Name: Age of the housing stock by Texas county
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
Published: 2026-09-23T01:00:00+08:00
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Summary

Age of the housing stock, Texas counties

Age in 2023 (years) by Texas county · all 254 counties · hover or tap a county for every figure on this page

CountiesTerrell County

Summary

Every Texas county, shaded by how old the housing is: 2023 minus the median year the structure was built. Darker counties have older housing. Classes are linear so a 75-year median is darker than a 40-year one. County borders are the U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary (cb_500k).

A typical Texas county has housing built in 1981, so the middle of the stock is about 42 years old. That is the midpoint among all 254 counties, not a state figure. When every housing unit is counted once, the stock looks newer: 37.1 percent of Texas homes were built in 2000 or later, and only 20.9 percent date from before 1970, because fast-growing suburban counties hold so much of the inventory. In the typical county those shares run the other way, 23.9 percent from 2000 on and 32.4 percent from before 1970. Terrell County is the oldest at a 1948 median, and Hays, Rockwall and Williamson are the newest at 2005. Fifty-three counties still have a median year before 1970.

1981typical county year builtthe middle county, not a state figure

42 yrstypical housing age2023 minus the median year

32.4%typical share built before 1970midpoint of the 254 county rates

20.9%of all Texas housing unitsevery unit counted once, built before 1970

1948Terrell Countyoldest median year built

Figure 1

Age of housing, all 254 counties

Age in 2023 (years) · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

Every Texas county, ranked by how old the housing is: 2023 minus the median year the structure was built. Terrell is 75 years, then Hall at 69 and Kenedy at 68, small West Texas and South Texas counties where the middle house dates from the late 1940s and 1950s. Hays, Rockwall and Williamson are the newest at 18 years. The typical county is 42 years old. Sixty-nine counties have housing 50 years or older, and 53 still have a median year before 1970.

Figure 2

Share built before 1970, all 254 counties

Built before 1970 · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

The share of housing units built before 1970, every county. Terrell is 83.0 percent, Kenedy 78.3 and Motley 75.7. Rockwall is 2.2 percent, Williamson 3.8 and Collin 4.2: the same suburban ring that leads on median year. A typical county is 32.4 percent pre-1970. 55 counties are at 50 percent or more. Counted across all 11.9 million units, the statewide share is 20.9 percent, pulled down by the large, newer metros.

Figure 3

Share built 2000 or later, all 254 counties

Built 2000 or later · all 254 · ranked high to low

Summary

The share built in 2000 or later. Rockwall is 65.3 percent, Hays 63.8 and Williamson 62.1. Terrell is 1.4 percent. Thirteen counties are at 50 percent or more, almost all of them on the suburban edges of Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston. The typical county is 23.9 percent. Statewide, 37.1 percent of all units are this new, because those growth counties hold so much of the stock.

Table 1

All counties

254 rows · 6 columns · sorted by age in 2023 (years), high to low

Summary

The full dataset: all 254 counties with median year built, housing age in 2023, housing units, the share built before 1970 and the share built in 2000 or later, sorted by housing age and re-sortable on any column. Use the filter box to jump straight to a county by name. Each median year is for that county alone, so the column cannot be averaged into a state figure; that would weight Loving County the same as Harris. The Census published a figure for every Texas county.

