Putnam, Texas

Population

Growing. Up 6.1% since 2020.

70

people, the 1213th-largest of Texas's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Texas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $372.

A $372 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Callahan County.

• $648 Tract 302
• $1,020 Tract 301.01

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 81% of all homes were built before 2000

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Home value

A median home costs 81% less than Texas's.

$54,500

median home value in Putnam.

• $54,500 Putnam
• $283,800 Texas
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2015-2019. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year