A water well in Texas costs about $9,000 to $21,500 at the typical depth, and the county changes it most

At the Texas median depth of 250 feet, a complete home well would cost roughly $9,000 to $21,500 by TerraFunded's estimate. At each county's own median depth, the estimate runs from $3,500 to $8,500 in Wichita County (36 feet) to $30,000 to $72,500 in McLennan County (1,100 feet). The estimate is depth times $25 to $60 per foot, plus $2,500 to $6,500 for the pump and equipment. It is not a quote.

Updated every day from Texas Water Development Board driller reports. Last update: November 11, 2026, using the state file of November 10, 2026.

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The figures

Texas, at the median depth: $9,000 to $21,500; 250 feet
Highest county estimate: McLennan: $30,000 to $72,500; 1,100 feet
Lowest county estimate: Wichita: $3,500 to $8,500; 36 feet
Per foot drilled: $25 to $60; drilling, casing and seal
Pump and equipment: $2,500 to $6,500

Estimated cost in every county

Cost at the county's median depth, and at the depth 3 of every 4 wells stay under. TerraFunded's estimate, not a quote. Tap a heading to sort.

County	Median depth (ft)	Cost at the median	Depth 3 of 4 wells stay under (ft)	Cost at that depth	Wells
McLennan	1,100	$30,000 to $72,500	1,180	$32,000 to $77,500	88
Collin	1,020	$28,000 to $67,500	1,424	$38,000 to $92,000	50
Terrell	716	$20,500 to $49,500	870	$24,500 to $58,500	54
Kleberg	660	$19,000 to $46,000	700	$20,000 to $48,500	33
Webb	640	$18,500 to $45,000	680	$19,500 to $47,500	92
Bell	560	$16,500 to $40,000	840	$23,500 to $57,000	517
Hartley	554	$16,500 to $39,500	590	$17,500 to $42,000	97
Williamson	553	$16,500 to $39,500	710	$20,500 to $49,000	1,229
Kerr	540	$16,000 to $39,000	660	$19,000 to $46,000	955
Medina	535	$16,000 to $38,500	820	$23,000 to $55,500	800
Zavala	520	$15,500 to $37,500	716	$20,500 to $49,500	39
Dallam	515	$15,500 to $37,500	545	$16,000 to $39,000	97
Bandera	510	$15,500 to $37,000	640	$18,500 to $45,000	1,042
Hays	510	$15,500 to $37,000	680	$19,500 to $47,500	1,086
Bexar	500	$15,000 to $36,500	694	$20,000 to $48,000	810
Cooke	500	$15,000 to $36,500	565	$16,500 to $40,500	639
Dimmit	500	$15,000 to $36,500	560	$16,500 to $40,000	63
Zapata	500	$15,000 to $36,500	590	$17,500 to $42,000	51
Camp	492	$15,000 to $36,000	550	$16,500 to $39,500	41
Hansford	485	$14,500 to $35,500	540	$16,000 to $39,000	46
Comal	484	$14,500 to $35,500	600	$17,500 to $42,500	1,255
Bosque	480	$14,500 to $35,500	720	$20,500 to $49,500	403
Coryell	480	$14,500 to $35,500	591	$17,500 to $42,000	276
Hamilton	475	$14,500 to $35,000	552	$16,500 to $39,500	507
Moore	475	$14,500 to $35,000	520	$15,500 to $37,500	177
Upshur	474	$14,500 to $35,000	560	$16,500 to $40,000	224
Roberts	470	$14,500 to $34,500	566	$16,500 to $40,500	115
Wood	464	$14,000 to $34,500	544	$16,000 to $39,000	265
Henderson	460	$14,000 to $34,000	620	$18,000 to $43,500	603
Somervell	460	$14,000 to $34,000	580	$17,000 to $41,500	140
Starr	460	$14,000 to $34,000	492	$15,000 to $36,000	46
