Rents are 10% below what Copperas Cove'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 $1,196 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
February. Asking rents in Copperas Cove usually run 0.6% below trend in February and 0.8% above it in June, about $17 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Copperas Cove is 0.1% below its high of $1,197 in October 2025, at $1,196 as of September 2026.
Rent in Copperas Cove 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 Copperas Cove rose 45.1% while median household income rose 36.2% ($52,284 to $71,225). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Copperas Cove is 44.1% 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 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($71,225) is $1,781 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($1,520); a 4-bedroom is $1,840.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Copperas Cove. 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
Copperas Cove, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, 21.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Copperas Cove, TX has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Copperas Cove, TX has increased by $264 per month, settling near $1,196 after starting the period at $932. Median household income grew from $59,441 to $71,225 between 2021 and 2024, a 19.8% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 8.5 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 35,452 to 37,947 between 2021 and 2024, a 7.0% change. About 40.3% of households rent today, against 42.1% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Copperas Cove, 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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Copperas Cove rent by bedroom count
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Copperas Cove is $1,196/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $860/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,090/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $870/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,520/mo.
At 20% of local median household income ($71,225/yr), Copperas Cove ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.6% over the past year.
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