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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 75126 usually run 0.9% below trend in January and 0.6% above it in May, about $31 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 75126 is 1.4% below its high of $2,115 in July 2024, at $2,085 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 75126 changed -0.4% 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 75126 rose 28.9% while median household income rose 4% ($99,729 to $103,673). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 75126 is 25.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($103,673) is $2,592 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,480); a 3-bedroom is $3,120.
ZIP 75032, 8 miles away, rents for 13% less ($1,808/mo), about $3,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 75126. 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 75126 (Forney, TX) is majority owner-occupied, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 37.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 75126 in Forney, TX has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 75126 in Forney, TX paid around $1,779 a month. That figure now sits near $2,085, up 17.2% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $93,908 to $103,673 between 2021 and 2024, a 10.4% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 75126 in Forney, TX adding about 24,567 residents over the five-year window, up 40.8% on net. The renter share has risen from 18% to 19.5%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 32.2% to 37.9% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 75126 in Forney, 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 75126 covers Forney, TX. The median rent here is $2,085/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,120/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,480/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($103,673/yr), ZIP 75126 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.4% over the past year.
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