Rents are 4% below what Ennis'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 $1,709 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
Rent in Ennis is 2.5% below its high of $1,752 in October 2025, at $1,709 as of September 2026.
Rent in Ennis changed -1.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 224 Texas cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.0%.
30% of the median household income ($75,074) is $1,877 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,520); a 3-bedroom is $1,900.
Corsicana, 17 miles away, rents for 24% less ($1,292/mo), about $5,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Ennis. 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
Ennis, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, 20.7% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Ennis, TX has changed in 5 years
Rent in Ennis, TX has climbed 5.4% since 2023, going from about $1,622 per month to roughly $1,709 today. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $61,471 in 2021 to $75,074 more recently. Income growth outran rent by about 16.7 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Headcount in the area went from 19,942 to 22,588 between 2021 and 2024, a 13.3% change. About 36.9% of households rent today, against 39.5% in 2021. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the Ennis, TX market of 2023.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Ennis is $1,709/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,230/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,520/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,290/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,900/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($75,074/yr), Ennis ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.7% over the past year.
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At $1,709/mo, rent takes ~27% of Ennis's median household income ($75,074/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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