Rents are right about where Lake Jackson's 10-year trend predicts.
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 $1,402 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
Rent in Lake Jackson is 1.1% below its high of $1,418 in July 2026, at $1,402 as of September 2026.
Rent in Lake Jackson changed +1.7% over the year to September 2026. Across the 224 Texas cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.0%.
Rent has fallen 2 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($90,938) is $2,273 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 4-bedroom ($2,220).
Clute, 5 miles away, rents for 41% less ($825/mo), about $6,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Lake Jackson. 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
Lake Jackson, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 27.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Lake Jackson, TX has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Lake Jackson, TX paid around $1,276 a month. That figure now sits near $1,402, up 9.9% from the 2022 baseline. Median household income climbed from $86,782 to $90,938 between 2021 and 2024, a 4.8% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 32.2% to 27.8% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in Lake Jackson, 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 Lake Jackson is $1,402/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,000/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,320/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,190/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,760/mo.
At 19% of local median household income ($90,938/yr), Lake Jackson ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.7% over the past year.
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At $1,402/mo, rent takes ~19% of Lake Jackson's median household income ($90,938/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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