The Texas rental market
Texas tracks median rent across 267 cities, ranging from Clute at $816/mo to University Park at $5,161/mo. The state average of $1,704/mo runs about 13% below the national median of $1,962/mo.
Across Texas cities, rents are rising, changing an average of +2.4% over the past year. 59 of 280 tracked cities are priced above the national median, while 221 fall below it. The largest rental markets are Houston, San Antonio, Dallas.
280 cities
RankCityMedian rentYoY
1
University Park
Pop. 25,155
$5,161/mo
—
→2
South Padre Island
Pop. 2,891
$4,212/mo
—
→3
Spicewood
$3,192/mo
+1.7%
→4
Argyle
Pop. 5,371
$3,165/mo
+10.0%
→5
Aledo
Pop. 5,825
$2,847/mo
+15.4%
→6
Bellaire
Pop. 17,206
$2,836/mo
—
→7
Lakeway
Pop. 19,307
$2,680/mo
+19.4%
→8
Highland Village
Pop. 16,101
$2,583/mo
—
→9
Iowa Colony
Pop. 12,891
$2,455/mo
-4.7%
→10
Alamo Heights
Pop. 7,492
$2,450/mo
—
→11
Flower Mound
Pop. 78,389
$2,431/mo
+6.3%
→12
Dripping Springs
Pop. 7,405
$2,405/mo
+12.0%
→13
Trophy Club
Pop. 13,733
$2,384/mo
—
→14
Arcola
Pop. 1,911
$2,380/mo
—
→15
Glenn Heights
Pop. 18,096
$2,334/mo
+10.1%
→16
Friendswood
Pop. 41,030
$2,324/mo
+11.4%
→17
Bulverde
Pop. 6,486
$2,310/mo
—
→18
Little Elm
Pop. 54,820
$2,294/mo
+6.7%
→19
Brookshire
Pop. 5,495
$2,293/mo
-10.1%
→20
Lancaster
Pop. 40,820
$2,251/mo
+6.1%
→21
Rosharon
Pop. 1,737
$2,240/mo
+1.6%
→22
Liberty Hill
Pop. 8,371
$2,232/mo
-2.0%
→23
Taylor
Pop. 17,136
$2,218/mo
+23.4%
→24
Royse City
Pop. 20,037
$2,212/mo
+4.8%
→25
Justin
Pop. 5,447
$2,205/mo
+8.0%
→26
Haslet
Pop. 3,280
$2,194/mo
-4.0%
→27
Fulshear
Pop. 34,868
$2,159/mo
+5.3%
→28
Fresno
Pop. 24,560
$2,142/mo
-0.3%
→29
Seagoville
Pop. 19,352
$2,136/mo
-1.5%
→30
Missouri City
Pop. 76,558
$2,132/mo
+3.4%
→31
Fredericksburg
Pop. 11,419
$2,127/mo
—
→32
Lago Vista
Pop. 9,650
$2,122/mo
+7.0%
→33
Lavon
Pop. 6,498
$2,121/mo
-12.3%
→34
Krum
Pop. 6,189
$2,111/mo
—
→35
Cinco Ranch
Pop. 18,611
$2,092/mo
-1.5%
→36
Ferris
Pop. 3,238
$2,088/mo
—
→37
Sugar Land
Pop. 110,016
$2,068/mo
+5.4%
→38
Manvel
Pop. 14,758
$2,061/mo
+4.6%
→39
Keller
Pop. 45,976
$2,058/mo
+9.5%
→40
Midlothian
Pop. 39,356
$2,052/mo
-3.8%
→41
Cypress
$2,052/mo
+7.7%
→42
Watauga
Pop. 23,233
$2,039/mo
+0.3%
→43
Coppell
Pop. 42,154
$2,032/mo
+8.0%
→44
Prosper
Pop. 37,869
$2,021/mo
+4.4%
→45
Fate
Pop. 22,884
$2,020/mo
+0.3%
→46
Caddo Mills
Pop. 3,340
$2,020/mo
—
→47
Red Oak
Pop. 17,077
$2,018/mo
+2.0%
→48
Abilene
Pop. 128,053
$2,017/mo
+41.9%
→49
Crowley
Pop. 19,532
$2,012/mo
-3.2%
→50
Desoto
Pop. 56,211
$2,010/mo
+7.3%
→51
Celina
Pop. 34,268
$2,006/mo
+10.7%
→52
Katy
Pop. 25,184
$1,999/mo
+3.9%
→53
Northlake
Pop. 8,283
