Rents are 9% below what Converse'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 $1,660 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
January. Asking rents in Converse usually run 0.7% below trend in January and 0.5% above it in May, about $20 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Converse is 0.7% below its high of $1,672 in February 2025, at $1,660 as of September 2026.
Rent in Converse changed +0.3% 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 Converse rose 26.6% while median household income rose 29.2% ($72,911 to $94,222). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Converse is 25.1% 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 ($94,222) is $2,356 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,310); a 4-bedroom is $2,720.
Universal City, 4 miles away, rents for 28% less ($1,189/mo), about $5,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Converse. 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
Converse, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 33.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Converse, TX has changed in 5 years
Rent in Converse, TX has climbed 16.9% since 2021, going from about $1,420 per month to roughly $1,660 today. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $77,411 in 2021 to $94,222 more recently. Income growth outran rent by about 4.8 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Headcount in the area went from 27,361 to 29,607 between 2021 and 2024, a 8.2% change. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 30.7% to 33.9%. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the Converse, TX market of 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Converse is $1,660/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,350/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,820/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,490/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,310/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($94,222/yr), Converse ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.3% over the past year.
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