Lee	458	$14,000 to $34,000	589	$17,000 to $42,000	284
Freestone	450	$14,000 to $33,500	530	$16,000 to $38,500	252
Gray	450	$14,000 to $33,500	536	$16,000 to $38,500	106
Sherman	450	$14,000 to $33,500	510	$15,500 to $37,000	40
Morris	445	$13,500 to $33,000	494	$15,000 to $36,000	75
Travis	445	$13,500 to $33,000	628	$18,000 to $44,000	969
Hopkins	444	$13,500 to $33,000	561	$16,500 to $40,000	128
Anderson	442	$13,500 to $33,000	640	$18,500 to $45,000	264
Titus	441	$13,500 to $33,000	499	$15,000 to $36,500	70
Denton	440	$13,500 to $33,000	540	$16,000 to $39,000	888
Van Zandt	440	$13,500 to $33,000	520	$15,500 to $37,500	935
Robertson	438	$13,500 to $33,000	516	$15,500 to $37,500	372
Leon	435	$13,500 to $32,500	558	$16,500 to $40,000	364
Cherokee	433	$13,500 to $32,500	565	$16,500 to $40,500	384
Brooks	431	$13,500 to $32,500	559	$16,500 to $40,000	34
Smith	430	$13,500 to $32,500	562	$16,500 to $40,000	398
Galveston	424	$13,000 to $32,000	580	$17,000 to $41,500	988
Milam	422	$13,000 to $32,000	550	$16,500 to $39,500	328
Ellis	420	$13,000 to $31,500	760	$21,500 to $52,000	157
Frio	420	$13,000 to $31,500	460	$14,000 to $34,000	251
Nacogdoches	420	$13,000 to $31,500	550	$16,500 to $39,500	268
Ochiltree	420	$13,000 to $31,500	460	$14,000 to $34,000	52
Franklin	418	$13,000 to $31,500	503	$15,000 to $36,500	50
Kendall	413	$13,000 to $31,500	570	$17,000 to $40,500	1,214
Blanco	410	$13,000 to $31,000	505	$15,000 to $37,000	1,172
Crockett	410	$13,000 to $31,000	490	$15,000 to $36,000	33
Matagorda	410	$13,000 to $31,000	465	$14,000 to $34,500	593
Rusk	408	$12,500 to $31,000	480	$14,500 to $35,500	370
Culberson	407	$12,500 to $31,000	654	$19,000 to $45,500	39
Parmer	406	$12,500 to $31,000	441	$13,500 to $33,000	84
Orange	405	$12,500 to $31,000	456	$14,000 to $34,000	651
Gregg	401	$12,500 to $30,500	450	$14,000 to $33,500	126
Carson	400	$12,500 to $30,500	590	$17,500 to $42,000	81
Edwards	400	$12,500 to $30,500	440	$13,500 to $33,000	445
Hutchinson	400	$12,500 to $30,500	500	$15,000 to $36,500	33
Johnson	400	$12,500 to $30,500	514	$15,500 to $37,500	1,110
Karnes	400	$12,500 to $30,500	500	$15,000 to $36,500	264
Val Verde	400	$12,500 to $30,500	475	$14,500 to $35,000	155
Atascosa	380	$12,000 to $29,500	450	$14,000 to $33,500	573
Jeff Davis	380	$12,000 to $29,500	527	$15,500 to $38,000	88
Reagan	380	$12,000 to $29,500	496	$15,000 to $36,500	96
Real	380	$12,000 to $29,500	680	$19,500 to $47,500	244
Wilson	380	$12,000 to $29,500	424	$13,000 to $32,000	1,026
Castro	378	$12,000 to $29,000	403	$12,500 to $30,500	97
Jim Wells	378	$12,000 to $29,000	480	$14,500 to $35,500	606
Erath	375	$12,000 to $29,000	417	$13,000 to $31,500	1,557
Marion	375	$12,000 to $29,000	442	$13,500 to $33,000	80
Cass	370	$12,000 to $28,500	460	$14,000 to $34,000	379
Madison	366	$11,500 to $28,500	440	$13,500 to $33,000	372
Brazoria	363	$11,500 to $28,500	463	$14,000 to $34,500	3,487
Brewster	363	$11,500 to $28,500	578	$17,000 to $41,000	198
Floyd	363	$11,500 to $28,500	402	$12,500 to $30,500	36
