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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
Rent in ZIP 75231 is 2.6% below its high of $1,376 in July 2022, at $1,340 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 75231 changed +0.7% 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 75231 rose 22.9% while median household income rose 40% ($41,806 to $58,540). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 75231 is 25% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 2 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($58,540) is $1,464 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a studio ($1,430); a 1-bedroom is $1,480.
9th cheapest of 41 ZIP codes in Dallas.
ZIP 75238, 2 miles away, rents for 11% less ($1,196/mo), about $1,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 75231. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 75231 (Dallas, TX) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 39.7% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 75231 in Dallas, TX has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 75231 in Dallas, TX has shifted from $1,117 to $1,340, up 20.0% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $45,052 to $58,540 between 2021 and 2024, a 29.9% shift. With wages climbing faster than rent over the same window, renters here have a bit more breathing room than they did five years back. Census counts show ZIP 75231 in Dallas, TX losing about 453 residents over the five-year window, down 1.2% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 34.7% to 39.7% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 75231 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 75231 covers Dallas, TX. The median rent here is $1,340/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,058/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,244/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($58,540/yr), ZIP 75231 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.7% over the past year.
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