Rents are 7% below what Missouri City'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 $2,112 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 Missouri City usually run 0.6% below trend in February and 0.6% above it in July, about $25 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Missouri City is 1.8% below its high of $2,150 in November 2025, at $2,112 as of September 2026.
Rent in Missouri City changed -1.4% over the year to September 2026. Across the 224 Texas cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.0%.
Rent in Missouri City is 26.5% 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 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($94,390) is $2,360 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,125); a 3-bedroom is $2,830.
Stafford, 5 miles away, rents for 26% less ($1,568/mo), about $6,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Missouri City. 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
Missouri City, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 41.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Missouri City, TX has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in Missouri City, TX paid around $1,760 a month. That figure now sits near $2,112, up 20.0% from the 2021 baseline. Census figures show median household income at $94,390 today, compared with $88,426 five years earlier. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show Missouri City, TX adding about 2,876 residents over the five-year window, up 3.9% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 44.2% to 41.8% across the same window. The combined trend lines point to a market that has changed measurably from where it stood in early 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Missouri City is $2,112/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,705/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,125/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,780/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,830/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($94,390/yr), Missouri City ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.4% over the past year.
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