ZIP 78412
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 78412 usually run 1.8% below trend in December and 1.4% above it in July, about $45 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 78412 is 0.8% below its high of $1,413 in October 2025, at $1,402 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 78412 changed -0.3% 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 78412 rose 23% while median household income rose 21.9% ($50,222 to $61,215). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 78412 is 18.9% 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 5 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($61,215) is $1,530 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 1-bedroom ($1,290); a 2-bedroom is $1,580.
4th cheapest of 9 ZIP codes in Corpus Christi.
ZIP 78404, 6 miles away, rents for 11% less ($1,247/mo), about $1,900 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 78412. 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 78412 (Corpus Christi, TX) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income below the national average, 31.9% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 78412 in Corpus Christi, TX has changed in 5 years
Five years ago, renters in ZIP 78412 in Corpus Christi, TX paid around $1,279 a month. That figure now sits near $1,402, up 9.6% from the 2021 baseline. Median household income climbed from $51,280 to $61,215 between 2021 and 2024, a 19.4% 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 78412 in Corpus Christi, TX losing about 2,440 residents over the five-year window, down 5.9% on net. The renter share has risen from 53.4% to 55.1%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 28.2% to 31.9% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 78412 in Corpus Christi, 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 78412 covers Corpus Christi, TX. The median rent here is $1,402/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,290/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,580/mo.
At 27% of local median household income ($61,215/yr), ZIP 78412 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have decreased 0.3% over the past year.
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At $1,402/mo, rent takes ~27% of ZIP 78412's median household income ($61,215/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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