Rents are 9% below what Granbury'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 $1,578 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
October. Asking rents in Granbury usually run 0.6% below trend in October and 0.7% above it in January, about $21 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in Granbury is 0.3% below its high of $1,582 in April 2026, at $1,578 as of September 2026.
Rent in Granbury changed +1.0% 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 Granbury rose 30.1% while median household income rose 47.6% ($49,793 to $73,516). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Granbury is 34% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($73,516) is $1,838 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($1,725); a 4-bedroom is $2,190.
Benbrook, 20 miles away, rents for 21% less ($1,250/mo), about $3,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Granbury. 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
Granbury, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, 31.1% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Granbury, TX has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Granbury, TX paid around $1,301 a month. That figure now sits near $1,578, up 21.3% from the 2021 baseline. Census figures show median household income at $73,516 today, compared with $52,956 five years earlier. With wages climbing faster than rent over the same window, renters here have a bit more breathing room than they did five years back. Census counts show Granbury, TX adding about 1,683 residents over the five-year window, up 16.1% on net. The renter share has eased from 45.4% to 39.8%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 28.2% to 31.1% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Granbury is $1,578/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,085/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,380/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,160/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,725/mo.
At 26% of local median household income ($73,516/yr), Granbury ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.0% over the past year.
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