Rental market · ZIP 78407 · Corpus Christi, TX

ZIP 78407, Corpus Christi, TX rental market

Population 1,674 · Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX · ZIP Code Tabulation Area

Profile · ACS 2024 5-year

Not ranked

The survey value/rent margins of error are too wide (> 40%) to rank this area confidently.

It stays searchable; available government estimates remain below (data tier: Profile).

Key metrics

1,674
Population

±600 ±36% wide

$98,800
Median home value (ACS, owner-reported)

±$59,000 ±60% wide

$1,037
Median gross rent (ACS, incl. utilities)

±$130 ±12.1% moderate

12.6%
Survey gross-rent yield (proxy)

Derived from ACS estimates: no published margin of error

$47,688
Median household income

±$14,000 ±30% wide

19.8%
Rental vacancy

Derived from ACS estimates: no published margin of error

37.0%
Renter share

Derived from ACS estimates: no published margin of error

2.0%
Estimated property-tax burden

Derived from ACS estimates: no published margin of error

1958
Median year built

±4 years margin in years; a share of a year number would not mean anything

3.9%
Multifamily (5+ units)

Derived from ACS estimates: no published margin of error

Data vintage: ACS 2024 5-year. Of the 10 figures above, 5 carry the Census Bureau's published 90% margin of error, printed on the card in the figure's own units and as a share of the estimate; and 5 are ratios derived from those estimates, which the Census Bureau publishes no margin for. The bar and the band word restate that printed share in three bands: tight under ±10%, moderate ±10% to ±25%, wide ±25% and over. A median year built is given a margin in years only, because a margin stated as a share of a year number would not mean anything; the bar is full at ±40%. A wider margin does not make an area worse, only less precisely measured.

Market context

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Each point is one ACS 5-year estimate on the same 2020-Census ZCTA boundary. Adjacent releases overlap, so the release-to-release differences are not independent annual market movement.

ACS estimates by release; ± is the margin of error.
Series2017–20212018–20222019–20232020–2024
Median home value B25077$117,500 ±$46,346$131,400 ±$30,241$131,100 ±$25,873$98,800 ±$59,245
Median gross rent B25064$1,099 ±$177$1,021 ±$184$1,054 ±$221$1,037 ±$125
Population B010032,033 ±7041,796 ±7451,937 ±6691,674 ±602

ACS 2021 release

2017-2021 five-year estimate

Median home value B25077
$117,500Margin of error ±$46,346
Median gross rent B25064
$1,099Margin of error ±$177
Population B01003
2,033Margin of error ±704

ACS 2022 release

2018-2022 five-year estimate

Median home value B25077
$131,400Margin of error ±$30,241
Median gross rent B25064
$1,021Margin of error ±$184
Population B01003
1,796Margin of error ±745

ACS 2023 release

2019-2023 five-year estimate

Median home value B25077
$131,100Margin of error ±$25,873
Median gross rent B25064
$1,054Margin of error ±$221
Population B01003
1,937Margin of error ±669

ACS 2024 release

2020-2024 five-year estimate

Median home value B25077
$98,800Margin of error ±$59,245
Median gross rent B25064
$1,037Margin of error ±$125
Population B01003
1,674Margin of error ±602

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year, table-based Summary File (ZCTA geography); tables B25077 (median value), B25064 (median gross rent), and B01003 (population); estimate + margin of error. Missing releases remain gaps and are never interpolated. Home value is owner-reported; gross rent describes renter housing stock; population is a ZCTA estimate. Dollar figures are nominal.

Measured market data

Measured observations for this ZIP Code, published beside the government survey figures above rather than replacing them. They measure different things and will legitimately disagree; the reconciliation below states on which axis, one axis at a time, instead of leaving a reader to guess. ZORI does not correct the ACS rent; neither is a better version of the other. Monthly series, revised in recent months, observed 2026-08, not live.

