El Paso Housing Market: Home Prices & Rent
El Paso home values since 2000
Last few years
Rent in El Paso
Owning vs renting, monthly
Buying the typical El Paso home with 20% down at this week's 7.32% 30-year rate costs about $1,572/month (principal, interest plus ~1.5% a year for tax and insurance) vs $1,521/month typical rent.
Rate: Freddie Mac, week of Oct 22, 2026. Estimate for comparison only.
El Paso vs Texas vs the U.S.
| Typical home | 12-month change | Typical rent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| This metro | $233k | +2.5% | $1,521/mo |
| Texas | $296k | -1.4% | - |
| United States | $366k | +1.2% | $1,932/mo |
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Common questions
Are home prices falling in El Paso?
No - the typical El Paso-area home value is up 2.5% over the past 12 months, at $233k (September 2026).
Is the El Paso housing market crashing?
Home values are close to their 2020s high and up 2.5% over the past year - a rising market, not a sudden collapse. Whether that continues isn't knowable from the data - this page updates every month when new figures come out.
How much is rent in El Paso?
Typical rent in the El Paso metro is $1,521 a month (September 2026), +3.5% over 12 months.
How much income do you need to buy a home in El Paso?
About $72k a year to afford the typical home with 20% down, spending no more than 30% of income on housing (September 2026).
Nearby and similar metros
Dallas, TX · Houston, TX · San Antonio, TX · Austin, TX · McAllen, TX · Scranton, PA · Little Rock, AR · Pittsburgh, PA · Akron, OH
Sources: Data Provided by Zillow Group (Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, September 2026; income needed and listing data). 30-year mortgage rate: Freddie Mac PMMS. Figures are for the El Paso, TX metro area. How we calculate.