$1,998/mo
—
→54
Hallsville
Pop. 4,628
$1,998/mo
—
→55
Anderson Mill
$1,981/mo
—
→56
Venus
Pop. 6,745
$1,971/mo
+0.5%
→57
Newark
Pop. 1,177
$1,970/mo
—
→58
Forney
Pop. 31,532
$1,968/mo
+3.0%
→59
La Marque
Pop. 19,268
$1,968/mo
+12.3%
→60
Princeton
Pop. 25,229
$1,955/mo
-0.3%
→61
Saginaw
Pop. 24,970
$1,953/mo
+9.9%
→62
Willow Park
Pop. 5,874
$1,952/mo
-8.7%
→63
Melissa
Pop. 20,136
$1,949/mo
+13.8%
→64
Schertz
Pop. 44,050
$1,942/mo
+8.3%
→65
Leander
Pop. 74,067
$1,922/mo
+7.5%
→66
Rosenberg
Pop. 40,646
$1,919/mo
+9.0%
→67
Kerrville
Pop. 24,755
$1,918/mo
+6.1%
→68
Maxwell
$1,917/mo
+10.9%
→69
Wimberley
Pop. 2,891
$1,915/mo
—
→70
Montgomery
Pop. 2,489
$1,903/mo
+1.6%
→71
Crosby
Pop. 4,617
$1,900/mo
-5.6%
→72
The Colony
Pop. 45,454
$1,897/mo
-5.0%
→73
Robinson
Pop. 12,800
$1,891/mo
+1.2%
→74
Forest Hill
Pop. 14,062
$1,886/mo
—
→75
Magnolia
Pop. 4,068
$1,884/mo
+2.9%
→76
Anna
Pop. 24,330
$1,883/mo
-5.3%
→77
Wylie
Pop. 60,334
$1,879/mo
-1.6%
→78
Hockley
$1,874/mo
-5.4%
→79
Pearland
Pop. 127,514
$1,872/mo
+5.9%
→80
Frisco
Pop. 219,304
$1,852/mo
+6.7%
→81
Van Alstyne
Pop. 5,952
$1,846/mo
—
→82
Saint Hedwig
$1,844/mo
+1.2%
→83
Seabrook
Pop. 13,768
$1,843/mo
+5.4%
→84
Bastrop
Pop. 11,156
$1,837/mo
-7.2%
→85
Richmond
Pop. 12,582
$1,833/mo
+6.5%
→86
Elgin
Pop. 11,563
$1,821/mo
+0.4%
→87
Shenandoah
Pop. 3,705
$1,820/mo
-4.2%
→88
Corinth
Pop. 23,385
$1,819/mo
+2.9%
→89
Salado
Pop. 2,225
$1,818/mo
—
→90
League City
Pop. 116,215
$1,811/mo
+2.5%
→91
McKinney
Pop. 210,600
$1,806/mo
+7.4%
→92
Cedar Hill
Pop. 48,879
$1,806/mo
+13.4%
→93
Atascocita
Pop. 99,354
$1,804/mo
-2.4%
→94
New Caney
$1,803/mo
+1.9%
→95
Jarrell
Pop. 3,295
$1,796/mo
+2.0%
→96
Crandall
Pop. 4,763
$1,794/mo
—
→97
Woodway
Pop. 9,570
$1,791/mo
+5.2%
→98
Splendora
Pop. 2,131
$1,788/mo
+2.7%
→99
Aubrey
Pop. 7,396
$1,785/mo
+5.4%
→100
Willis
Pop. 6,878
$1,783/mo
+1.8%
→101
Spring
Pop. 68,580
$1,780/mo
+5.6%
→102
Burleson
Pop. 52,918
$1,780/mo
-1.7%
→103
Porter
$1,778/mo
+1.1%
→104
Grapevine
Pop. 51,139
$1,770/mo
+1.7%
→105
Tomball
Pop. 13,655
$1,764/mo
+0.3%
→106
Hutto
Pop. 35,483
$1,748/mo
+7.0%
→107
Rockwall
Pop. 51,168
$1,747/mo
-0.4%
→108
Azle
Pop. 14,126
$1,739/mo
+2.2%
→109
Channelview
Pop. 43,605
$1,738/mo
+1.5%
→110
Bacliff
Pop. 9,541
$1,738/mo
-10.0%
→111
Horizon City
Pop. 23,668
$1,737/mo
+15.9%
→112
Mansfield
Pop. 77,510
$1,736/mo
+1.6%
→113
Flint
$1,736/mo
—
→114
Round Rock
Pop. 127,786
$1,734/mo
+6.9%
→115
Canyon Lake
Pop. 33,883
$1,733/mo
+1.5%
→116
Lockhart
Pop. 15,326
$1,729/mo
—
→117
Cedar Park
Pop. 78,301
$1,728/mo
+11.8%
→118
Waxahachie
Pop. 45,347
$1,723/mo
+0.3%
→119
Lumberton
Pop. 13,963
