Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 77703 1% rule Beaumont, TX $89,258 $1,188 10.39% 1.8%
2 77642 Port Arthur, TX $126,874 $1,267 7.79% 0.0%
3 77640 Port Arthur, TX $126,459 $1,250 7.71% 1.9%
4 77702 Beaumont, TX $147,683 $1,400 7.39% -1.8%
5 77707 Beaumont, TX $187,422 $1,722 7.17% 2.3%
6 77701 Beaumont, TX $103,407 $890 6.72% 1.4%
7 77619 Groves, TX $188,879 $1,563 6.46% 3.2%
8 77705 Beaumont, TX $145,249 $1,131 6.07% -1.1%
9 77611 Bridge City, TX $207,343 $1,483 5.58% 0.9%
10 77662 Vidor, TX $180,148 $1,225 5.30% -1.0%
11 77627 Nederland, TX $221,474 $1,401 4.94% 2.9%
12 77657 Lumberton, TX $281,015 $1,723 4.78% 2.8%
13 77585 Saratoga, TX $163,899 $927 4.41%
14 77651 Port Neches, TX $247,369 $1,388 4.38% 3.7%
15 77706 Beaumont, TX $245,444 $1,354 4.30% 2.6%
16 77708 Beaumont, TX $179,825 $990 4.29% 2.1%
17 77632 Orange, TX $228,213 $1,240 4.24% 1.4%
18 77656 Silsbee, TX $175,140 $909 4.05% 0.8%
19 77713 Beaumont, TX $266,819 $1,341 3.92% 2.0%
20 77374 Votaw, TX $190,813 $927 3.79%
21 77519 Batson, TX $195,884 $927 3.69%
22 77663 Kountze, TX $209,409 $918 3.42%
23 77625 Kountze, TX $220,923 $918 3.24% 0.8%
24 77622 Hamshire, TX $260,213 $1,053 3.16% 1.6%
25 77659 Sour Lake, TX $272,665 $1,098 3.14% 3.1%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →