Salado, TX Housing Market & City Data

Explore key insights and real experiences from people who call Salado home. Use the data below as a starting point to compare and discover what makes this city a great place to live.

2,370
Population Estimate
$278,454
Median Home Value
98.4%
Employment Rate
51.1%
Bachelor's Degree+

Housing & Demographic Overview

Key insights about the community

Data as of September 2026

HOUSING DATA (September 2026)

Median Price per SqFt$245
Median Listing Price$639,500
Median Days on Market114
Active Listings104
New Listings16
Total Listings (Active + Pending)132
Avg Listing Price$779,572
Avg Listing Price Change MoM3%
Avg Listing Price Change YoY3%

HOUSEHOLD OVERVIEW

Family Size3.21
Family Dual Income48.4
Median Household Income$77,500
Median Individual Income$40,374
Home Ownership76.8%
Home Value$278,454
Median Rent$1,048
Rent Burden27.9%
Poverty5.0%

EDUCATION, GENDER & MARITAL STATUS

EDUCATION

  • No Highschool Degree or GED2.6%
  • Highschool Education19.5%
  • Some College26.8%
  • Bachelors Degree29.7%
  • Graduate Degree21.4%
  • Total College or Above51.1%
  • Stem Degree42.2%

GENDER BREAKDOWN

  • Male50.6%
  • Female49.4%

MARITAL STATUS

  • Married64.2%
  • Divorced10.6%
  • Never Married21.2%
  • Widowed3.9%

CITY DATA & AGE BREAKDOWN

CITY DATA

CitySalado
State IDTX
Population2,370

AGE BREAKDOWN

Age Group% of Population
Under 1829.3%
19–297.7%
30–3910.4%
40–498.6%
Age Group% of Population
50–5912.6%
60–6914.3%
70–7912.3%
80+5.1%

WORKFORCE, ETHNICITY & OTHER

WORKFORCE

Labor Force Participation58.7%
Unemployment Rate1.6%
Disabled12.1%

ETHNICITY

White90.4%
Black2.2%
Asian0.6%
Native American0.0%
Pacific Islander0.0%
Other3.6%
Multiple3.1%

OTHER

Hispanic15.0%
Limited English0.7%
Health Uninsured7.7%
Veteran11.9%

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Neighborhoods in Salado, TX

Get to know neighborhoods in Salado, ordered by the number of properties in the provider sample.

  • Rosewood Neighborhood Park

    Rosewood ↗

    Median asking price
    $609,000
    / sq ft
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    Active listings
    Not available
    properties in discovery sample
    10
    B

    Nearby schools · estimated

    6/10 · 2 schools

Data as of . Listing snapshots from Redfin; nearby-school rating estimates.

About these neighborhood estimates

Prices and counts describe active listings returned by the provider, excluding coming-soon and nearby search results. They are asking prices, not sold prices, and may not include every home for sale.

Nearby-school grades are FastExpert estimates from the average available ratings of unique public schools returned for sampled neighborhood properties. A: 8–10; B: 6–under 8; C: 4–under 6; D: 2–under 4; F: 1–under 2. Unrated schools are excluded. Nearby schools may not be assigned to a specific address.

Photos show identified local landmarks. Five neighborhoods are shown, ordered by property count. Median asking price breaks a tie.