Baytown 77521

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX · Harris County, TX · 22,666 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

66affordability /100

Buyer leverage is seller slight; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
20.4%
affordable
Days on market
42
daily
Price cuts
27.1%
of active
Valuation
+152.2%
vs assessor
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56
/100
Mixed
stable · seller slight · prices easing year-over-year.
Price trend
35
Affordability
95
Valuation
20
Economic health
66

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

34/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Seller's Market
DOM: 56d (rising) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)10
Supply & Demand (20%)100
Buy vs Rent (15%)25
Cancellation Rate (10%)50
Days on Market (5%)60

Seller-favored market in 77521. Expect to pay at or near list price. Payment burden: 20.4% of median income. Median days on market: 56. Renting is approximately 11% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 13.3).

Buyer Caution

Seller's market. Be prepared to pay near list price.

Competitive market similar to 2021-2022 — limited inventory driving prices above fundamentals.
STABLESELLER SLIGHT

Market is holding steady with balanced conditions. Sellers hold a slight edge.

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Median price
$256,059
▾ 0.6% YoY
Days on market
42
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$1,600
ZORI
Investor score
76/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
212
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
+152.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$645,831
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
—
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fair_value_scores · 10-state coverage
vs county comps
+59.7%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Harris+59.7%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap
Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft$127
Price-to-income3.4×

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How 77521 ranks in TX
percentile vs all Texas ZIPs · n=1763
Market velocity78%
Supply tightness70%
Affordability61%
Investment yield75%
Appreciation49%

Affordability, supply & momentum

40SUPPLY
BalancedSupply Tightness

Supply and demand are roughly even — standard negotiation dynamics.

Months of Supply12.9 mo
Days on Market42d
Inv vs History-19.5%
Listing Density9.0/1k
Affordability — payment burden
Monthly payment (P&I)$1,293
Payment burden20.4%
Median income · ZIP$76,012
Mortgage rate6.49% · 30yr
Total monthly own$1,549
Monthly rent$1,600
Market dynamics
Price cut %27.1%
Momentumstable
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply12.9
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$1,600
Price-to-rent13.3
Est. cap rate4.9%
Buy vs rentfavors buying

Livability

Walk score2
Transit score3
Bike score—

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Harris County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

ZIP score grades housing; county score adds macro distress (jobs, debt, poverty). They answer different questions.

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