ZIP 77077
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
February. Asking rents in ZIP 77077 usually run 0.5% below trend in February and 0.5% above it in July, about $13 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 77077 is 3.4% below its high of $1,329 in October 2024, at $1,284 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 77077 changed -1.5% 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 77077 rose 17.1% while median household income rose 11.8% ($65,193 to $72,871). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 77077 is 12.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 3 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($72,871) is $1,822 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,610); a 2-bedroom is $1,920.
19th cheapest of 92 ZIP codes in Houston.
ZIP 77099, 6 miles away, rents for 11% less ($1,143/mo), about $1,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 77077. 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 77077 (Houston, TX) is majority renter-occupied, 58.8% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 77077 in Houston, TX has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 77077 in Houston, TX paid around $1,137 a month. That figure now sits near $1,284, up 12.9% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $64,904 to $72,871 between 2021 and 2024, a 12.3% shift. Census counts show ZIP 77077 in Houston, TX losing about 3,070 residents over the five-year window, down 4.9% on net. The renter share has eased from 64.6% to 62.6%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 56.6% to 58.8% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 77077 in Houston, 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 77077 covers Houston, TX. The median rent here is $1,284/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $976/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,165/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($72,871/yr), ZIP 77077 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 1.5% over the past year.
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