Rents are 8% below what Farmers Branch's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
Bedroom figures are derived from HUD Fair Market Rents and scaled to match Farmers Branch's market median, because the published HUD values all ran above it. They are gross rents that include essential utilities (electricity, water, gas, sewer, trash).
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in Farmers Branch usually run 0.4% below trend in December and 0.5% above it in March, about $15 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in Farmers Branch is 2.6% below its high of $1,708 in July 2022, at $1,663 as of September 2026.
Rent in Farmers Branch 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 Farmers Branch rose 17.6% while median household income rose 22.5% ($74,464 to $91,186). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Farmers Branch is 17% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 6 months in a row, and rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($91,186) is $2,280 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,110); a 3-bedroom is $2,640.
Bedford, 15 miles away, rents for 19% less ($1,340/mo), about $3,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Farmers Branch. 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
Farmers Branch, TX is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 52.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Farmers Branch, TX has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Farmers Branch, TX has climbed by $204 per month, settling near $1,663 after starting the period at $1,459. Household income in the area moved from $77,306 to $91,186 across the same window, up 18.0% versus 2021. Income growth outran rent by about 4.0 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Headcount in the area went from 36,091 to 36,645 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.5% change. About 57.6% of households rent today, against 50.1% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 42.8% to 52.8%. Reading these numbers side by side helps frame whether current listings in Farmers Branch, TX look reasonable against where the market sat half a decade ago.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Farmers Branch is $1,663/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,253/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,546/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,319/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,934/mo.
At 22% of local median household income ($91,186/yr), Farmers Branch ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.3% over the past year.
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