Rents are 11% below what Grand Prairie'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 $1,673 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
January. Asking rents in Grand Prairie usually run 0.9% below trend in January and 0.8% above it in August, about $28 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Grand Prairie is 0.4% below its high of $1,680 in December 2022, at $1,673 as of September 2026.
Rent in Grand Prairie changed +2.2% 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 Grand Prairie rose 30.4% while median household income rose 21.1% ($67,388 to $81,619). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Grand Prairie is 29.2% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 5 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($81,619) is $2,040 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,960); a 3-bedroom is $2,525.
The priciest of 4 ZIP codes in Grand Prairie, 75054 ($2,307/mo), costs 1.6 times the cheapest, 75050 ($1,468/mo).
Arlington, 6 miles away, rents for 12% less ($1,468/mo), about $2,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Grand Prairie. 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
Grand Prairie, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, 30% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Grand Prairie, TX has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Grand Prairie, TX paid around $1,389 a month. That figure now sits near $1,673, up 20.4% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $73,352 to $81,619 between 2021 and 2024, a 11.3% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Grand Prairie, TX adding about 5,891 residents over the five-year window, up 3.0% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 25.8% to 30% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Grand Prairie, 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 Grand Prairie is $1,673/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,583/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,960/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,673/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,525/mo.
At 25% of local median household income ($81,619/yr), Grand Prairie ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 2.2% over the past year.
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