The story of this market
The typical home in ZIP 78957 sells for about $374,950, or $126 per square foot.
Prices are down 35% from a year ago, which gives buyers more room to negotiate. Homes take about 27 days to sell, which is fast. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,450 a month.
ZIP 78957 — Smithville
The housing market in 78957 is currently experiencing significant volatility with a sharp year-over-year decline in median sale prices. Low sales volume and high months of supply suggest a cooling environment for sellers. Several specific metrics, including historical tax and price trajectories, were not available at the ZIP level and are omitted.
Median prices moved down 35.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 27 days on market with 22.0 months of supply — a balanced-paced market.
7% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 98.5% of asking — demand is running ahead of supply.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.6% · poverty 12.0% — a stable, low-distress profile.
versus the prior ACS vintage
ZCTA 78957, Bastrop County TX
Composed from the ARED governance burden registry — tier-native tax structure (state + county + city + special districts), never averaged. State (Texas) — Senior (65+) and Disabled Homestead Exemption and School Tax Ceiling: Grants an additional mandatory $10,000 exemption from ISD appraised value (Taxable Value_ISD = Appraised Value - $100,000 - $10,000) and establishes an absolute statutory tax freeze (school tax ceiling): total ISD property taxes cannot exceed the dollar ceiling established in the… State (Texas) — General Residence Homestead Exemption and 10% Valuation Growth Cap: Imposes mandatory state-level valuation deductions and growth limitations on the qualifying homestead: (1) Mandates a $100,000 deduction from appraised value for independent school district (ISD) maintenance and operations/debt taxation: Taxable Value_ISD = Appraised Value - $100… State (Texas) — Ad Valorem Real Property Taxation and Assessment Ratio: Mandates ad valorem appraisal of all real property at 100% of fair market value as of January 1 each tax year (Assessment Ratio = 1.00).
Data retrieved from US Census Bureau ZCTA 78957 profiles.
- The East 404.411.9 mi
- Scream Hollow4.310 mi
- PAC - Jerry Fay Wilhelm Center for the Performing Arts4.712.7 mi
- Cotton Bowl Speedway4.713 mi
- 602 Brewing Company4.412.9 mi
- Bastrop State Park4.611.3 mi
- Buescher State Park4.62.3 mi
- The Gas Station4.712.4 mi
- Film Alley Bastrop4.212.5 mi
- Scream Hollow4.310 mi
- Scream Hollow4.310 mi
- Kreische Brewery & Monument Hill State Historic Sites4.817.8 mi
- The Texas Quilt Museum4.817.1 mi
- Texas Wendish Heritage Museum4.811.5 mi
- Bastrop State Park4.611.3 mi
- Buescher State Park4.62.3 mi
- Lake Bastrop South Shore Park4.612.5 mi
- Vernon L Richards Nature Preserve4.60.8 mi
- Colorado River Refuge- Two Bridges Trailhead4.711.7 mi
- ColoVista Golf Club3.68.3 mi
- Bastrop River Club3.610 mi
- The East 404.411.9 mi
- Store House Market & Eatery4.612.9 mi
- Brookshire Brothers41.6 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.