ZIP 77840
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
July. Asking rents in ZIP 77840 usually run 2.4% below trend in July and 1.9% above it in December, about $79 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 77840 is 4.8% below its high of $1,942 in October 2025, at $1,848 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 77840 changed -3.9% 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 77840 rose 39.6% while median household income rose 16.5% ($26,075 to $30,377). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 77840 is 41.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has fallen 5 months in a row, and rose in 3 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($30,377) is $759 a month. That is less than HUD's Fair Market Rent for a studio ($1,040).
ZIP 77801, 3 miles away, rents for 29% less ($1,306/mo), about $6,500 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 77840. 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 77840 (College Station, TX) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 44.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 77840 in College Station, TX has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 77840 in College Station, TX has shifted from $1,384 to $1,848, up 33.5% since 2021. On the earnings side, the typical household in ZIP 77840 in College Station, TX now reports about $30,377, up from $27,953 in 2021. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 77840 in College Station, TX adding about 4,817 residents over the five-year window, up 9.6% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 48.4% to 44.5% across the same window. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and ZIP 77840 in College Station, TX reflects that arc in its own way.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 77840 covers College Station, TX. The median rent here is $1,848/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,090/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,200/mo.
At 73% of local median household income ($30,377/yr), ZIP 77840 ranks as expensive compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 3.9% over the past year.
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At $1,848/mo, rent takes ~73% of ZIP 77840's median household income ($30,377/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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