DeWitt County presents a split price signal rather than a clear entry point. Zillow’s county median home value was $224,110 in 2026-06, down 2.60% year over year, while FHFA’s repeat-transaction HPI rose 0.75% in 2025. Those series use different methods and vintages: the HPI is not a home value, so they cannot be blended. Investors seeking durable cash flow should investigate the mismatch; buyers relying on appreciation evidence should be cautious.
Housing economics are unproven because market rent is not published. Consequently, gross yield cannot be computed. HUD’s $1,141 two-bedroom FMR is a payment standard rather than asking rent and cannot fill this gap. The effective property-tax rate is 0.86%, with a $1,469 median annual tax, creating a documented carrying-cost item against any property-level rent and insurance quote. Without measured market rent, tax coverage cannot be tested. Closed-sale comparables are also not published.
QCEW reports 6,956 annual-average covered jobs located at county workplaces, up 1.89%, and Trade, transportation, and utilities represents 24.73% of private covered jobs. This is a workplace-based covered-employment measure, not resident employment or an unemployment rate; the sector is the largest disclosed private supersector, not the whole economy. Net migration was 44 tax-return households, and movers arriving had a $9,991 higher average income than movers leaving. Investor purchase-mortgage share was 9.30% across 129 purchases, a limited but visible competitor cohort.
The dominant hazard is inland flood, and the modeled annual climate loss ratio is 0.14% of building value; it is a modeled expectation, not a property-specific loss estimate. Realtor.com listing price, active listings, days on market, price-reduced share and pending ratio are not published, preventing a read on MLS visible supply, marketing time or seller concessions. Before underwriting, obtain property-level asking rents, closed-sale comparables, flood insurance and tax bills; county-level evidence cannot establish property-level income or exposure.