Rents are 4% below what Royse 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 $2,168 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 Royse City is 1.5% below its high of $2,201 in November 2024, at $2,168 as of September 2026.
Rent in Royse City changed -0.5% over the year to September 2026. Across the 224 Texas cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.0%.
Rent rose in 4 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($116,660) is $2,917 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,380); a 3-bedroom is $2,980.
Fate, 4 miles away, rents for 11% less ($1,923/mo), about $2,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Royse City. 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
Royse City, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 28.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Royse City, TX has changed in 5 years
Rent in Royse City, TX has climbed 6.0% since 2022, going from about $2,046 per month to roughly $2,168 today. Household income in the area moved from $99,726 to $116,660 across the same window, up 17.0% versus 2021. Income growth outran rent by about 11.0 percentage points, easing the affordability math somewhat compared with 2021. Headcount in the area went from 13,512 to 20,037 between 2021 and 2024, a 48.3% change. About 16.2% of households rent today, against 14.3% in 2021. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 26.3% to 28.8%. Reading these numbers side by side helps frame whether current listings in Royse City, TX look reasonable against where the market sat half a decade ago.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Royse City is $2,168/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,930/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,380/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $2,030/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $2,980/mo.
At 22% of local median household income ($116,660/yr), Royse City ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.5% over the past year.
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