Abilene housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Abilene home prices: according to the Zillow Home Value Index, a typical Abilene, Texas home was valued at $223,853 in September 2026, up +10.0% from a year before and at a record monthly high.
- Value of a typical home
- $223,853September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change over 12 months
- Up +10.0% since September 2025.
Abilene home prices since 2000
Abilene is the steel line, and the United States the grey line. The typical Abilene home has risen from $109,634 to $223,853 since January 2009, ×2.04, compared with ×1.99 for the US over those same months.
Abilene's median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages the twelve monthly values; for 2026 the latest month is shown.
| Year | Abilene | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | $109,123 | $177,542 | |
| 2010 | $108,477 | −0.6% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $105,145 | −3.1% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $106,701 | +1.5% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $110,793 | +3.8% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $117,369 | +5.9% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $122,556 | +4.4% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $127,965 | +4.4% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $132,215 | +3.3% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $140,070 | +5.9% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $144,617 | +3.2% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $151,130 | +4.5% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $168,728 | +11.6% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $189,288 | +12.2% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $197,567 | +4.4% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $201,471 | +2.0% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $202,933 | +0.7% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $223,853 | +10.0% | $366,157 |
What a home bought in Abilene in any year is worth now
An index-based estimate of a typical home; it is not an appraisal.
Each year's figure averages its twelve monthly index values; the current value is September 2026. Other options: home appreciation calculator.
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Abilene housing market forecast
For the Abilene, TX metro, Zillow's forecast is +5.9% across the 12 months from September 2026. It also forecasts +2.4% over the next three months. Based on Abilene's typical value of $223,853, the projection reaches about $237,100 one year later.
Zillow's central forecast for the metro appears here; however, the site does not publish a forecast of its own. Such a 12-month forecast has usually differed from the realized change by several percentage points, whether higher or lower. This is not investment advice.
One housing market forecast table lists forecasts for every metro. housing market forecast
Abilene housing market crash risk score
Low: 10 out of 100.
The five conditions that ran high ahead of past price falls are what the score uses to rank Abilene against 292 cities. Each input receives a score from 0 to 100 after comparison with the other cities. The five scores are then averaged with equal weight. It shows conditions as they are now; it does not predict a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | −18.7% | 21 | 20% |
| Days on the market vs 2019 | −22.4% | 7 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 9.4 | 3 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 3.7 | 20 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | +10.0% | 1 | 20% |
None of this is investment advice. How the inputs get scored: scoring method. All 292 cities ranked: city crash risk rankings.
Abilene inventory and days on market
For September 2026 the Abilene, TX metro listed 465 homes for sale, a change of −23.7% over one year. The change from the same month in 2019 was −18.7%. The median time to sell a listing was 45 days, which was −22.4% against 2019. Price cuts appeared on 17.6% of listings.
| Abilene, TX metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 465 | −23.7% |
| New listings | 200 | |
| Median days on market | 45 | −22.8% |
| Median list price | $325,000 | +20.4% |
| Share with a price cut | 17.6% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. Explore days on market for every metro. days on market by city.
Living costs and rent in Abilene
The Zillow Observed Rent Index lists the typical asking rent in Abilene at $1,988 each month, +29.8% over a year. The cost of a typical home equals 9.4 years of that rent. Census ACS 2024 reports median household income of $60,605. A typical home therefore costs 3.7 times one year's income. According to BEA, the metro's price index is 90.4, compared with a US average of 100. Its housing cost index is 73.8.
Other Texas housing markets
- Houston housing market $259,465.
- In San Antonio, $244,623.
- Dallas housing market $303,442.
- Fort Worth $292,949
- Austin housing market $491,960.
- El Paso housing market $237,556.
- Arlington, Texas $306,472
- Corpus Christi $222,115
- Plano housing market $497,714.
- Lubbock housing market $210,957.
View the statewide market: Texas housing market.
How to read this chart
Every point shows the Zillow Home Value Index for Abilene. It measures a typical home in the market's middle third, with smoothing and seasonal adjustment, in that month's dollars. The hollow dot shows the month picked on the slider, and the terracotta dot shows the latest month. Inflation has not been applied to these figures. The index tracks a typical home rather than one particular house. Use the card above or the home appreciation calculator to calculate a single home's value from its sale price.