ZIP 79605
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
January. Asking rents in ZIP 79605 usually run 0.9% below trend in January and 1.1% above it in June, about $34 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 79605 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in January 2015.
Rent in ZIP 79605 changed +35.8% 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 79605 rose 41.6% while median household income rose 30.9% ($48,091 to $62,929). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in ZIP 79605 is 116.9% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 17 months in a row, and rose in 12 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($62,929) is $1,573 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($1,360); a 3-bedroom is $1,760.
1st cheapest of 5 ZIP codes in Abilene.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 79605. 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 79605 (Abilene, TX) is majority owner-occupied, has a median income below the national average, 26% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 79605 in Abilene, TX has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 79605 in Abilene, TX has shifted from $825 to $1,677, up 103.3% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $51,676 to $62,929 between 2021 and 2024, a 21.8% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. The renter share has eased from 45.5% to 39.8%, with owner-occupied housing accounting for the remainder. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 23.5% to 26% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 79605 in Abilene, 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 79605 covers Abilene, TX. The median rent here is $1,677/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $1,090/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $1,360/mo.
At 32% of local median household income ($62,929/yr), ZIP 79605 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 35.8% over the past year.
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At $1,677/mo, rent takes ~32% of ZIP 79605's median household income ($62,929/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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