Rents are 2% below what Bryan'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 $1,428 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
September. Asking rents in Bryan usually run 0.7% below trend in September and 0.5% above it in March, about $17 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Bryan is 0.5% below its high of $1,435 in November 2025, at $1,428 as of September 2026.
Rent in Bryan changed +0.1% 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 Bryan rose 29.2% while median household income rose 29.5% ($45,771 to $59,289). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Bryan is 33% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($59,289) is $1,482 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,216); a 3-bedroom is $1,704.
The priciest of 4 ZIP codes in Bryan, 77803 ($1,555/mo), costs 19% more than the cheapest, 77801 ($1,306/mo).
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Bryan. 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
Bryan, TX is roughly split between renters and owners, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 30.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Bryan, TX has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Bryan, TX has climbed by $312 per month, settling near $1,428 after starting the period at $1,116. Household income in the area moved from $49,181 to $59,289 across the same window, up 20.6% versus 2021. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 7.4 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 85,204 to 87,939 between 2021 and 2024, a 3.2% change. Reading these numbers side by side helps frame whether current listings in Bryan, TX look reasonable against where the market sat half a decade ago.
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Bryan rent by bedroom count
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Bryan is $1,428/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,042/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,216/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,100/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,704/mo.
At 29% of local median household income ($59,289/yr), Bryan ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.1% over the past year.
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