Rents are 11% below what Mansfield'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 $1,707 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
February. Asking rents in Mansfield usually run 0.7% below trend in February and 0.7% above it in August, about $24 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Mansfield is 1% below its high of $1,725 in March 2025, at $1,707 as of September 2026.
Rent in Mansfield changed -0.7% 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 Mansfield rose 29% while median household income rose 21.7% ($99,510 to $121,126). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Mansfield is 27.4% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 2 months in a row, and rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($121,126) is $3,028 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,750); a 4-bedroom is $3,360.
Kennedale, 6 miles away, rents for 20% less ($1,370/mo), about $4,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Mansfield. 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
Mansfield, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 42.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Mansfield, TX has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in Mansfield, TX has shifted from $1,453 to $1,707, up 17.5% since 2021. On the earnings side, the typical household in Mansfield, TX now reports about $121,126, up from $105,579 in 2021. Census counts show Mansfield, TX adding about 6,135 residents over the five-year window, up 8.6% on net. The renter share has risen from 23.7% to 28.5%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 40.3% to 42.5% across the same window. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and Mansfield, TX reflects that arc in its own way.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Mansfield is $1,707/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,670/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,080/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,780/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,750/mo.
At 17% of local median household income ($121,126/yr), Mansfield ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.7% over the past year.
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