Housing in South Belt / Ellington at a glance
- Population
- about 71,859
- Housing units
- about 25,403
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $232,000Houston: $277,800 (-17%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,350 a monthHouston: $1,361 (-1%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 58.6%Houston: 42.1%
- Homes built before 1980
- 34.2%
- Median year built
- 1989
A sector of owners priced a notch under the city, South Belt / Ellington has 58.6% of households holding title, third-highest of ten and far above the Houston share of 42.1%. Owners value homes at $232,000, 17% below the city's $277,800, whereas tenants pay $1,350, almost the same as to the $1,361 for Houston. Both measures rank seventh among the ten sectors. Built mostly in later years, the stock has a midpoint house from 1989, with 34.2% of the dwellings predating 1980, so older housing is a smaller part of the picture here than in much of western Houston. Clear Lake, next door, shows a higher value at $299,000 and a somewhat smaller owner share of 54.5%. Central Southwest matches South Belt on ownership at 59% but records a lower $198,000 for value and a higher $1,610 for rent, while Greater Uptown reaches $515,000, so this south-east sector sits toward the lower end of the price range while keeping one of the largest groups of owners in the city.
Questions about South Belt / Ellington
What is the median home value in South Belt / Ellington, Houston?
$232,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $277,800 for Houston as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in South Belt / Ellington?
$1,350 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,361 in Houston (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in South Belt / Ellington own or rent?
Most own: 58.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 42.1% in Houston (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 16 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
South Belt / Ellington is one of the 10 most populous of 88 super neighborhoods of Houston: estimated population about 71,859 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Houston GIS, Super Neighborhoods (COH_Super_Neighborhoods_view), consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Houston as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in South Belt / Ellington. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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