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Last updated: October 17, 2026
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December. Asking rents in ZIP 78756 usually run 1.6% below trend in December and 1.6% above it in August, about $53 a month apart at today's median. Based on 8 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 78756 is 10.4% below its high of $1,846 in January 2023, at $1,654 as of September 2026.
Rent in ZIP 78756 changed +0.9% 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 78756 rose 23.7% while median household income rose 14.7% ($82,535 to $94,701). Rent outpaced income.
Rent has risen 2 months in a row, and rose in 6 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($94,701) is $2,368 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 3-bedroom ($2,240); a 4-bedroom is $2,600.
21st cheapest of 37 ZIP codes in Austin.
ZIP 78752, 2 miles away, rents for 14% less ($1,421/mo), about $2,800 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 78756. 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 78756 (Austin, TX) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 72.7% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 78756 in Austin, TX has changed in 5 years
Rent in ZIP 78756 in Austin, TX has climbed 13.9% since 2021, going from about $1,452 per month to roughly $1,654 today. Local incomes tracked alongside that move, going from a median of $87,985 in 2021 to $94,701 more recently. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 6.3 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 9,314 to 9,197 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.3% change. Educational attainment has shifted as well, with the share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher climbed from 68.7% to 72.7%. These shifts give renters and would-be renters a longer baseline for sizing up today's listings against the ZIP 78756 in Austin, TX market of 2021.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 78756 covers Austin, TX. The median rent here is $1,654/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,490/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,760/mo.
At 21% of local median household income ($94,701/yr), ZIP 78756 ranks as affordable compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.8% over the past year.
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