Rents are 7% below what Humble'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 $1,589 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 Humble usually run 0.6% below trend in January and 0.5% above it in June, about $17 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Humble is 1.4% below its high of $1,611 in November 2025, at $1,589 as of September 2026.
Rent in Humble changed -0.4% 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 Humble rose 25.5% while median household income rose 36.2% ($41,845 to $57,011). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in Humble is 22.7% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 4 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($57,011) is $1,425 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,310); a 2-bedroom is $1,565.
Jersey Village, 19 miles away, rents for 15% less ($1,352/mo), about $2,800 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Humble. 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
Humble, TX is majority renter-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income below the national average, 17.4% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Humble, TX has changed in 5 years
The median rent in Humble, TX stood at $1,331 in 2021 and currently runs about $1,589, reflecting a 19.4% increase over the period. Household income in the area moved from $57,522 to $57,011 across the same window, down 0.9% versus 2021. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. Renters now make up 61.2% of households, compared with 63.2% five years ago. College-educated residents now make up 17.4% of adults here, versus 10.3% in 2021. Reading these numbers side by side helps frame whether current listings in Humble, 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 Humble is $1,589/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,255/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,565/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,310/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,085/mo.
At 33% of local median household income ($57,011/yr), Humble ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.4% over the past year.
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