing in Cameron built between 2000 and later ( 8.94%).

Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Cameron. Fully 10.47% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Cameron homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Cameron real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.

Cameron Home Appreciation Rates

Appreciation rates for homes in Cameron have been tracking above average for the last ten years, according to NeighborhoodScout data. The cumulative appreciation rate over the ten years has been 96.14%, which ranks in the top 40% nationwide. This equates to an annual average Cameron house appreciation rate of 6.97%.

Over the last year, Cameron appreciation rates have trailed the rest of the nation. In the last twelve months, Cameron's appreciation rate has been 4.05%, which is lower than appreciation rates in most communities in America. In the latest quarter, NeighborhoodScout's data show that house appreciation rates in Cameron were at 1.44%, which equates to an annual appreciation rate of 5.89%.

Relative to Texas, our data show that Cameron's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 70% of the other cities and towns in Texas.

Average Home Values

Median Home Value

$136,825

Cameron, TX Home Prices
> $1,246,000
$935,001 - $1,246,000
$623,001 - $935,000
$498,001 - $623,000
$374,001 - $498,000
$249,001 - $374,000
$125,001 - $249,000
$62,001 - $125,000
$0 - $62,000
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
1.1%
1.6%
1.6%
3.4%
3.4%
14.2%
14.2%
36.2%
36.2%
32.5%
32.5%
10.9%
10.9%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes
Very Low

for Texas

Very Low

for nation

Number of Homes And Apartments:

1,753

Cameron Appreciation Rates

Rent & Ownership

Average Market Rent:

$1,320 / per month

Homeownership Rate

Owners
Renters
56.4%
56.4%
43.6%
43.6%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Vacancy Rate

Vacant
Occupied
10.5%
10.5%
89.5%
89.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Housing Market Details

Age of Homes

2000 or Newer
1970 - 1999
1940 - 1969
1939 or Older
8.9%
8.9%
58.7%
58.7%
21.9%
21.9%
10.5%
10.5%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Types of Homes

Single-Family
Townhomes
Small Apt. Buildings
Apt. Complexes
Mobile Homes
Other
70.4%
70.4%
0.5%
0.5%
14.2%
14.2%
6.8%
6.8%
8.1%
8.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Home Size

No Bedroom
1 Bedroom
2 Bedrooms
3 Bedrooms
4 Bedrooms
5 or more bedrooms
2.2%
2.2%
10.5%
10.5%
34.7%
34.7%
39.6%
39.6%
13.0%
13.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0% 100.0%
% of Homes

Popular Neighborhoods in Cameron

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Zip Codes in Cameron, TX