All counties
	?	?	?	?	?
Terrell	1948	75	663	83.0%	1.4%
Hall	1954	69	1,748	71.5%	6.0%
Kenedy	1955	68	69	78.3%	13.0%
Motley	1957	66	746	75.7%	8.7%
Cottle	1958	65	972	63.1%	9.5%
Loving	1958	65	47	59.6%	17.0%
Mitchell	1958	65	3,697	65.1%	7.0%
Runnels	1958	65	4,989	67.9%	7.9%
Carson	1959	64	2,792	64.4%	8.8%
Gray	1959	64	9,975	66.4%	6.8%
Floyd	1960	63	2,601	73.1%	5.3%
Swisher	1960	63	3,038	70.5%	5.3%
Collingsworth	1961	62	1,471	68.7%	9.2%
Hardeman	1961	62	1,866	64.9%	9.1%
Haskell	1961	62	3,084	62.8%	10.3%
Throckmorton	1961	62	960	65.2%	5.8%
Wheeler	1961	62	2,595	55.8%	14.6%
Fisher	1962	61	2,041	63.2%	10.5%
Foard	1962	61	602	68.9%	7.6%
Potter	1962	61	49,133	60.4%	12.9%
Dickens	1963	60	1,107	59.9%	15.1%
Eastland	1963	60	9,391	54.2%	15.1%
Sherman	1963	60	1,117	59.4%	15.0%
Wilbarger	1963	60	5,848	58.0%	8.4%
Armstrong	1964	59	888	58.4%	7.2%
Briscoe	1964	59	901	62.2%	5.8%
Nolan	1964	59	7,129	60.0%	6.1%
Crosby	1965	58	2,668	59.9%	6.9%
Dawson	1965	58	4,892	61.0%	6.4%
Lynn	1965	58	2,527	61.7%	11.4%
Upton	1965	58	1,629	51.6%	18.2%
Baylor	1966	57	2,170	59.4%	9.7%
Castro	1966	57	3,026	58.0%	9.7%
Edwards	1966	57	903	55.1%	18.3%
Lamb	1966	57	5,893	60.8%	8.7%
Oldham	1966	57	791	58.7%	19.1%
Roberts	1966	57	392	53.6%	8.2%
Coleman	1967	56	4,902	54.2%	15.6%
Hamilton	1967	56	4,356	54.0%	16.3%
Howard	1967	56	13,999	56.8%	13.0%
Hutchinson	1967	56	10,175	55.5%	8.0%
Knox	1967	56	1,802	55.8%	4.6%
McCulloch	1967	56	4,216	53.9%	11.6%
Stonewall	1967	56	733	55.4%	9.5%
Terry	1967	56	4,796	57.5%	9.2%
Winkler	1967	56	3,209	57.1%	13.0%
Hale	1968	55	13,399	54.6%	8.4%
Scurry	1968	55	6,896	52.5%	10.3%
Bailey	1969	54	2,786	51.8%	11.6%
Cochran	1969	54	1,260	51.4%	7.9%
Deaf Smith	1969	54	6,993	52.1%	13.0%
Jones	1969	54	7,060	50.8%	14.3%
Reeves	1969	54	5,118	51.0%	21.4%
Borden	1970	53	352	50.3%	21.3%
Brooks	1970	53	3,856	49.9%	18.8%
Menard	1970	53	1,309	50.0%	14.9%
Parmer	1970	53	3,753	49.1%	13.2%
Childress	1971	52	2,935	48.9%	21.2%
Donley	1971	52	1,950	47.6%	18.8%
Garza	1971	52	2,094	48.3%	17.7%
Hansford	1971	52	2,284	46.7%	8.8%
Refugio	1971	52	3,328	49.2%	19.1%
Ward	1971	52	5,137	48.3%	16.6%
Concho	1972	51	1,420	48.0%	16.0%
Mason	1972	51	2,411	47.5%	19.7%
Wichita	1972	51	55,664	46.7%	14.4%
Lipscomb	1973	50	1,505	41.5%	13.8%
Martin	1973	50	2,207	44.2%	16.3%
Schleicher	1973	50	1,290	45.1%	18.8%
Crockett	1974	49	1,739	45.8%	30.9%
Culberson	1974	49	959	40.4%	8.4%
Kent	1974	49	484	39.9%	20.2%
Moore	1974	49	8,221	41.9%	17.1%
Shackelford	1974	49	1,572	45.9%	22.8%
Stephens	1974	49	4,669	38.8%	10.1%
Sutton	1974	49	1,740	45.2%	10.3%
