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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 75204 usually run 1.4% below trend in January and 1.8% above it in July, about $67 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 75204 is 0.2% below its high of $2,089 in July 2026, at $2,084 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 75204 changed +1.9% 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 75204 rose 16.9% while median household income rose 13.2% ($81,529 to $92,253). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 75204 is 21% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($92,253) is $2,306 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a studio ($2,270); a 1-bedroom is $2,360.
35th cheapest of 41 ZIP codes in Dallas.
ZIP 75226, 2 miles away, rents for 24% less ($1,583/mo), about $6,000 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 75204. 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 75204 (Dallas, TX) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 70.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 75204 in Dallas, TX has changed in 5 years
The median rent in ZIP 75204 in Dallas, TX stood at $1,761 in 2021 and currently runs about $2,084, reflecting a 18.3% increase over the period. Median household income rose from $83,050 to $92,253 between 2021 and 2024, a 11.1% shift. That spread, with rent up faster than earnings, points to a tougher affordability environment than five years ago. The population has grown by 8.8% since 2021, moving from about 31,860 residents to roughly 34,666. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 75204 in Dallas, 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 75204 covers Dallas, TX. The median rent here is $2,084/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,648/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,935/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($92,253/yr), ZIP 75204 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.9% over the past year.
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At $2,084/mo, rent takes ~27% of ZIP 75204's median household income ($92,253/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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