Why two figures for apparently the same thing differ: source, vintage, methodology and geography, stated one axis at a time.
FigureACS survey estimateZillow measured index
Typical home value$98,800±$59,000, the Census Bureau’s published 90% margin of error$94,061no published margin of error
Methodology typical home valueThe median of what owners themselves estimate their own home to be worth, across owner-occupied homes only.A smoothed index of the typical value of homes in the middle tier (35th to 65th percentile) of the local stock, whether or not they sold.
SourceU.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.Zillow Economic Research public research data.
VintageACS 2024 5-year: one estimate pooled over 2020–2024. Restated once a year, not monthly, and adjacent releases overlap.Monthly series, observed 2026-08 and revised in recent months. Not live.
Geography2020 Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area 78407.USPS ZIP code 78407: a related, but not identical, area.

The index for typical home value is $4,739 lower than the survey estimate, whose own 90% margin of error is ±$59,000: the two are not separated by more than survey sampling error alone. A gap of either size is expected when the source, vintage, methodology and geography all differ, and is not evidence that either figure is wrong. Neither figure corrects the other, and no margin of error is implied for the index, which publishes none.

Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI, mid tier)$94,061
ZHVI bottom tier (5th–35th pct)$68,824
ZHVI top tier (65th–95th pct)$148,992
Market heat index38
For-sale inventory8
Measured 3-yr value growth-3.63%/yr
Measured 5-yr value growth-3.26%/yr
Measured 10-yr value growth0.50%/yr

Source: Zillow Economic Research public research data, observation month 2026-08. Zillow keys on USPS ZIP codes; this page is a 2020 Census ZCTA, related but not identical geographies, so a Zillow value is matched to this ZCTA by code and is not a statement that the two areas are the same. Zillow is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, Compounding Estates.

Underwrite with these as starting points

Opening a calculator pre-loads the ACS median owner value and median gross rent as a survey-level starting point; every calculator input is editable. Owner-occupied median value and renter median gross rent describe different housing stock: the median-valued home is not the typical rental, so this is a screen, not a listing, appraisal, asking rent, cap rate, or forecast. Bring your own entry price and rent.

ZIP Codes bordering 78407

4 ZIP Code areas share a land boundary with 78407 in the official Census 2020 ZCTA map, ordered by shared-boundary length, not ZIP-number proximity or driving distance. 2 of them are in CE’s ranked set and are listed below, each with its own Rental Investor ZIP Score, grade and national rank, read from the same published dataset as this page. The rest are counted here and searchable from the ZIP Code explorer. A neighbour’s score is a score for that area, never for 78407, and this list is ordered by border length, so it is not a ranking and no neighbour is called best.

Evidence, sources & limitations

Official geography: Corpus Christi city, Nueces County. Analytical entity: the U.S. Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) 78407, an approximation of the USPS ZIP delivery area, not its exact route boundaries. Model z3-measured-v1; data ACS 2024 5-year.

This ZIP Code area is primarily in Nueces County, overlapping Corpus Christi, by land-area overlap from the official Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files (not population or address share).

Populationsurvey ACS B01003 · ±36% margin of error
Median home value (ACS, owner-reported)survey ACS B25077 · ±60% margin of error
Median gross rent (ACS, incl. utilities)survey ACS B25064 · ±12.1% margin of error
Survey gross-rent yield (proxy)derived 12 * ACS B25064 / B25077 · no published margin of error
Median household incomesurvey ACS B19013 · ±30% margin of error
Rental vacancyderived ACS B25004 E002 / (B25003 E003 + B25004 E002) · no published margin of error
Renter sharederived ACS B25003 E003/E001 · no published margin of error
Estimated property-tax burdenderived ACS B25103 / B25077 · no published margin of error
Median year builtsurvey ACS B25035 · ±<1% margin of error
Multifamily (5+ units)derived ACS B25024 (5+ unit structures / total) · no published margin of error

Class: survey = ACS estimate (with margin of error); derived = computed from ACS. The survey gross-rent yield is a proxy (renter gross rent vs owner-occupied value, different housing stock; ACS top-codes very high values/rents) and is not a cap rate. Subscores are national percentiles among data-eligible areas; ranks are competition-ranked with deterministic ties. No vendor, listing, parcel, or school data. Not investment advice.