Rents are 11% below what Cedar Hill's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
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Bedroom figures are derived from HUD Fair Market Rents and scaled to match Cedar Hill'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 Cedar Hill usually run 1.1% below trend in December and 0.8% above it in June, about $35 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Cedar Hill is 0.4% below its high of $1,830 in February 2025, at $1,823 as of September 2026.
Rent in Cedar Hill changed +0.6% 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 Cedar Hill rose 39% while median household income rose 40.6% ($72,463 to $101,909). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Cedar Hill is 34.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 5 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($101,909) is $2,548 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,280); a 3-bedroom is $2,860.
Duncanville, 6 miles away, rents for 17% less ($1,509/mo), about $3,800 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Cedar Hill. 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
Cedar Hill, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 35.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Cedar Hill, TX has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Cedar Hill, TX paid around $1,483 a month. That figure now sits near $1,823, up 22.9% from the 2021 baseline. On the earnings side, the typical household in Cedar Hill, TX now reports about $101,909, up from $77,703 in 2021. With wages climbing faster than rent over the same window, renters here have a bit more breathing room than they did five years back. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 30% to 35.8% across the same window. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and Cedar Hill, TX reflects that arc in its own way.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Cedar Hill is $1,823/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,375/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,694/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,442/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,125/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($101,909/yr), Cedar Hill ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.6% over the past year.
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