Rents are 14% below what Pflugerville's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
Bedroom figures are derived from HUD Fair Market Rents and scaled to match Pflugerville's market median, because the published HUD values all ran above it. They are gross rents that include essential utilities (electricity, water, gas, sewer, trash).
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in Pflugerville usually run 0.7% below trend in December and 0.7% above it in August, about $22 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Pflugerville is 7.5% below its high of $1,731 in May 2023, at $1,601 as of September 2026.
Rent in Pflugerville changed +0.8% 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 Pflugerville rose 25.9% while median household income rose 25.8% ($93,627 to $117,799). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Pflugerville is 17.3% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 4 months in a row, and rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($117,799) is $2,945 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,640); a 4-bedroom is $3,060.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Pflugerville. 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
Pflugerville, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 43% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Pflugerville, TX has changed in 5 years
Rent in Pflugerville, TX has increased 11.8% since 2021, going from about $1,432 per month to roughly $1,601 today. Median household income grew from $98,938 to $117,799 between 2021 and 2024, a 19.1% shift. Income growth outran rent by about 7.3 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Headcount in the area went from 64,007 to 65,971 between 2021 and 2024, a 3.1% change. About 30.1% of households rent today, against 26% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 38.1% to 43%. Taken together, the five-year picture in Pflugerville, 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 Pflugerville is $1,601/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,198/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,503/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,270/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,916/mo.
At 16% of local median household income ($117,799/yr), Pflugerville ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.8% over the past year.
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