Rents are 13% below what Boerne'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 $1,436 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 Boerne usually run 0.6% below trend in December and 0.6% above it in September, about $17 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in Boerne is 4.9% below its high of $1,510 in August 2022, at $1,436 as of September 2026.
Rent in Boerne 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 Boerne rose 29.5% while median household income rose 19.5% ($70,745 to $84,541). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Boerne is 22.1% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 2 months in a row, and rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($84,541) is $2,114 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,800); a 3-bedroom is $2,370.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Boerne. 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
Boerne, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, 47.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Boerne, TX has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Boerne, TX has shifted from $1,230 to $1,436, up 16.7% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $79,692 to $84,541 between 2021 and 2024, a 6.1% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Boerne, TX adding about 3,228 residents over the five-year window, up 18.7% on net. The renter share has eased from 39% to 35.5%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 45.6% to 47.6% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Boerne, TX reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Boerne is $1,436/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,340/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,800/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,470/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,370/mo.
At 20% of local median household income ($84,541/yr), Boerne ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 2.0% over the past year.
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