Brazos	360	$11,500 to $28,000	460	$14,000 to $34,000	235
Duval	360	$11,500 to $28,000	422	$13,000 to $32,000	154
Gonzales	360	$11,500 to $28,000	440	$13,500 to $33,000	518
Hill	360	$11,500 to $28,000	500	$15,000 to $36,500	357
Hood	360	$11,500 to $28,000	420	$13,000 to $31,500	967
Jim Hogg	360	$11,500 to $28,000	450	$14,000 to $33,500	269
La Salle	360	$11,500 to $28,000	435	$13,500 to $32,500	57
Limestone	360	$11,500 to $28,000	455	$14,000 to $34,000	375
McMullen	360	$11,500 to $28,000	539	$16,000 to $39,000	54
Sutton	360	$11,500 to $28,000	400	$12,500 to $30,500	127
Burleson	352	$11,500 to $27,500	495	$15,000 to $36,000	648
Burnet	350	$11,500 to $27,500	460	$14,000 to $34,000	2,625
Houston	349	$11,000 to $27,500	428	$13,000 to $32,000	278
Lampasas	346	$11,000 to $27,500	420	$13,000 to $31,500	399
Crosby	344	$11,000 to $27,000	355	$11,500 to $28,000	42
Randall	344	$11,000 to $27,000	480	$14,500 to $35,500	3,866
Presidio	343	$11,000 to $27,000	482	$14,500 to $35,500	60
Grayson	340	$11,000 to $27,000	425	$13,000 to $32,000	372
Harrison	340	$11,000 to $27,000	420	$13,000 to $31,500	404
Tarrant	340	$11,000 to $27,000	400	$12,500 to $30,500	1,714
Deaf Smith	330	$11,000 to $26,500	364	$11,500 to $28,500	185
Bastrop	328	$10,500 to $26,000	440	$13,500 to $33,000	874
Oldham	322	$10,500 to $26,000	328	$10,500 to $26,000	54
Hidalgo	320	$10,500 to $25,500	505	$15,000 to $37,000	105
Schleicher	308	$10,000 to $25,000	383	$12,000 to $29,500	92
Lipscomb	305	$10,000 to $25,000	380	$12,000 to $29,500	100
Hale	304	$10,000 to $24,500	335	$11,000 to $26,500	221
Mills	300	$10,000 to $24,500	420	$13,000 to $31,500	221
Upton	300	$10,000 to $24,500	360	$11,500 to $28,000	59
Uvalde	300	$10,000 to $24,500	470	$14,500 to $34,500	403
Hudspeth	297	$10,000 to $24,500	580	$17,000 to $41,500	44
Potter	297	$10,000 to $24,500	315	$10,500 to $25,500	890
Grimes	295	$10,000 to $24,000	374	$12,000 to $29,000	1,117
Hemphill	290	$10,000 to $24,000	390	$12,500 to $30,000	36
San Saba	285	$9,500 to $23,500	420	$13,000 to $31,500	253
Nueces	280	$9,500 to $23,500	323	$10,500 to $26,000	289
Trinity	274	$9,500 to $23,000	391	$12,500 to $30,000	136
Armstrong	270	$9,500 to $22,500	303	$10,000 to $24,500	104
Fayette	265	$9,000 to $22,500	365	$11,500 to $28,500	1,233
Glasscock	265	$9,000 to $22,500	315	$10,500 to $25,500	91
Shelby	263	$9,000 to $22,500	332	$11,000 to $26,500	176
Pecos	261	$9,000 to $22,000	341	$11,000 to $27,000	92
Caldwell	260	$9,000 to $22,000	340	$11,000 to $27,000	470
Fort Bend	260	$9,000 to $22,000	320	$10,500 to $25,500	2,013
Harris	260	$9,000 to $22,000	310	$10,500 to $25,000	2,261
Kimble	260	$9,000 to $22,000	340	$11,000 to $27,000	505
Rains	260	$9,000 to $22,000	364	$11,500 to $28,500	63
Reeves	260	$9,000 to $22,000	358	$11,500 to $28,000	90
Walker	260	$9,000 to $22,000	350	$11,500 to $27,500	716
Guadalupe	255	$9,000 to $22,000	340	$11,000 to $27,000	747
Hardin	255	$9,000 to $22,000	380	$12,000 to $29,500	828
Menard	252	$9,000 to $21,500	304	$10,000 to $24,500	178
Liberty	250	$9,000 to $21,500	315	$10,500 to $25,500	921
