Rents are 13% below what Winter Garden's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,352 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in Winter Garden usually run 0.6% below trend in December and 0.8% above it in August, about $33 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Winter Garden is 1.3% below its high of $2,383 in December 2024, at $2,352 as of September 2026.
Rent in Winter Garden changed -0.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 270 Florida cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Winter Garden rose 42.5% while median household income rose 44.4% ($73,739 to $106,495). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Winter Garden is 39.7% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 7 months in a row, and rose in 4 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($106,495) is $2,662 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,260); a 3-bedroom is $2,870.
Clermont, 9 miles away, rents for 14% less ($2,013/mo), about $4,100 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Winter Garden. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Winter Garden, FL is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 46.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Winter Garden, FL has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Winter Garden, FL paid around $1,773 a month. That figure now sits near $2,352, up 32.7% from the 2021 baseline. Census figures show median household income at $106,495 today, compared with $90,157 five years earlier. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Winter Garden, FL adding about 1,894 residents over the five-year window, up 4.1% on net. The renter share has risen from 29.9% to 34.3%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 41.4% to 46.1% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Winter Garden is $2,352/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,890/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,260/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,990/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,870/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($106,495/yr), Winter Garden ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.6% over the past year.
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