$1,723/mo
—
→120
Plano
Pop. 290,594
$1,722/mo
-0.1%
→121
Converse
Pop. 29,607
$1,722/mo
+2.7%
→122
Spring Branch
Pop. 243
$1,722/mo
—
→123
Balch Springs
Pop. 27,255
$1,715/mo
-10.2%
→124
Belton
Pop. 24,356
$1,713/mo
+8.4%
→125
Terrell
Pop. 20,366
$1,713/mo
-2.3%
→126
Allen
Pop. 110,265
$1,703/mo
+1.5%
→127
Granbury
Pop. 12,136
$1,703/mo
+3.8%
→128
Cibolo
Pop. 35,109
$1,702/mo
+0.8%
→129
Whitehouse
Pop. 9,122
$1,696/mo
+13.3%
→130
Deer Park
Pop. 33,967
$1,695/mo
-5.2%
→131
Sachse
Pop. 30,491
$1,691/mo
-7.0%
→132
Livingston
Pop. 5,718
$1,688/mo
—
→133
Buda
Pop. 15,859
$1,683/mo
-0.8%
→134
Del Valle
$1,683/mo
+7.1%
→135
Cleveland
Pop. 8,984
$1,673/mo
+6.8%
→136
Manor
Pop. 18,603
$1,672/mo
-9.7%
→137
Pflugerville
Pop. 65,971
$1,667/mo
+2.1%
→138
La Porte
Pop. 36,730
$1,659/mo
-2.5%
→139
Richardson
Pop. 118,731
$1,657/mo
-1.8%
→140
Georgetown
Pop. 85,999
$1,657/mo
+1.1%
→141
Carrollton
Pop. 133,740
$1,656/mo
+7.1%
→142
Fairview
Pop. 10,783
$1,656/mo
-10.4%
→143
Farmers Branch
Pop. 36,645
$1,648/mo
-2.3%
→144
Kennedale
Pop. 9,439
$1,648/mo
+1.4%
→145
San Leon
Pop. 6,458
$1,648/mo
—
→146
Sanger
Pop. 9,641
$1,645/mo
-12.4%
→147
Midland
Pop. 136,640
$1,636/mo
+5.3%
→148
Alvarado
Pop. 6,307
$1,626/mo
—
→149
Fort Worth
Pop. 963,194
$1,625/mo
+4.8%
→150
Hewitt
Pop. 16,432
$1,625/mo
-6.9%
→151
Bertram
Pop. 2,037
$1,625/mo
—
→152
Ennis
Pop. 22,588
$1,622/mo
-5.1%
→153
Lake Worth
Pop. 4,829
$1,622/mo
—
→154
Grand Prairie
Pop. 201,883
$1,619/mo
+1.0%
→155
Portland
Pop. 20,543
$1,616/mo
+2.2%
→156
Irving
Pop. 256,492
$1,611/mo
+2.6%
→157
Austin
Pop. 979,539
$1,610/mo
+3.3%
→158
Mabank
Pop. 5,187
$1,606/mo
—
→159
Dallas
Pop. 1,307,930
$1,605/mo
+1.0%
→160
Alvin
Pop. 28,333
$1,603/mo
+6.7%
→161
Angleton
Pop. 19,972
$1,603/mo
—
→162
Rancho Viejo
Pop. 238
$1,600/mo
—
→163
Humble
Pop. 16,521
$1,594/mo
-3.3%
→164
Harker Heights
Pop. 34,128
$1,590/mo
+6.1%
→165
Euless
Pop. 60,421
$1,587/mo
-1.6%
→166
Addison
Pop. 17,290
$1,587/mo
+4.9%
→167
Dickinson
Pop. 21,753
$1,583/mo
-8.5%
→168
Roanoke
Pop. 10,286
$1,582/mo
+2.3%
→169
Conroe
Pop. 102,360
$1,579/mo
+5.7%
→170
Stafford
Pop. 17,401
$1,578/mo
+2.4%
→171
Brenham
Pop. 18,641
$1,570/mo
+3.7%
→172
Lewisville
Pop. 131,080
$1,569/mo
+0.5%
→173
Baytown
Pop. 85,205
$1,569/mo
+3.0%
→174
Brownsville
Pop. 189,177
$1,568/mo
+0.3%
→175
Navasota
Pop. 8,542
$1,567/mo
—
→176
New Braunfels
Pop. 104,643
$1,566/mo
-1.1%
→177
Kyle
Pop. 56,823
$1,566/mo
-1.2%
→178
Houston
Pop. 2,328,253
$1,561/mo
+0.4%
→179
Rowlett
Pop. 65,463
$1,561/mo
-8.4%
→180
Pecan Grove
Pop. 24,272
$1,561/mo
-2.7%
→181
Odessa
Pop. 115,322
$1,554/mo
-5.1%
→182
Marble Falls
Pop. 7,752
