ZIP 76226

76226 is one of 27 ZIP codes that lie mostly in Denton County, TX.

Shaded by typical home value, it ranks 4 of the 26 with a value.

9 school locations in 76226: 6 elementary, 1 middle, 1 high, 1 other.

In alphabetical order: ARGYLE H S, ARGYLE INT, ARGYLE MIDDLE, ARGYLE SOUTH EL, and more on the ZIP page. Locations only — no ratings are shown here.

In January 2000 the typical home in 76226 was worth $226,599.

Values peaked at $642,647 in August 2022. The latest reading is −10.5% from that peak.

As of August 2026: $574,948, −1.8% over twelve months.

Start with the typical home: $574,948. Put 20% down and borrow $459,958 at 7.40%, the 30-year fixed average as of October 8, 2026.

That is $3,185 a month in principal and interest.

The median household here earns $170,530 a year, $14,211 a month. So the payment takes 22.4% of income — rated “affordable” (Lotvox ZIP bands: under 28% affordable · 28–36% stretched · 36%+ severe).

The line holds today's rate fixed and moves only the price: at that rate, the same share was 8.8% in 2000.

Take the typical home's price each month, borrow 80% at that month's actual 30-year average rate: in January 2000 (8.21%) the payment was $1,357.

In December 2020, with rates at 2.68%, it was $1,414.

By August 2026, at 6.67%, it was $2,958 — +109% since December 2020, while the home's value moved +32%.

Reported values rose +154% since January 2000.

General prices (CPI-U) rose +97% over the same span.

Divide one by the other: in August 2026 dollars, the 2000 home was worth $447,216. So the real change is +29%, not +154%.

76226: +154% since January 2000.

Denton County: +160% since January 2000.

Texas: +160% since January 2000 — 76226 ran behind it by 7 points.

Against 1,763 Texas ZIP codes, 76226 sits at the 61st percentile for affordability (price vs local income).

29th for appreciation (recent value growth); 53rd for rental yield (rent vs price).

Owning the typical home costs about $3,760 a month once taxes and insurance (estimated at 1.2% of price a year) are added. Renting runs about $2,965 a month.

Price divided by a year's rent: 16.2. Lotvox reads under 15 as favoring buying and 20 or more as favoring renting.

Picture the Listings Flow Ladder as a basin: new listings pour in from the faucet, the homes for sale are the water, and closed sales run out the drain. Coming in — new listings: about 127 a month (Redfin, 3-month rolling data through August 2026). That is 104% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

On the shelf — homes for sale at the end of the period: 463. That is 139% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months.

Going out — closed sales: about 107 a month. That is 107% of the 2015–2019 level for the same months. The drain is drawn 25% narrower: the share of homes for sale that sell each month is 75% of its 2015–2019 level.

The ladder: homes for sale ÷ monthly sales = 4.3 months of supply — inside the 4–6 month balanced range. In the basin, that is the water level against the shaded balanced band.

The net reading: about 20 more homes came on than sold each month, so inventory is growing. The basin is filling.

Homes sold: about 107 a month in August 2026 (Redfin).

The 2015–2019 level for the same month was 83 — so sales ran at 129% of it, and below it in 5 of the last 24 months.

Across Denton County, builders pulled permits for 10,210 new homes in 2025.

Of those, 62% were in 1-unit buildings (the Census Bureau's category for detached and attached single homes).

This ZIP sits in Denton County. IRS tax returns for 2022-2023: among the ten counties sending the most households, 26,557 moved in. Among the ten receiving the most, 22,603 moved out.

Net across those counties: +3,954 households. Beside it, homes for sale in this ZIP: 463 in June 2026.

Most arrivals came from Dallas, TX (9,837 households); most departures went to Collin, TX (7,417).