Rents are 4% below what Keller'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 $2,032 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
December. Asking rents in Keller usually run 1.2% below trend in December and 0.8% above it in June, about $41 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in Keller is 0.3% below its high of $2,038 in August 2026, at $2,032 as of September 2026.
Rent in Keller changed +3.9% 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 Keller rose 31.4% while median household income rose 23.8% ($141,364 to $174,950). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Keller is 42.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($174,950) is $4,374 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($3,870).
North Richland Hills, 4 miles away, rents for 23% less ($1,557/mo), about $5,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Keller. 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
Keller, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 60.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Keller, TX has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Keller, TX has shifted from $1,550 to $2,032, up 31.1% since 2021. On the earnings side, the typical household in Keller, TX now reports about $174,950, up from $149,822 in 2021. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Keller, TX adding about 786 residents over the five-year window, up 1.7% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 58.3% to 60.6% across the same window. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and Keller, TX reflects that arc in its own way.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Keller is $2,032/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,930/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,400/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,060/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,180/mo.
At 14% of local median household income ($174,950/yr), Keller ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 3.9% over the past year.
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