DeWitt	1975	48	9,222	42.5%	21.8%
Falls	1975	48	7,449	40.1%	17.8%
Jim Hogg	1975	48	1,931	39.3%	15.7%
Morris	1975	48	5,812	40.4%	14.2%
Yoakum	1975	48	3,015	39.7%	11.0%
Young	1975	48	8,550	41.3%	14.3%
Bee	1976	47	10,607	35.7%	14.7%
Callahan	1976	47	6,523	40.5%	23.5%
Coke	1976	47	2,147	40.2%	6.3%
Crane	1976	47	1,829	40.4%	19.3%
Dallam	1976	47	3,053	36.6%	16.0%
Jack	1976	47	3,799	40.5%	20.6%
Jackson	1976	47	7,021	39.5%	20.3%
Jefferson	1976	47	109,351	38.8%	23.3%
Lavaca	1976	47	10,499	41.5%	23.8%
Ochiltree	1976	47	4,340	39.3%	14.4%
San Saba	1976	47	2,848	43.7%	19.3%
Brown	1977	46	19,087	36.2%	16.2%
Calhoun	1977	46	10,743	39.5%	24.0%
Clay	1977	46	5,154	36.3%	22.1%
Comanche	1977	46	6,940	40.1%	18.4%
Duval	1977	46	4,430	35.0%	13.2%
Glasscock	1977	46	463	41.9%	24.6%
Hockley	1977	46	9,209	36.7%	14.4%
Mills	1977	46	2,614	37.9%	19.9%
Presidio	1977	46	3,380	44.2%	14.0%
Taylor	1977	46	61,581	41.1%	21.3%
Zavala	1977	46	3,951	40.3%	15.1%
Bosque	1978	45	9,344	37.9%	20.0%
Kinney	1978	45	1,548	28.0%	7.4%
Matagorda	1978	45	18,871	31.1%	21.7%
Palo Pinto	1978	45	15,147	38.6%	23.9%
Wharton	1978	45	17,546	35.7%	20.7%
Archer	1979	44	3,920	37.2%	18.0%
King	1979	44	148	38.5%	37.8%
Kleberg	1979	44	13,984	35.1%	28.0%
Montague	1979	44	10,313	35.0%	28.4%
Pecos	1979	44	5,853	37.2%	22.3%
Tom Green	1979	44	51,949	36.8%	19.6%
Cass	1980	43	13,963	27.7%	21.5%
Delta	1980	43	2,441	34.1%	21.2%
Gregg	1980	43	53,590	28.6%	20.7%
Hartley	1980	43	1,808	36.9%	19.7%
Hemphill	1980	43	1,694	31.1%	21.4%
Houston	1980	43	10,833	28.8%	18.4%
Irion	1980	43	795	38.5%	11.7%
Kimble	1980	43	2,825	36.3%	23.8%
Reagan	1980	43	1,379	30.6%	12.0%
Rusk	1980	43	21,258	32.1%	25.1%
Andrews	1981	42	7,063	36.4%	25.7%
Brewster	1981	42	5,955	34.0%	33.4%
Ector	1981	42	67,542	32.0%	26.3%
Fayette	1981	42	13,210	36.4%	26.7%
Jim Wells	1981	42	16,207	30.5%	23.6%
La Salle	1981	42	2,307	39.8%	26.6%
Marion	1981	42	5,609	29.8%	18.4%
Milam	1981	42	11,581	30.7%	26.8%
Red River	1981	42	6,186	25.4%	21.2%
San Patricio	1981	42	29,954	28.4%	30.3%
Willacy	1981	42	6,854	35.6%	26.1%
Dallas	1982	41	1,053,471	29.8%	25.2%
Gonzales	1982	41	8,976	36.7%	27.6%
Karnes	1982	41	5,892	31.0%	27.1%
McLennan	1982	41	107,194	32.6%	26.6%
Navarro	1982	41	21,790	29.2%	23.7%
Nueces	1982	41	153,109	33.1%	24.7%
Orange	1982	41	37,681	29.6%	28.6%
Robertson	1982	41	8,559	30.6%	28.0%
Victoria	1982	41	39,238	32.2%	25.7%
Colorado	1983	40	10,066	35.4%	26.6%
Dimmit	1983	40	4,012	24.1%	30.3%
Limestone	1983	40	10,430	27.0%	25.5%
Shelby	1983	40	11,530	23.1%	25.5%
Val Verde	1983	40	18,631	24.8%	24.9%
