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July 28, 2026· Updated October 3, 2026
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Princeton, TX Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

What homes actually sell for in Princeton: a median closing price of $304,990 across 270 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, plus the full price spread and a ZIP-level breakdown.

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Princeton, TX Housing Market 2026: What Homes Actually Sell For

Princeton closes a lot of homes into a narrow band, which makes its median unusually informative: sales over the last six months land close together, so the citywide number is a real anchor rather than an average of extremes.

The snapshot

  • •Closings tracked, last 6 months: 270
  • •Median sold price, last 6 months: $304,990
  • •Median sold $/sqft, last 6 months: $157
  • •Middle half of sales closed between: $273,490 and $339,900
One thing to know about Texas data: Texas is a non-disclosure state, which means sale prices are not public record. The sold figures above come from closings Resideline tracked directly.

What the numbers say

Resideline tracked 270 closed sales in Princeton over the last six months, with a median closing price of $304,990. That median is the midpoint of what buyers actually paid, not what sellers hoped to get, which is why it moves differently from the asking prices you see on listing sites. The middle half of those sales closed between $273,490 and $339,900. That spread matters more than the headline median: where a specific property sits inside it decides whether the citywide number helps you or misleads you. These are the closings Resideline tracks and may differ from complete county or municipal records. 98% of the Princeton closings we track here are single-family houses, so these figures primarily reflect that segment, and the citywide $/sqft figure primarily reflects that segment as well. Across the 269 closings with usable living area, the middle half sold between $142 and $174 per square foot.

Figures last updated October 3, 2026 from closings Resideline tracked.

Median home price in Princeton, TX (October 2026)

The median home price in Princeton is $304,990, measured across the 270 closed sales Resideline tracked over the last six months. The middle half of those sales closed between $273,490 and $339,900.

Where Princeton sale prices land

What homes actually sell for in Princeton
Closed sale prices over the last six months. Middle half of sales: $273k to $340k
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$230k to $256k: 24 sales$230k$256k to $282k: 55 sales55sales$282k to $309k: 46 sales$282k$309k to $335k: 43 sales$335k to $361k: 39 sales$335k$361k to $387k: 15 sales$387k to $413k: 13 sales$387k$413k to $440k: 4 salesMedian $305k

Medians hide the shape of a market. The distribution above covers the closed sales Resideline tracked in Princeton over the last six months that carry a usable sale date, trimmed to the 5th through 95th percentile, with the middle half of sales closing between $273,490 and $339,900. Among the 129 Texas markets with a published band, Princeton's middle-half spread ($273,490 to $339,900) ranks 4th from the narrowest. Where your target property sits inside that spread matters more than the citywide median.

Median sold price per square foot
Princeton monthly medians for the complete months inside the last six months, May 2026 to Sep 2026, among qualifying closings with usable living area. 5 months plotted.
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May 2026: $157 per square foot across 45 sales$157MayJun 2026: $164 per square foot across 71 sales$164JunJul 2026: $155 per square foot across 53 sales$155JulAug 2026: $156 per square foot across 43 sales$156AugSep 2026: $147 per square foot across 28 sales$147Sep

How long a sale takes here

  • •Listed to under contract: a median of 51 days, across 233 Princeton closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
  • •Contract to closing: a median of 27 days, across 230 Princeton closings Resideline tracked in the last six months
Both are measured from the closings themselves, not from listing inventory. Each sale is timed using its own listing and contract dates. That is why these counts are smaller than the 270 closings above: a sale is counted here only when we hold both of its dates.

The Princeton angle

Princeton has one of the most compressed closed-price bands we track, in the bottom ten percent for spread, and the middle half is almost perfectly balanced around the midpoint. Across 270 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $304,990, and the middle half of sales closed between $273,490 and $339,900. In a market this uniform the median is a legitimate first estimate, and the analytical work shifts almost entirely to identifying what would make your subject atypical.

Princeton market data by ZIP code

Citywide medians hide block-by-block variation. Resideline publishes free, regularly refreshed market snapshots for Princeton ZIP codes: 75407.

From market read to offer price

A tight market makes the next step easier: the citywide anchor sits close to most homes, and a report only has to explain the gap. The decision still comes down to one property and one number: what it is actually worth and what you should pay. Every Resideline report opens with this same market snapshot for the subject's exact ZIP code, then gives you the property's value, the sold comps behind it, and a market rent estimate. Pricing a specific deal? The free ARV calculator, rehab cost estimator, BRRRR calculator and rental property calculator run the numbers in about a minute.

And we show our work. Every estimate is frozen while the home is for sale, so it cannot be revised once the sale price is known. Grading it is a different matter in Texas: because sale prices are not public record here, a confirmed closing price reaches us for only a small share of Texas homes, and most Texas estimates stay frozen and ungraded. The accuracy scoreboard is therefore a national record rather than a Texas one. See the live accuracy dashboard for the receipts, or read how the Area Market Snapshot works.

Run any Princeton address through Resideline and you will see the local market and the property's value together, in one report.

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Source: Resideline Market Watch
Market: Princeton, TX
Geography: incorporated municipality, Census place 4859576
Data updated: October 2026
Analysis period: last six months
Tracked closings: 270
Median sold price: $304,990
Median sold $/sqft: $157 (269 qualifying)
Property mix: 98% houses
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The local market statistics in this report are calculated from closed sales tracked by Resideline. Transaction coverage may differ from complete county or municipal records.

Every local market figure on this page is computed from closed sales Resideline tracked in Princeton over the last six months, and is refreshed when the data is.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the median home price in Princeton?

The median sold price in Princeton over the last 6 months is $304,990, measured across 270 closings Resideline tracked.

How many homes sold in Princeton last month?

Resideline has tracked 29 closed sales in Princeton in September 2026 so far, out of 270 closings tracked over the last six months. The most recent month keeps filling in for several weeks as closings are recorded, so this count will rise. These are tracked samples of market activity, not official county totals.

What is the typical sale price range in Princeton?

The middle half of Princeton sales over the last six months closed between $273,490 and $339,900, with a median of $304,990.

What is the typical price per square foot in Princeton?

Among qualifying Princeton closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median sold price per square foot was $157, measured across 269 sales with usable living area. Median is used rather than average because outliers distort the mean.

Why do Princeton, TX valuations come out so consistent?

Because the closed prices themselves are consistent, with a spread among the tightest ten percent of markets we track. Across 270 closings Resideline tracked over the last six months, the median closed sale price was $304,990 and the middle half of sales closed between $273,490 and $339,900. Consistency is an advantage, but it also means a genuine outlier will look ordinary to anything leaning on the citywide midpoint, so check the subject against matched comps before you trust a tidy number.

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