Round Top, Texas
2026 Edition · 8 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 5.6% since 2020.
95
people, the 1200th-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
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The workday
Nearly every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.
99.0%
of 307 jobs located in Round Top are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $977 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Fayette County.
- $697 Tract 9707
- $1,674 Tract 9702
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Building
64% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 3 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 64% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0–4% to the 84 homes here.
0–3
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 201% more than Texas's.
$854,200
median home value in Round Top.
- $854,200 Round Top
- $283,800 Texas
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year