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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 75243 usually run 0.9% below trend in December and 0.9% above it in April, about $19 a month apart at today's median. Based on 7 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 75243 is 7.3% below its high of $1,161 in March 2023, at $1,076 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 75243 changed -1.6% 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 75243 rose 25.9% while median household income rose 28.3% ($41,786 to $53,618). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 75243 is 16.8% 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 ($53,618) is $1,340 a month. That is less than HUD's Fair Market Rent for a studio ($1,490).
1st cheapest of 41 ZIP codes in Dallas.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 75243. 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 75243 (Dallas, TX) is majority renter-occupied, has a median income below the national average, 34.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 75243 in Dallas, TX has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 75243 in Dallas, TX paid around $980 a month. That figure now sits near $1,076, up 9.8% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $43,673 to $53,618 between 2021 and 2024, a 22.8% 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 75243 in Dallas, TX losing about 1,637 residents over the five-year window, down 2.5% on net. The renter share has eased from 75.1% to 73.4%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 31.9% to 34.8% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 75243 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 75243 covers Dallas, TX. The median rent here is $1,076/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $851/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $999/mo.
At 24% of local median household income ($53,618/yr), ZIP 75243 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.6% over the past year.
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