Live Oak	250	$9,000 to $21,500	365	$11,500 to $28,500	273
Crane	240	$8,500 to $21,000	245	$8,500 to $21,000	141
Gillespie	240	$8,500 to $21,000	367	$11,500 to $28,500	1,959
Parker	240	$8,500 to $21,000	320	$10,500 to $25,500	7,270
Scurry	240	$8,500 to $21,000	282	$9,500 to $23,500	128
Waller	240	$8,500 to $21,000	295	$10,000 to $24,000	1,143
Bailey	238	$8,500 to $21,000	277	$9,500 to $23,000	76
Washington	236	$8,500 to $20,500	294	$10,000 to $24,000	1,775
Calhoun	225	$8,000 to $20,000	260	$9,000 to $22,000	315
Lamb	223	$8,000 to $20,000	330	$11,000 to $26,500	124
Jack	220	$8,000 to $19,500	265	$9,000 to $22,500	760
Montague	220	$8,000 to $19,500	300	$10,000 to $24,500	1,162
Panola	220	$8,000 to $19,500	300	$10,000 to $24,500	276
Refugio	220	$8,000 to $19,500	320	$10,500 to $25,500	204
Wise	220	$8,000 to $19,500	300	$10,000 to $24,500	3,603
Hunt	216	$8,000 to $19,500	302	$10,000 to $24,500	244
Montgomery	215	$8,000 to $19,500	265	$9,000 to $22,500	3,664
Bee	212	$8,000 to $19,000	260	$9,000 to $22,000	512
Goliad	210	$8,000 to $19,000	258	$9,000 to $22,000	403
Jefferson	210	$8,000 to $19,000	238	$8,500 to $21,000	238
Young	210	$8,000 to $19,000	340	$11,000 to $27,000	184
San Jacinto	209	$7,500 to $19,000	287	$9,500 to $23,500	721
Austin	207	$7,500 to $19,000	255	$9,000 to $22,000	1,277
Cochran	205	$7,500 to $19,000	239	$8,500 to $21,000	80
McCulloch	205	$7,500 to $19,000	300	$10,000 to $24,500	113
Polk	205	$7,500 to $19,000	260	$9,000 to $22,000	807
Swisher	204	$7,500 to $18,500	228	$8,000 to $20,000	30
Briscoe	200	$7,500 to $18,500	234	$8,500 to $20,500	51
Chambers	200	$7,500 to $18,500	330	$11,000 to $26,500	329
Clay	200	$7,500 to $18,500	280	$9,500 to $23,500	244
Gaines	200	$7,500 to $18,500	229	$8,000 to $20,000	3,504
Maverick	200	$7,500 to $18,500	240	$8,500 to $21,000	72
Nolan	200	$7,500 to $18,500	280	$9,500 to $23,500	95
Palo Pinto	200	$7,500 to $18,500	280	$9,500 to $23,500	847
San Patricio	200	$7,500 to $18,500	250	$9,000 to $21,500	330
Wharton	200	$7,500 to $18,500	240	$8,500 to $21,000	1,079
Winkler	200	$7,500 to $18,500	248	$8,500 to $21,500	30
Brown	198	$7,500 to $18,500	280	$9,500 to $23,500	120
Stephens	190	$7,500 to $18,000	220	$8,000 to $19,500	48
Angelina	186	$7,000 to $17,500	271	$9,500 to $23,000	302
Jasper	185	$7,000 to $17,500	225	$8,000 to $20,000	794
Lavaca	185	$7,000 to $17,500	240	$8,500 to $21,000	1,266
DeWitt	184	$7,000 to $17,500	240	$8,500 to $21,000	576
Coke	180	$7,000 to $17,500	220	$8,000 to $19,500	99
Yoakum	180	$7,000 to $17,500	202	$7,500 to $18,500	89
Aransas	175	$7,000 to $17,000	187	$7,000 to $17,500	665
San Augustine	175	$7,000 to $17,000	264	$9,000 to $22,500	194
Lubbock	172	$7,000 to $17,000	203	$7,500 to $18,500	3,533
Llano	170	$7,000 to $16,500	220	$8,000 to $19,500	1,159
Dawson	168	$6,500 to $16,500	190	$7,500 to $18,000	140
Colorado	165	$6,500 to $16,500	210	$8,000 to $19,000	1,307
Childress	160	$6,500 to $16,000	171	$7,000 to $17,000	44
Donley	160	$6,500 to $16,000	200	$7,500 to $18,500	123
