Denton housing market: home prices, trends and forecast
Denton home prices: the Zillow Home Value Index valued a typical home in Denton, Texas at $343,177 in September 2026. That is 3.1% lower than the year before and 11.3% under the August 2022 peak of $386,754.
- Value of a typical home
- $343,177September 2026, Zillow ZHVI
- Change in 12 months
- −3.1%since September 2025
- Change in 10 years
- +63.5%since September 2016
- Multiple from 2000
- ×2.6. The base was $129,567.
Denton home prices since 2000
Denton is the steel line, and the United States is the grey line. From January 2000 to now, the typical Denton home rose from $129,567 to $343,177, or ×2.65, while the US increased by ×2.99 over those months. The boom's high was $152,172 in January 2008; its low was $140,960 in December 2011, −7.4%.
Denton median home price by year
Each yearly figure averages twelve monthly values; for 2026, it shows the latest month.
| Year | Denton | Change on the year | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $130,307 | $125,745 | |
| 2001 | $130,603 | +0.2% | $134,899 |
| 2002 | $131,706 | +0.8% | $144,276 |
| 2003 | $135,701 | +3.0% | $155,308 |
| 2004 | $140,220 | +3.3% | $169,891 |
| 2005 | $143,806 | +2.6% | $189,732 |
| 2006 | $146,915 | +2.2% | $206,531 |
| 2007 | $150,365 | +2.3% | $208,449 |
| 2008 | $150,494 | +0.1% | $195,574 |
| 2009 | $147,879 | −1.7% | $177,542 |
| 2010 | $147,194 | −0.5% | $171,462 |
| 2011 | $142,104 | −3.5% | $162,508 |
| 2012 | $145,253 | +2.2% | $161,137 |
| 2013 | $156,851 | +8.0% | $171,420 |
| 2014 | $168,334 | +7.3% | $182,996 |
| 2015 | $183,424 | +9.0% | $192,738 |
| 2016 | $205,638 | +12.1% | $204,509 |
| 2017 | $226,937 | +10.4% | $216,767 |
| 2018 | $243,808 | +7.4% | $230,541 |
| 2019 | $250,864 | +2.9% | $242,088 |
| 2020 | $261,278 | +4.2% | $257,151 |
| 2021 | $304,370 | +16.5% | $295,959 |
| 2022 | $372,364 | +22.3% | $340,014 |
| 2023 | $371,002 | −0.4% | $348,160 |
| 2024 | $369,736 | −0.3% | $359,751 |
| 2025 | $359,720 | −2.7% | $362,959 |
| September 2026 | $343,177 | −3.1% | $366,157 |
Current value of Denton homes bought in any year
An index-based estimate for a typical home, rather than an appraisal.
For each year, the figure averages twelve monthly index values; September 2026 provides the current value. Additional tools: home appreciation calculator.
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Denton housing market forecast
For the Dallas, TX metro, Zillow's forecast shows −0.9% across the 12 months beginning September 2026 and −0.3% during the next three months. That would put Denton's $343,177 typical value near $340,100 a year on.
This is Zillow's central forecast for the metro, repeated here; the site does not publish its own forecast. Over 12 months, this kind of forecast has typically landed several percentage points away from the realised change, in either direction. This is not investment advice.
Every metro forecast in a single table: housing market forecast.
Denton housing market crash risk score
High, 66 of 100
Five conditions that ran high before earlier price falls are what the score uses to rank Denton against 292 cities. Each input is scored from 0 to 100 compared with the other cities, then the five scores are averaged with equal weight. It shows current conditions but does not forecast a crash.
| Input | Value | Sub-score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active listings vs 2019 | +20.8% | 73 | 20% |
| Time on the market vs 2019 | +17.0% | 74 | 20% |
| Price-to-rent ratio | 19.2 | 56 | 20% |
| Price-to-income ratio | 4.2 | 34 | 20% |
| 12-month price change | −3.1% | 95 | 20% |
This is not investment advice. How each input is scored: methodology. See all 292 ranked cities: crash risk by city.
Denton: inventory and days on market
During September 2026 the Dallas, TX metro recorded 29,364 homes available for sale. The count was −2.4% compared with one year before and +20.8% compared with September 2019. Selling took a median of 62 days (+17.0% against 2019), while 27.5% of listings had their price cut.
| Dallas, TX metro, September 2026 | Value | On a year |
|---|---|---|
| Active listings | 29,364 | −2.4% |
| New listings | 8,938 | |
| Median days on market | 62 | −1.6% |
| Median list price | $422,495 | −0.6% |
| Share with a price cut | 27.5% |
Metro inventory from Realtor.com® Economic Research. Realtor.com data. See days on market by city for every metro.
Rent and cost of living in Denton
By the Zillow Observed Rent Index, Denton's typical asking rent comes to $1,492 a month, −1.1% on a year. At that rent level, a typical home costs 19.2 years of rent. The household income median is $80,908 (Census ACS 2024), and the typical home is worth 4.2 times one year's income. BEA puts metro prices at 103.1 versus a US average of 100, and puts housing costs at 117.9.
Other Texas housing markets
- Houston market $259,465.
- $244,623. San Antonio
- Dallas market $303,442.
- Fort Worth $292,949
- Austin market $491,960.
- $237,556. El Paso
- Arlington, Texas $306,472
- Corpus Christi $222,115
- Plano market $497,714.
- Lubbock market $210,957.
Across the whole state: Texas housing market.
How to read the chart
Each point gives the Zillow Home Value Index for Denton: a typical home's value in the market's middle third, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, in that month's dollars. The hollow dot shows the slider's month, and the terracotta dot the most recent one. Inflation is not factored in, and the index tracks the typical home rather than one particular house. Use either the card above or the home appreciation calculator to determine a single home's value from its sale price.