$1,551/mo
+10.5%
→183
White Settlement
Pop. 18,150
$1,550/mo
+2.1%
→184
Burnet
Pop. 6,732
$1,550/mo
—
→185
Wolfforth
Pop. 6,701
$1,547/mo
—
→186
North Richland Hills
Pop. 70,780
$1,545/mo
+3.5%
→187
Denton
Pop. 152,866
$1,533/mo
+1.0%
→188
El Paso
Pop. 680,130
$1,529/mo
+6.5%
→189
Arlington
Pop. 397,742
$1,525/mo
+3.6%
→190
Kemah
Pop. 2,168
$1,522/mo
+7.9%
→191
Duncanville
Pop. 39,683
$1,514/mo
+11.7%
→192
Weatherford
Pop. 35,788
$1,514/mo
-3.9%
→193
Garland
Pop. 246,844
$1,512/mo
-4.3%
→194
Seguin
Pop. 33,754
$1,506/mo
+14.3%
→195
Greenville
Pop. 31,222
$1,504/mo
+11.2%
→196
Boerne
Pop. 20,518
$1,501/mo
+3.0%
→197
Westworth Village
Pop. 2,643
$1,500/mo
+14.6%
→198
Bonham
Pop. 10,697
$1,492/mo
—
→199
Bridge City
Pop. 9,640
$1,483/mo
—
→200
Hudson Oaks
Pop. 2,586
$1,481/mo
+6.3%
→201
Farmersville
Pop. 4,018
$1,479/mo
—
→202
Kingsville
Pop. 24,994
$1,474/mo
+2.6%
→203
Lake Jackson
Pop. 27,974
$1,466/mo
-9.6%
→204
Hurst
Pop. 39,861
$1,458/mo
+9.5%
→205
Nolanville
Pop. 6,690
$1,456/mo
—
→206
Bryan
Pop. 87,939
$1,451/mo
+1.3%
→207
Mesquite
Pop. 515
$1,443/mo
+2.5%
→208
Denison
Pop. 25,778
$1,439/mo
-2.1%
→209
Corpus Christi
Pop. 317,419
$1,428/mo
-0.3%
→210
College Station
Pop. 124,570
$1,416/mo
-17.1%
→211
Cleburne
Pop. 34,344
$1,411/mo
+8.0%
→212
Pasadena
Pop. 149,433
$1,407/mo
+3.1%
→213
San Marcos
Pop. 70,897
$1,404/mo
+4.2%
→214
Nederland
Pop. 18,381
$1,401/mo
+14.9%
→215
Temple
Pop. 89,602
$1,400/mo
-2.2%
→216
Richland Hills
Pop. 8,493
$1,400/mo
—
→217
Del Rio
Pop. 34,668
$1,395/mo
+3.5%
→218
San Antonio
Pop. 1,479,835
$1,390/mo
+0.7%
→219
Texas City
Pop. 55,364
$1,386/mo
-14.6%
→220
Lubbock
Pop. 264,814
$1,380/mo
+0.5%
→221
Bedford
Pop. 49,085
$1,379/mo
-0.7%
→222
Benbrook
Pop. 24,557
$1,379/mo
-8.4%
→223
Haltom City
Pop. 45,767
$1,378/mo
+2.7%
→224
Wharton
Pop. 8,724
$1,375/mo
—
→225
Waco
Pop. 143,570
$1,373/mo
+2.5%
→226
Canyon
Pop. 15,723
$1,369/mo
+32.7%
→227
Mission
Pop. 87,038
$1,366/mo
-4.1%
→228
Galveston
Pop. 53,424
$1,366/mo
+1.5%
→229
Tyler
Pop. 109,215
$1,361/mo
+5.6%
→230
Lacy-Lakeview
Pop. 7,274
$1,361/mo
—
→231
Palestine
Pop. 19,136
$1,357/mo
—
→232
Webster
Pop. 12,366
$1,354/mo
-2.9%
→233
Huntsville
Pop. 47,864
$1,351/mo
+8.3%
→234
Lufkin
Pop. 34,251
$1,351/mo
+1.4%
→235
Texarkana
Pop. 35,992
$1,347/mo
+13.9%
→236
San Angelo
Pop. 99,674
$1,332/mo
+4.6%
→237
Waller
Pop. 3,108
$1,329/mo
-1.9%
→238
Rockport
Pop. 10,683
$1,325/mo
-20.9%
→239
Wichita Falls
Pop. 102,581
$1,318/mo
+10.8%
→240
Ingleside
Pop. 9,997
$1,318/mo
+0.9%
→241
Laredo
Pop. 257,619
$1,305/mo
-2.8%
→242
Jersey Village
Pop. 7,817
$1,302/mo
-1.9%
→243
Selma
Pop. 11,503
