Rents are 3% below what Beaumont'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 $1,287 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
February. Asking rents in Beaumont usually run 0.6% below trend in February and 0.9% above it in May, about $19 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Beaumont is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in Beaumont changed +2.0% over the year to September 2026. Across the 224 Texas cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.0%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Beaumont rose 23.8% while median household income rose 12.6% ($50,632 to $56,997). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Beaumont is 28.3% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 3 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($56,997) is $1,425 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,140); a 3-bedroom is $1,492.
The priciest of 5 ZIP codes in Beaumont, 77706 ($1,419/mo), costs 1.5 times the cheapest, 77701 ($931/mo).
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Beaumont. 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
Beaumont, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income below the national average, 24.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Beaumont, TX has changed in 5 years
Rent in Beaumont, TX has increased 25.1% since 2021, going from about $1,029 per month to roughly $1,287 today. Census figures show median household income at $56,997 today, compared with $49,765 five years earlier. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 10.6 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 115,013 to 113,279 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.5% change. 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 Beaumont is $1,287/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $922/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,140/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $940/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,492/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($56,997/yr), Beaumont ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.0% over the past year.
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