Rents are 7% below what Coppell'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 $2,120 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
March. Asking rents in Coppell usually run 1% below trend in March and 0.9% above it in July, about $40 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Coppell is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in Coppell 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 Coppell rose 30.9% while median household income rose 19.5% ($122,340 to $146,235). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Coppell is 29.3% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 3 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($146,235) is $3,656 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($3,610).
Lewisville, 5 miles away, rents for 27% less ($1,538/mo), about $7,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Coppell. 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
Coppell, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 69.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Coppell, TX has changed in 5 years
Rent in Coppell, TX has climbed 26.3% since 2021, going from about $1,679 per month to roughly $2,120 today. Median household income grew from $130,805 to $146,235 between 2021 and 2024, a 11.8% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 14.5 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. About 31.2% of households rent today, against 29.2% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Coppell, 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 Coppell is $2,120/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,820/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,240/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,910/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,810/mo.
At 17% of local median household income ($146,235/yr), Coppell ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.0% over the past year.
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