Irion	160	$6,500 to $16,000	228	$8,000 to $20,000	91
Jackson	160	$6,500 to $16,000	214	$8,000 to $19,500	381
Mitchell	160	$6,500 to $16,000	220	$8,000 to $19,500	55
Tyler	160	$6,500 to $16,000	220	$8,000 to $19,500	558
Wheeler	160	$6,500 to $16,000	205	$7,500 to $19,000	70
Comanche	158	$6,500 to $16,000	240	$8,500 to $21,000	538
El Paso	155	$6,500 to $16,000	220	$8,000 to $19,500	51
Hockley	155	$6,500 to $16,000	173	$7,000 to $17,000	677
Newton	150	$6,500 to $15,500	190	$7,500 to $18,000	388
Mason	145	$6,000 to $15,000	239	$8,500 to $21,000	551
Terry	145	$6,000 to $15,000	175	$7,000 to $17,000	453
Collingsworth	142	$6,000 to $15,000	160	$6,500 to $16,000	86
Lynn	141	$6,000 to $15,000	160	$6,500 to $16,000	432
Ector	140	$6,000 to $15,000	185	$7,000 to $17,500	2,843
Kinney	140	$6,000 to $15,000	400	$12,500 to $30,500	85
Victoria	140	$6,000 to $15,000	180	$7,000 to $17,500	1,306
Hall	139	$6,000 to $15,000	182	$7,000 to $17,500	32
Coleman	135	$6,000 to $14,500	160	$6,500 to $16,000	121
Ward	135	$6,000 to $14,500	160	$6,500 to $16,000	91
Cottle	130	$6,000 to $14,500	164	$6,500 to $16,500	36
Sabine	128	$5,500 to $14,000	180	$7,000 to $17,500	114
Concho	125	$5,500 to $14,000	180	$7,000 to $17,500	107
Sterling	120	$5,500 to $13,500	150	$6,500 to $15,500	59
Dickens	117	$5,500 to $13,500	175	$7,000 to $17,000	107
Eastland	115	$5,500 to $13,500	242	$8,500 to $21,000	207
Fisher	115	$5,500 to $13,500	138	$6,000 to $15,000	31
Tom Green	115	$5,500 to $13,500	160	$6,500 to $16,000	658
Andrews	114	$5,500 to $13,500	120	$5,500 to $13,500	413
Howard	110	$5,500 to $13,000	155	$6,500 to $16,000	325
Kent	108	$5,000 to $13,000	145	$6,000 to $15,000	73
Navarro	107	$5,000 to $13,000	210	$8,000 to $19,000	47
Garza	106	$5,000 to $13,000	139	$6,000 to $15,000	65
Borden	104	$5,000 to $12,500	188	$7,000 to $18,000	44
Archer	100	$5,000 to $12,500	200	$7,500 to $18,500	55
Hardeman	100	$5,000 to $12,500	100	$5,000 to $12,500	148
Kaufman	100	$5,000 to $12,500	120	$5,500 to $13,500	62
Midland	100	$5,000 to $12,500	120	$5,500 to $13,500	3,246
Runnels	100	$5,000 to $12,500	135	$6,000 to $14,500	99
Motley	98	$5,000 to $12,500	140	$6,000 to $15,000	41
Red River	90	$5,000 to $12,000	386	$12,000 to $29,500	71
Martin	86	$4,500 to $11,500	116	$5,500 to $13,500	824
Bowie	80	$4,500 to $11,500	180	$7,000 to $17,500	356
Taylor	80	$4,500 to $11,500	188	$7,000 to $18,000	67
Jones	76	$4,500 to $11,000	83	$4,500 to $11,500	62
Stonewall	72	$4,500 to $11,000	100	$5,000 to $12,500	38
Callahan	70	$4,500 to $10,500	128	$5,500 to $14,000	74
Cameron	66	$4,000 to $10,500	140	$6,000 to $15,000	160
Falls	65	$4,000 to $10,500	108	$5,000 to $13,000	139
Fannin	62	$4,000 to $10,000	104	$5,000 to $12,500	207
Haskell	62	$4,000 to $10,000	72	$4,500 to $11,000	67
Foard	60	$4,000 to $10,000	80	$4,500 to $11,500	48
Dallas	55	$4,000 to $10,000	90	$5,000 to $12,000	71
Knox	52	$4,000 to $9,500	55	$4,000 to $10,000	49
Baylor	40	$3,500 to $9,000	51	$4,000 to $9,500	43
Wilbarger	39	$3,500 to $9,000	52	$4,000 to $9,500	127
Wichita	36	$3,500 to $8,500	48	$3,500 to $9,500	76

