Rents are 8% below what La Porte'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 $1,640 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
March. Asking rents in La Porte usually run 1.1% below trend in March and 1.3% above it in June, about $39 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in La Porte is 1.7% below its high of $1,668 in February 2026, at $1,640 as of September 2026.
Rent in La Porte 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 La Porte rose 28.5% while median household income rose 7.3% ($75,262 to $80,753). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in La Porte is 26.9% 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 ($80,753) is $2,019 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,560); a 3-bedroom is $2,080.
Pasadena, 7 miles away, rents for 17% less ($1,361/mo), about $3,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for La Porte. 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
La Porte, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, 17.6% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How La Porte, TX has changed in 5 years
Rent in La Porte, TX has climbed 19.5% since 2021, going from about $1,372 per month to roughly $1,640 today. Median household income grew from $78,665 to $80,753 between 2021 and 2024, a 2.7% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 16.8 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 35,566 to 36,730 between 2021 and 2024, a 3.3% change. Taken together, the five-year picture in La Porte, 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 La Porte is $1,640/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,250/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,560/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,310/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,080/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($80,753/yr), La Porte ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.4% over the past year.
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