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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
February. Asking rents in ZIP 75098 usually run 0.8% below trend in February and 0.7% above it in October, about $28 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 75098 is 1.2% below its high of $1,896 in July 2024, at $1,874 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 75098 changed -0.1% over the year to September 2026. Across the 629 Texas ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.2%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 75098 rose 32.6% while median household income rose 29% ($94,641 to $122,089). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 75098 is 28.3% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($122,089) is $3,052 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,490); a 3-bedroom is $3,140.
ZIP 75089, 5 miles away, rents for 16% less ($1,573/mo), about $3,600 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 75098. 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.
Who lives here
ZIP 75098 (Wylie, TX) is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 43.7% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 75098 in Wylie, TX has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 75098 in Wylie, TX has shifted from $1,549 to $1,874, up 21.0% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $101,460 to $122,089 between 2021 and 2024, a 20.3% shift. Census counts show ZIP 75098 in Wylie, TX adding about 4,999 residents over the five-year window, up 7.8% on net. The renter share has eased from 23.2% to 20.1%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 37% to 43.7% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 75098 in Wylie, 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
ZIP code 75098 covers Wylie, TX. The median rent here is $1,874/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,486/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,738/mo.
At 18% of local median household income ($122,089/yr), ZIP 75098 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.1% over the past year.
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