Anderson	1984	39	20,474	25.0%	27.7%
Camp	1984	39	5,795	22.8%	21.3%
Cooke	1984	39	17,841	28.3%	30.6%
Frio	1984	39	6,378	25.3%	27.3%
Grayson	1984	39	60,366	32.5%	28.8%
Harrison	1984	39	29,530	31.1%	29.3%
Hopkins	1984	39	15,793	27.0%	28.4%
Hudspeth	1984	39	1,130	24.2%	24.2%
Lubbock	1984	39	136,468	29.4%	31.1%
Madison	1984	39	5,095	28.4%	27.7%
Panola	1984	39	10,818	26.6%	27.6%
Uvalde	1984	39	10,092	26.5%	23.7%
Angelina	1985	38	36,798	24.8%	27.1%
Bowie	1985	38	39,791	25.7%	23.0%
Gaines	1985	38	7,661	31.3%	26.6%
Hill	1985	38	16,314	31.1%	26.6%
Lamar	1985	38	22,744	23.8%	26.7%
Live Oak	1985	38	5,971	23.4%	25.6%
Nacogdoches	1985	38	28,995	22.6%	25.0%
San Augustine	1985	38	4,799	24.6%	16.7%
Sterling	1985	38	508	26.4%	18.7%
Titus	1985	38	12,110	25.1%	23.1%
Tyler	1985	38	9,499	22.7%	24.6%
Goliad	1986	37	3,541	27.4%	27.3%
Randall	1986	37	61,137	25.9%	35.0%
Real	1986	37	1,829	25.5%	33.8%
Smith	1986	37	98,672	27.6%	31.8%
Cherokee	1987	36	20,964	25.4%	29.6%
Coryell	1987	36	29,180	21.3%	31.7%
El Paso	1987	36	320,812	24.9%	33.0%
Fannin	1987	36	14,743	28.2%	30.5%
Henderson	1987	36	41,352	17.5%	30.1%
Jasper	1987	36	16,558	21.7%	24.9%
Kerr	1987	36	25,439	21.0%	28.9%
Caldwell	1988	35	17,013	25.3%	32.7%
Freestone	1988	35	9,101	21.6%	31.1%
Harris	1988	35	1,884,607	21.1%	34.6%
Hunt	1988	35	41,973	21.8%	32.8%
Newton	1988	35	6,460	21.1%	30.7%
Trinity	1988	35	8,261	15.8%	29.3%
Upshur	1988	35	17,444	21.8%	33.0%
Bexar	1989	34	807,160	24.8%	36.7%
Erath	1989	34	18,515	22.8%	34.1%
Franklin	1989	34	5,121	16.8%	29.0%
Galveston	1989	34	159,379	22.7%	36.6%
Lampasas	1989	34	9,802	26.9%	34.4%
McMullen	1989	34	326	30.7%	40.8%
Midland	1989	34	71,565	23.7%	38.9%
Polk	1989	34	25,677	16.1%	33.1%
Tarrant	1989	34	827,874	21.1%	33.8%
Walker	1989	34	29,626	11.7%	31.1%
Burleson	1990	33	9,485	19.5%	31.8%
Jeff Davis	1990	33	1,483	17.0%	35.7%
Llano	1990	33	15,583	16.5%	33.6%
Sabine	1990	33	7,665	16.4%	26.7%
Washington	1990	33	17,371	22.0%	34.9%
Wood	1990	33	22,267	19.6%	28.4%
Zapata	1990	33	6,218	17.6%	24.0%
Austin	1991	32	14,086	22.8%	36.2%
Gillespie	1991	32	14,255	23.2%	35.5%
Van Zandt	1991	32	25,708	19.3%	34.2%
Cameron	1992	31	157,565	15.3%	36.3%
Hardin	1992	31	24,686	21.3%	37.8%
Lee	1992	31	7,924	21.2%	34.2%
Leon	1992	31	9,018	16.9%	34.7%
San Jacinto	1992	31	14,487	12.4%	35.9%
Atascosa	1993	30	19,005	17.4%	36.0%
Grimes	1993	30	12,188	16.8%	38.4%
Starr	1993	30	23,008	11.0%	35.9%
Aransas	1994	29	15,795	13.8%	39.9%
Liberty	1994	29	34,765	13.8%	38.7%
Medina	1994	29	19,758	22.5%	38.5%
Wise	1994	29	27,196	16.5%	39.2%
