Rents are 13% below what Bedford's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
Bedroom figures are derived from HUD Fair Market Rents and scaled to match Bedford's market median, because the published HUD values all ran above it. They are gross rents that include essential utilities (electricity, water, gas, sewer, trash).
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in Bedford usually run 1% below trend in December and 1.2% above it in May, about $29 a month apart at today's median. Based on 7 years of data.
Rent in Bedford is 3.2% below its high of $1,385 in March 2023, at $1,340 as of September 2026.
Rent in Bedford changed +0.5% over the year to September 2026. Across the 224 Texas cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.0%.
Rent in Bedford is 29.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
30% of the median household income ($83,971) is $2,099 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,755); a 3-bedroom is $2,325.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Bedford. 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
Bedford, TX is roughly split between renters and owners, 43.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Bedford, TX has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Bedford, TX has increased by $233 per month, settling near $1,340 after starting the period at $1,107. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $76,409 in 2021 to $83,971 more recently. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 11.1 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 49,576 to 49,085 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.0% change. About 49.4% of households rent today, against 47.3% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 40% to 43.5%. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the Bedford, TX market of 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Bedford is $1,340/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $987/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,224/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,050/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,621/mo.
At 19% of local median household income ($83,971/yr), Bedford ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.5% over the past year.
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