$1,297/mo
-3.9%
→244
Sherman
Pop. 46,397
$1,291/mo
-9.5%
→245
Beaumont
Pop. 113,279
$1,285/mo
+0.3%
→246
Corsicana
Pop. 25,511
$1,284/mo
+2.1%
→247
Amarillo
Pop. 201,885
$1,277/mo
+5.4%
→248
McAllen
Pop. 145,385
$1,276/mo
+1.2%
→249
Decatur
Pop. 7,426
$1,276/mo
-12.4%
→250
Freeport
Pop. 10,621
$1,275/mo
—
→251
Kilgore
Pop. 13,470
$1,271/mo
+21.9%
→252
Port Arthur
Pop. 55,828
$1,270/mo
+30.9%
→253
San Juan
Pop. 161
$1,267/mo
—
→254
Marshall
Pop. 23,825
$1,259/mo
—
→255
Killeen
Pop. 158,159
$1,258/mo
-2.9%
→256
Big Spring
Pop. 23,975
$1,233/mo
+7.3%
→257
Copperas Cove
Pop. 37,947
$1,231/mo
+1.8%
→258
Athens
Pop. 13,200
$1,221/mo
—
→259
Kemp
Pop. 1,302
$1,213/mo
—
→260
Eagle Pass
Pop. 28,339
$1,206/mo
—
→261
Paris
Pop. 24,775
$1,204/mo
—
→262
Graham
Pop. 8,792
$1,195/mo
—
→263
Victoria
Pop. 65,625
$1,189/mo
+0.3%
→264
Mineral Wells
Pop. 15,244
$1,187/mo
—
→265
Live Oak
Pop. 15,984
$1,178/mo
-5.5%
→266
Longview
Pop. 82,923
$1,177/mo
+2.1%
→267
Commerce
Pop. 9,383
$1,173/mo
+1.1%
→268
Liberty City
Pop. 2,648
$1,150/mo
—
→269
Orange
Pop. 19,177
$1,149/mo
-1.6%
→270
Pharr
Pop. 80,333
$1,144/mo
+1.6%
→271
Universal City
Pop. 20,189
$1,137/mo
+3.1%
→272
Harlingen
Pop. 72,087
$1,124/mo
-1.7%
→273
Windcrest
Pop. 5,820
$1,123/mo
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→274
Gatesville
Pop. 16,228
$1,122/mo
—
→275
Nacogdoches
Pop. 32,197
$1,110/mo
+15.2%
→276
Weslaco
Pop. 42,229
$1,085/mo
+2.8%
→277
Alton
Pop. 20,214
$1,047/mo
+2.4%
→278
Edinburg
Pop. 104,550
$1,014/mo
+2.0%
→279
Stephenville
Pop. 21,682
$899/mo
-36.9%
→280
Clute
Pop. 10,715
$816/mo
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→Texas rent questions
What is the average rent in Texas?
The average median rent across 267 tracked cities in Texas is $1,704/mo, about 13% below the national median of $1,962/mo.
Which Texas city has the highest rent?
University Park has the highest median rent in Texas at $5,161/mo.
Which Texas city has the most affordable rent?
Clute is the most affordable tracked city in Texas, with a median rent of $816/mo.
Are rents rising or falling in Texas?
Across Texas cities, median rents are rising, changing an average of +2.4% over the past year.
How does Texas rent compare to the rest of the country?
59 of 280 tracked Texas cities have a median rent above the national median of $1,962/mo, and 221 fall below it.
What are the largest rental markets in Texas?
By population, the largest rental markets in Texas are Houston, San Antonio, Dallas. Each has its own rent data, trends, and ZIP-level breakdowns on RentDataNow.
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