At $1,699/mo, rent takes about 15% of the local median household income, comfortably within the 30% benchmark.
Rent by unit size
Bedroom figures are derived from HUD Fair Market Rents and scaled to match Sachse'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
Rent in Sachse is 1.7% below its high of $1,728 in December 2024, at $1,699 as of September 2026.
Rent in Sachse changed +0.7% 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 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($131,808) is $3,295 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,890); a 4-bedroom is $3,720.
Mesquite, 14 miles away, rents for 14% less ($1,458/mo), about $2,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Sachse. 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
Sachse, TX is majority owner-occupied, has a median income above the national average, 48.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Sachse, TX has changed in 5 years
The median rent in Sachse, TX stood at $1,632 in 2022 and currently runs about $1,699, reflecting a 4.1% increase over the period. Median household income rose from $114,593 to $131,808 between 2021 and 2024, a 15.0% shift. On paper, paychecks moved up faster than rent, which softens the affordability squeeze versus the 2021 baseline. The population has grown by 13.8% since 2021, moving from about 26,797 residents to roughly 30,491. Renters now make up 15.3% of households, compared with 8.9% five years ago. College-educated residents now make up 48.5% of adults here, versus 41.9% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Sachse, 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 Sachse is $1,699/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,285/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $1,579/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,347/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $1,976/mo.
At 15% of local median household income ($131,808/yr), Sachse ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.7% over the past year.
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