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ZIP 76556 · Milano, TX · 1,928 residents · September 2026

Milano 76556: neither side has the edge.

Fair conditions for both sides. Typical home value $367K, +1.6% over 12 months; listings take 47 days to sell against 60 in the median U.S. ZIP.

Sources beside every figure · Zillow, August 2026 · Realtor.com, September 2026 · Census ACS 2023 · FEMA NRI

Market balanceSeptember 2026

BuyersSellersEven
Balanced−4

In Mar 2026: +7

Typical value$367K+1.6% over 12 months · Zillow, Aug 2026
Days on market47 daysU.S. median ZIP 60 days · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cut25%U.S. median ZIP 20% · Realtor.com
Fair market rent$1,090/moHUD fair market rent, 2 bedrooms, FY 2026
Active listings8+167% vs a year ago · Realtor.com
Sale-to-list—No Redfin sales figure for this ZIP
HavenScore37of 100

Higher than 5% of scored ZIPs

Affordability13
Growth67
Risk48
Momentum38
Livability30

Five parts, weighted. How the score works →

The reading

Where the balance sits this month and what moved it.

Month by month, since the gauge began

  1. Mar 2026+7
  2. Apr 2026+10
  3. May 2026+11
  4. Jun 2026+11
  5. Jul 2026+2
  6. Aug 2026—no reading on record
  7. Sep 2026−4

Each block is one month’s reading, −100 (buyers) to +100 (sellers). The series starts in March 2026. A dashed block has no reading on record. How the balance is measured →

What is pulling the needle

  • 47 days on marketfaster than the U.S. median ZIP's 60 days
  • 25% of listings cut pricemore than the U.S. median ZIP's 20%
  • Sale-to-list —No sale-to-list figure for this ZIP
  • 8 active listings+167% vs a year ago

Blue pulls toward buyers, orange toward sellers. Realtor.com, September 2026; Redfin.

Cooling: prices +1.6% over the trailing year, with the market leaning toward buyers.

Asking price vs sale price
Typical value (index)$367,467Zillow ZHVI · Aug 2026
Median sale price—Redfin
Sale-to-list—Redfin
Sold above list—Redfin

Zillow's figure is a smoothed index of typical value, not a list price; Redfin's are closed sales for the month shown. A dash means Redfin has no closed-sale figure for the latest month.

Last 90 days

How the typical value and the listings moved over the last three months.

Typical valueHavenMay → Aug · Zillow
Active listingsHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Days on marketHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
Listings with a price cutHavenJun → Sep · Realtor.com
The 90-day changes for this ZIP are part of Haven.
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Prices

Typical home value since 2022, and how far it moved over each window.

1 year+1.6%
3 years−1.4%
5 years—
10 years—
From peak−12.2%

Zillow Home Value Index · ZIP 76556 · monthly, through August 2026

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Zillow ZHVI peaked at $413,447 in July 2022; the latest value is −11.1% from that peak, 49 months on. The sharpest 12-month move was −10.7%, ending July 2023.

Zillow's typical home value here, $367K in August 2026, is 27% above the median U.S. ZIP's $289K. Over the 12 months to August 2026, Zillow's typical home value moved +1.6% here and +2.8% in the median U.S. ZIP.

Price tiers and bedrooms
Bottom tier$178K
Middle tier$367K
Top tier$691K
Single-family$367K

Zillow typical values by price tier, home type and bedrooms, August 2026.

How it ranks

Appreciation by window

WindowChangePer yearU.S. rankTexas rank
1 year+1.6%+1.6%/yrHigher than 45% nationallyTop 21% in Texas
3 years−1.4%−0.5%/yrHigher than 18% nationallyHigher than 61% in Texas
Since 2022−3.5%−0.8%/yr——

Zillow ZHVI · rank among scored ZIPs

This time of year Haven
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Forecast

Where the typical value is likely to be over the next 3 to 12 months, with the range the model has earned, and up to 36 months with Pro.

Last three years, then the forecast band

HavenScore Forecast Model (v1) · run October 1, 2026
$340K$350K$370K$380K$390K$360K202420252026$340K$350K$370K$380K$390K$360K202420252026
3 months$360K−2.1% · $351K–$377KHigh confidence
6 monthsHaven
12 monthsHaven
24 monthsPro
36 monthsPro
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A forecast is a range, not a promise; the confidence word says how wide it is. How the forecast works →

Of the 3-month ranges we published since December 2025, 54% contained the actual price.

Payment

What a typical home here costs each month, against the typical income.

Monthly payment

$3,06370% of the median household income here ($52,479)
Principal and interest$2,169
Property tax$514
Insurance$172
Mortgage insurance$207

Above the 36% line lenders use for total debt, for a median earner here. Rate is the Freddie Mac average for September 2026; tax is the state's statutory rate.

Insurance uses the average homeowners premium insurers reported for this ZIP in 2022, $2,069 a year (Treasury Federal Insurance Office).

Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms$1,090
vs
Payment on a typical purchase$3,063

Buying costs $1,973 a month more than the HUD fair market rent for a 2-bedroom here (FY 2026), before tax effects and maintenance.

Price-to-income ladder

Median home value ÷ median household income · Zillow ZHVI, Census ACS · under 4× has historically been comfortable

Cost of owning over time Haven
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The place

What it costs to own here beyond the price, and what the neighborhood is like.

Median household income$52,479Census ACS
Price to income7.0×long-run average 7.2×
Property tax1.68%statutory, state
Insurance$2,069/yrtypical premium
Commute33 minmedian, one way
Walkability3 / 20EPA index
Hazard ratingRelatively ModerateFEMA NRI · wildfire 83 · flood 70
Population change+8.1% a year2018–2023, Census ACS
Median year built1987Census ACS
Owner-occupied89%Census ACS

Typical homes cost 7.0× the median household income here, against 3.7× in the median TX ZIP and 4.3× in the median U.S. ZIP (Zillow, August 2026; Census ACS 2023). Median household income is $52,479 here, against $71,388 in the median U.S. ZIP (Census ACS 2023).

Hazard ledger
Overall riskRelatively Moderatescore 74 of 100 · county median 74
Flood70 of 100county median 66
Wildfire83 of 100county median 87
Hurricane85 of 100county median 83

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release, refreshed annually · tract-level rolled up to ZIP · not a property-level rating · no future-year projection · the tick is the median of 6 scored ZIPs in Milam County.

Housing cost burden
Owners spending over 50% of income5%U.S. median ZIP 5%
Renters spending over 30% of income15%U.S. median ZIP 39%

Census ACS 2023 five-year estimates · the tick is the U.S. median ZIP.

Behind the score

The inputs behind each of the five parts, against the U.S. median ZIP.

Affordability

13

Growth

67

Risk

48

Momentum

38
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Livability

30
Walkability3 / 20EPA Smart Location DatabaseLeast walkable
Transit access—EPA Smart Location DatabaseNo transit data
Job density1 jobs per sq miCensus LODESFew jobs nearby

Nearby

2 scored Texas ZIPs within 12 miles; the ones below score within ten points and cost less.

Sources and freshness

Every figure on this page, where it came from and when.

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ZillowHome values, rents, price tiersAugust 2026
Realtor.comListings, days on market, price cutsSeptember 2026
RedfinSale-to-list, sold above list—
Census ACSIncome, commute, population, housing stock2023 five-year
FEMA National Risk IndexHazard ratingsDecember 2025 release
EPAWalkability2021
HUDFair market rent, 2 bedroomsFY 2026
Freddie MacMortgage rateSeptember 2026, monthly average
HavenScoreScore, balance, forecastScored October 1, 2026

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