Best In Texas Real Estate™: Bastrop County

Tract 9508.06 in Bastrop County has the highest Home Value to Income Ratio in Texas at 5.6x, according to ALEX Intelligence’s analysis of the 2024 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. This is not a sign of market failure, but a reflection of strong employment growth in aerospace, tunneling, and advanced manufacturing driving demand. The tract leads Texas in new housing construction, showing that affordability pressure is not due to supply shortages, but to wage and demand imbalances. How should investors and policymakers respond to this new reality? Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Slide 1: Larry D. Moore (CC BY 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=20473734; Slide 2: Larry D. Moore (CC BY 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=151496415; Slide 3: Larry D. Moore (CC BY 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=199954297; Slide 4: gillfoto (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=51779439 Home Value to Income Ratio, top 10 (ALEX Intelligence — U.S. Census Bureau 2024) #1 Tract 9508.06 — 5.6x #2 Tract 9502.02 — 4.2x #3 Tract 9504.01 — 4.1x #4 Tract 9503.01 — 4.1x #5 Tract 9505.05 — 4.0x #6 Tract 9507 — 4.0x #7 Tract 9503.03 — 4.0x #8 Tract 9504.02 — 3.9x #9 Tract 9505.03 — 3.8x #10 Tract 9506.01 — 3.5x Source: https://alex-companies.com/data/2026-10-27-bastrop-value-to-income-tract-mkt View and join any or all of our communities — AI, quantum, and real estate: https://alex-companies.com/reports/linkedin-groups If there's an AI, quantum, or real estate community you'd like to see us convene, tell us — this portfolio grows by request. Real Estate Strategy & Intelligence Leader. Democratized Blue Ocean Strategist & Operator. Diane Hart Alexander, MBA, MHA Chair & CEO, ALEX Companies Designated Broker, Alexander Tiffany Southwest, LLC dba ALEX.realestate, et.al. Texas License #574877-B · Broker License #565194-BB [email protected] · +1 713.591.9902