Houston, TX — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
In the Houston area, ZIP code 77071 sits in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $54,139 and per-capita income of $32,792. Homes here carry a median value of $245,100, and the county-level property tax rate of 1.62% means owners pay a meaningful share of that value each year in taxes. Sales taxes add 6.25% to purchases. Together these figures describe a working- to middle-income community where housing costs stay well below the region's priciest enclaves, but property taxes still claim a real portion of household budgets.
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