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Killeen - TX housing market

The Killeen metro has a typical home value of $251,916, down 1.5% from a year ago. Homes are sitting 42 days on average, buyers have negotiating room. 26% of listings have had a price cut. Data from Zillow Research, updated monthly.

Typical home value
$251,916
-1.5% vs. year ago
Median sale price
$256,552
+2.1% YoY
Median list price
$283,350
Sale-to-list ratio
97.9%
Selling below ask
Days on market
42d
Listings w/ price cut
25.7%
New listings / mo
591
-12.7% YoY
Homes for sale
2,834
-12.7% YoY
Typical rent
$1,337/mo
-0.6% YoY
Income needed to buy
$69,300
Rent vs buy
15.7x
September 2026 report · Zillow data through July 2026

Killeen housing market, September 2026

The typical Killeen home is worth $251,916 as of July 2026, down 0.4% from the prior month, down 1.2% over three months, and down 1.5% from a year ago. Over the past two years values have ranged from $251,916 to $261,530.

Homes are going pending in about 42 days, faster than the 54 days seen three months earlier. There are roughly 2,834 homes for sale, 13% fewer than a year ago. 25.7% of listings have taken a price cut (up from 23.6% three months ago).

Typical rent is $1,337 a month, down 0.6% year over year, which puts the price-to-rent ratio at 15.7.

At this week's 6.71% mortgage rate with 20% down ($50,383), the typical Killeen home costs about $1,617 a month including tax and insurance, which needs a household income of roughly $69,300 to stay under a 28% payment-to-income ratio.

Typical home value, 24 months
$262k$252kAug 24Aug 25Jul 26
Days to pending, 24 months
72d38dAug 24Aug 25Jul 26
Homes for sale, 24 months
3.3k2.6kAug 24Aug 25Jul 26

Income needed to buy assumes 20% down, a 30-year fixed mortgage at 6.71% (Freddie Mac weekly average), property tax at 1.1% and insurance at 0.4% of value per year, and a 28% payment-to-income cap. Local taxes and insurance vary; treat it as a comparison figure across metros, not a lender's answer. All metros ranked →

Context

How to read this data

The typical home value ($251,916) is the Zillow Home Value Index for the Killeen - TX metro area: a smoothed, seasonally adjusted estimate of the typical value for middle-tier homes (33rd to 67th percentile) across single-family and condo properties.

Prices are down 1.5% over the past year. A home worth $255,752 last year is now worth roughly $251,916.

The median sale price, what homes actually close for, is $256,552. Homes are selling at 97.9% of list price, meaning buyers have room to negotiate.

Homes listed in Killeen - TX sit on the market for roughly 42 days before going pending. Shorter = seller's market; longer = buyer's market.

About 25.7% of current listings have had at least one price cut. High price-cut shares signal sellers are adjusting expectations downward.

Roughly 591 new listings hit the market each month in Killeen - TX. There are currently 2,834 homes for sale, down 12.7% from a year ago.

The typical monthly rent in Killeen - TX is $1,337, down 0.6% year over year. On the Rent vs Buy Index that is a price-to-rent ratio of 15.7x, toss-up (#130 of 195 metros). The mortgage on a typical home here, 20% down at today's 6.71% 30-year rate, runs about $1,302 a month in principal and interest, $35 less than renting before taxes, insurance and upkeep. The two break even at a 6.97% rate.

What's not on this page

This is market-level data, not property-level. We don't list individual homes for sale. For that, go to Zillow, Redfin, or your local MLS.

Data: Zillow Research (ZHVI and market indicators), refreshed monthly at the source. This page was rebuilt September 2026. Methodology →

Related

Other metros in TX

MetroHome value1-yr changeDays on market
Dallas - TX$364,793 -2.6% 30.0d
Houston - TX$307,772 -2.0% 36.0d
San Antonio - TX$279,434 -1.9% 39.0d
Austin - TX$424,339 -5.2% 48.0d
McAllen - TX$191,508 +0.0% 78.0d
El Paso - TX$233,302 +1.8% 30.0d
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