Bell	1995	28	151,858	14.5%	42.5%
Brazoria	1995	28	146,587	15.5%	42.7%
Burnet	1995	28	24,577	13.5%	41.3%
Johnson	1995	28	68,594	13.6%	42.2%
Maverick	1995	28	20,258	13.6%	41.2%
Rains	1995	28	5,858	14.2%	41.3%
Bandera	1996	27	11,507	13.4%	42.2%
Bastrop	1996	27	38,269	15.3%	44.0%
Brazos	1996	27	99,118	12.0%	43.7%
Somervell	1996	27	3,967	18.0%	42.1%
Webb	1996	27	86,727	15.3%	42.3%
Blanco	1997	26	6,099	21.2%	44.3%
Hood	1997	26	28,796	7.2%	45.0%
Travis	1997	26	594,638	13.2%	45.1%
Waller	1997	26	19,946	12.2%	45.2%
Hidalgo	1999	24	302,173	8.2%	47.4%
Wilson	1999	24	19,259	11.7%	48.1%
Ellis	2000	23	72,541	14.6%	49.8%
Chambers	2001	22	18,144	13.1%	53.6%
Guadalupe	2001	22	67,366	12.2%	53.2%
Parker	2001	22	58,786	12.2%	52.1%
Collin	2002	21	421,938	4.2%	55.1%
Denton	2002	21	364,120	5.1%	54.8%
Kendall	2002	21	18,797	8.0%	55.1%
Comal	2003	20	74,484	10.0%	56.6%
Montgomery	2003	20	253,801	4.5%	57.9%
Fort Bend	2004	19	293,694	4.5%	59.2%
Kaufman	2004	19	52,744	10.4%	58.8%
Hays	2005	18	99,775	7.0%	63.8%
Rockwall	2005	18	41,426	2.2%	65.3%
Williamson	2005	18	251,600	3.8%	62.1%

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Age of the housing stock, Texas counties

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Age of housing, all 254 counties

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Share built before 1970, all 254 counties

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About this data

Median year structure built is the midpoint of that county's housing units by year of construction, not the age of a typical resident.
Housing age is 2023 minus the median year built, a simple conversion so older stock reads as a larger number. The ACS 2023 five-year estimates cover 2019 through 2023.
A county median is not a state figure. Averaging the 254 medians would weight Loving County the same as Harris. The 20.9 percent and 37.1 percent figures count every housing unit once. The typical-county year and shares are the midpoints of the 254 county values.
The Census published a median year and a year-built count for every Texas county. No counties were suppressed. The smallest counties, including Kenedy (69 housing units) and Loving (47), have large margins of error, so those figures can move from year to year.

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Age of the housing stock, Texas counties

Age of housing, all 254 counties

Share built before 1970, all 254 counties

Share built 2000 or later, all 254 counties

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