What this shows and what it doesn't

This is an estimate built from published price ranges and the depth of real wells. A driller's quote depends on the rock, the casing, the pump and the distance to the house.
Trenching, the line to the house, water treatment and a dry hole are not included.
Hard rock costs more per foot than sand, so the same depth is not the same price everywhere.

Questions

How much does it cost to drill a water well in Texas?

Where in Texas is a water well most expensive?

Where wells are deepest. At their median depth the highest estimates are in McLennan County (1,100 feet, $30,000 to $72,500), Collin County (1,020 feet, $28,000 to $67,500) and Terrell County (716 feet, $20,500 to $49,500).

Sources you can check

Texas Water Development Board, Submitted Driller's Reports database. The state's own file, rebuilt every night. Direct download (we used the file of November 10, 2026, 145 MB). SHA-256: 10b60ed0d9895e735f0b2c7833b5aa39de7a56fd68454fe16b3c14684f61ea7b
Angi, How Much Does Well Drilling Cost? (2026 data, Texas $28 to $62 per foot) (price source)
77 Water Well (Texas driller), Understanding Water Well Drilling Costs in Texas (price source)
Stevens Drilling (Hill Country driller), Water Well Installation: Complete Guide (price source)
DrillerDB, Texas Private Well Guide (2026) (price source)
TWDB well report viewer: the official report of each well, one by one
TerraFunded, Texas Well Atlas dataset, archived on Zenodo. One row per well, no names, locations generalized to about 1.5 km. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.24126380.

Check it yourself

Download this page's table as a CSV (water-well-cost-by-county-texas.csv): every figure in the text is in it.
Open any county in the table. Its page lists its figures, and each well on its map opens the official report on the state's site.
For the raw data, download the state file from the TWDB link in the sources and keep the wells whose proposed use is Domestic and whose work is a new well or a replacement.
If a figure does not match, write to us with the county and the number: we correct it in the next update and say so.

How we got it

We count new and replacement domestic (home) wells with a valid depth on their report. Monitoring wells, soil borings, injection, geothermal and oilfield wells are left out. A depth under 10 feet or over 5,000 feet is treated as an entry error.

County figures use the wells finished in the last 10 years when there are at least 30; otherwise all since 2001. The median is the middle well: half are deeper, half shallower. Only counties with 30 wells or more are ranked.

Cost = depth × $25 to $60 per foot (drilling, casing and seal) + $2,500 to $6,500 (pump, pressure tank, controls, wiring at the well, permit and a first water test), rounded to the nearest $500. The price ranges were reviewed in November 2026 against the published sources listed on this page.

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How to cite this

TerraFunded (2026). "A water well in Texas costs about $9,000 to $21,500 at the typical depth, and the county changes it most." Texas Well Atlas. From the Texas Water Development Board, Submitted Driller's Reports database (state file of November 10, 2026). https://terrafunded.com/wells/findings/water-well-cost-by-county-texas. License CC BY 4.0. Dataset: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24126380.

Free to use with credit under CC BY 4.0. Journalists: write to us for any county's figures.

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