Waxahachie, TX Housing Market — 1,160 Homes Sold (September 2025 – September 2026)
Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 48 days to find a buyer.
Waxahachie market at a glance
- Homes sold (12 months): 1,160
- Median sale price: $420,000 (about $2,389/month with 10% down at a 6.5% 30-year rate, principal & interest)
- Median price per square foot: $183
- Median days on market (list to contract): 48; 12.4% went under contract within a week
- Sold over asking: 14.8% · Sold under asking: 55.3%
- Typical home: 4 bed, 2,356 sqft, built 2020, mostly Waxahachie ISD
- Price range of sales: $31,025 – $6,900,000
- On the market right now: 412 active listings, 132 under contract, 4.3 months of supply, median asking $499,000
- How buyers paid: Conventional 42.2%, FHA 29.2%, VA 15.7%, Cash 10.7%, Other 2.2%
- Seller contributions: 64.3% of sellers chipped in, typically $10,000
- Contract to close: about 30 days
- Median rent (same home types, 303 closed leases): $2,275/month — owning the median home runs about $2,389/month principal & interest with 10% down
- HOA: 62.1% of sales had a mandatory HOA, typically $45/month
- New construction: 39.7% of sales, median $454,961 vs $375,000 resale
Five-year price history in Waxahachie
Median sale price by quarter: 2022 Q1: $356,950 · 2023 Q1: $379,990 · 2024 Q1: $411,900 · 2025 Q1: $393,490 · 2026 Q1: $435,000 · 2026 Q3: $439,950.
Median price by elementary school zone
- Shackelford: 173 sales, median $429,990, $175/sqft
- Ray: 146 sales, median $382,500, $179/sqft
- Wedgeworth: 142 sales, median $398,847, $183/sqft
- Max H Simpson: 136 sales, median $424,950, $171/sqft
- Margaret Felty: 113 sales, median $399,777, $172/sqft
- Oliver Clift: 109 sales, median $385,000, $198/sqft
- Dunaway: 93 sales, median $565,000, $218/sqft
- Northside: 68 sales, median $282,500, $173/sqft
- Marvin: 55 sales, median $311,000, $184/sqft
- Maypearl: 50 sales, median $587,250, $221/sqft
- Palmer: 23 sales, median $499,900, $214/sqft
- Longbranch: 14 sales, median $692,500, $217/sqft
Pricing right vs. cutting the price in Waxahachie
Sellers who held their original asking price sold in 17 days at 100% of ask. Sellers who overpriced and later cut took 89 days and kept 92.9% of the original ask — roughly $30,900 left on the table on a typical Waxahachie listing.
Most active Waxahachie neighborhoods
- Dove Hollow: 100 sales, median $413,990, 49 days on market
- Saddlebrook Estates: 63 sales, median $313,490, 18 days on market
- Myrtle Creek: 62 sales, median $515,027, 115 days on market
- Sheppard's Place: 29 sales, median $430,000, 104 days on market
- Ridge Crossing: 25 sales, median $539,990, 80 days on market
- Town: 22 sales, median $236,500, 53 days on market
- Oaks of North Grove: 22 sales, median $455,000, 96 days on market
- Sunrise at Garden Valley: 14 sales, median $504,650, 93 days on market
- The Arbor At Willow Grove: 13 sales, median $340,000, 21 days on market
- The Retreat at North Grove 60: 13 sales, median $449,000, 148 days on market
Nearby markets
Midlothian · Ennis · Red Oak · Ferris · Ovilla · Palmer · Maypearl · Italy
Common questions
Is now a good time to buy in Waxahachie? Buyers hold the cards: most homes sell under asking and take about 48 days to find a buyer.
What does the typical Waxahachie home cost? $420,000 — about $183 per square foot, or roughly $2,389/month with 10% down before taxes and insurance.
How fast do homes sell in Waxahachie? The typical home went under contract in 48 days; 12.4% sold within the first week.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Waxahachie? The median Waxahachie lease ran $2,275/month this year, while principal and interest on the median $420,000 home is roughly $2,389/month with 10% down, before taxes and insurance.
Source: NTREIS MLS closed sales, September 3 2025 – September 3 2026. Aggregate data only — Texas is a non-disclosure state. Compiled by Pax Realty (Ryan Storch, Broker). Explore all 186 cities · Full dataset · Book a strategy call · Call/text (972) 974-1821.