| Context | Value |
|---|
| Location | College Station, TX |
| County | Brazos County |
| National rank | #7,720 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #616 of 1,241 |
| City rank | #2 of 5 |
| County rank | #11 of 23 |
| National percentile | 48.4 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $298,263 |
| Year-over-year home value change | -1.0% |
| Month-over-month home value change | -0.05% |
| Home value to income ratio | 4.12 |
| Median household income | $72,324 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 45.6% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 1.4% |
| Homeownership rate | 42.2% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 12.4% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 59.7% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Central College Station
What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Central College Station?
Central College Station is ranked #2 of 5 eligible neighborhoods in College Station; #616 of 1,241 eligible neighborhoods in TX; and #7,720 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Is Central College Station one of the best neighborhoods in College Station?
Central College Station has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 49.7 and a city ranking of #2 of 5 eligible neighborhoods in College Station.
How much are homes worth in Central College Station?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Central College Station is approximately $298,263.
Are home values rising or falling in Central College Station?
Zillow neighborhood values changed -1.0% year over year and -0.05% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Central College Station?
Central College Station has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 35.4. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Central College Station?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $72,324.
How affordable is Central College Station relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 4.12. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Central College Station primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 42.2%.
What is the unemployment rate in Central College Station?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 1.4%.
How educated are residents of Central College Station?
Approximately 45.6% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Central College Station face high rent burden?
Approximately 59.7% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Central College Station?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry.
These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications170
Estimated originations95
Home-purchase applications103
Origination rate55.8%
Home-purchase share60.5%
Average application loan$262,839
Total application loan amount$44,801,906
National application rank#2,550 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 40.8% YoY; originations 21.5% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography.
This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation.
Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded.
Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.
Texas Current Housing Market
Current housing market in Central College Station
A current-market snapshot based on active sale listings observed in the certified National Data System Texas housing refresh.
124
Active listings observed
$332,000
Median asking price
$188.85
Median asking price / sq. ft.
74.0
Median days on market
1,760 sq. ft.
Median home size
Observed asking-price range: $27,900 to $2,724,400
Newest listing observed: 2026-09-17 19:00:00-05:00
How this current-market geography is determined
Coverage basis: Exact neighborhood matches plus strong Census Block Group associations.
44 exact polygon matches; 80 strong supplemental associations. Exact Zillow polygon membership and supplemental Census Block Group association remain separate in the governed data. Supplemental associations are not represented as exact Zillow polygon membership.
Current listing observations are separate from BestNeighborhoodsUSA rankings and do not change neighborhood scores, ranks, historical Zillow trends, Census measures, or HMDA mortgage intelligence.