ZIP 76109
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 76109 usually run 0.8% below trend in December and 1.2% above it in June, about $35 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 76109 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in ZIP 76109 changed +5.8% 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 76109 rose 32.9% while median household income rose 21.6% ($82,640 to $100,507). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 76109 is 36.6% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 3 months in a row, and rose in 8 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($100,507) is $2,513 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,020); a 3-bedroom is $2,670.
23rd cheapest of 28 ZIP codes in Fort Worth.
ZIP 76132, 3 miles away, rents for 32% less ($1,202/mo), about $6,800 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 76109. 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 76109 (Fort Worth, TX) is roughly split between renters and owners, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 70.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 76109 in Fort Worth, TX has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in ZIP 76109 in Fort Worth, TX has increased by $430 per month, settling near $1,765 after starting the period at $1,335. Median household income grew from $89,477 to $100,507 between 2021 and 2024, a 12.3% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 19.9 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 24,606 to 26,006 between 2021 and 2024, a 5.7% change. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 76109 in Fort Worth, 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 76109 covers Fort Worth, TX. The median rent here is $1,765/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,730/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $2,020/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($100,507/yr), ZIP 76109 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 5.8% over the past year.
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