Rents are 7% below what Conroe'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 $1,567 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 Conroe usually run 1.1% below trend in December and 1.1% above it in July, about $34 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Conroe is 1.5% below its high of $1,591 in June 2024, at $1,567 as of September 2026.
Rent in Conroe 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 Conroe rose 21.3% while median household income rose 26.3% ($60,343 to $76,206). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Conroe is 18.5% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($76,206) is $1,905 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,509); a 3-bedroom is $2,011.
The priciest of 7 ZIP codes in Conroe, 77302 ($2,066/mo), costs 1.5 times the cheapest, 77304 ($1,414/mo).
Jersey Village, 28 miles away, rents for 14% less ($1,352/mo), about $2,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Conroe. 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
Conroe, TX is roughly split between renters and owners, 34.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Conroe, TX has changed in 5 years
Since 2021, the typical rent in Conroe, TX has increased from $1,380 to $1,567, a 13.6% change over five years. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $67,863 in 2021 to $76,206 more recently. The population has grown by 16.4% since 2021, moving from about 87,930 residents to roughly 102,360. Renters now make up 45.5% of households, compared with 43.5% five years ago. College-educated residents now make up 34.1% of adults here, versus 30.4% in 2021. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the Conroe, TX market of 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Conroe is $1,567/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,210/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,509/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,264/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,011/mo.
At 25% of local median household income ($76,206/yr), Conroe ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.6% over the past year.
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