State or territory · Census 2020–2024

Median rent and rent burden in Texas

Median monthly gross rent: $1,403
Rent burden · 30% or more: 51.7%
Severe burden · 50% or more: 25.2%

Burden figures cover an estimated 3,855,522 renter households with a computed rent-to-income ratio.

How much income would keep this rent at 30%?

The area’s median gross rent would equal 30% of an annual household income of $56,120. The calculation multiplies monthly rent by 12 and divides by 0.30.

Compare with broader areas

Same-period Census estimates
Area	Median gross rent ± margin	Rent burden	Severe burden
Texas	$1,403 ± $4	51.7%	25.2%
United States	$1,413 ± $2	51.1%	25.9%

Browse counties in Texas

Anderson County$1,041 median gross rent · 55.3% rent burden
Andrews County$1,305 median gross rent · 37.6% rent burden
Angelina County$1,076 median gross rent · 51.2% rent burden
Aransas County$1,128 median gross rent · 47.5% rent burden
Archer County$770 median gross rent · 27.7% rent burden
Armstrong County$1,021 median gross rent · 10.7% rent burden
Atascosa County$1,061 median gross rent · 46% rent burden
Austin County$1,137 median gross rent · 49.1% rent burden
Bailey County$931 median gross rent · 43.6% rent burden
Bandera County$1,149 median gross rent · 41.2% rent burden
Bastrop County$1,410 median gross rent · 39.4% rent burden
Bee County$1,065 median gross rent · 55.5% rent burden
Bell County$1,224 median gross rent · 51.3% rent burden
Bexar County$1,354 median gross rent · 53.4% rent burden
Blanco County$1,017 median gross rent · 43.3% rent burden
Bosque County$928 median gross rent · 38.4% rent burden
Bowie County$988 median gross rent · 51% rent burden
Brazoria County$1,454 median gross rent · 49% rent burden
Brazos County$1,193 median gross rent · 61.5% rent burden
Brewster County$839 median gross rent · 37.6% rent burden
Brooks County$719 median gross rent · 27.4% rent burden
Brown County$919 median gross rent · 56.5% rent burden
Burleson County$1,063 median gross rent · 36.5% rent burden
Burnet County$1,319 median gross rent · 44.3% rent burden
Caldwell County$1,173 median gross rent · 46.1% rent burden
Callahan County$817 median gross rent · 49.1% rent burden
Cameron County$912 median gross rent · 49.8% rent burden
Camp County$801 median gross rent · 51.7% rent burden
Carson County$956 median gross rent · 31.8% rent burden
Cass County$852 median gross rent · 54.7% rent burden
Castro County$896 median gross rent · 41.7% rent burden
Chambers County$1,609 median gross rent · 40.8% rent burden
Cherokee County$933 median gross rent · 40.7% rent burden
Childress County$913 median gross rent · 51.5% rent burden
Clay County$811 median gross rent · 40% rent burden
Cochran County$697 median gross rent · 30.9% rent burden
Coke County$729 median gross rent · 47.8% rent burden
Coleman County$653 median gross rent · 34.6% rent burden
Collin County$1,859 median gross rent · 47.6% rent burden
Collingsworth County$714 median gross rent · 10.3% rent burden
Colorado County$926 median gross rent · 29.6% rent burden
Comal County$1,603 median gross rent · 52.7% rent burden
Comanche County$855 median gross rent · 39.6% rent burden
Cooke County$1,047 median gross rent · 43.1% rent burden
Coryell County$1,186 median gross rent · 41.1% rent burden
Crane County$882 median gross rent · 6.5% rent burden
Crosby County$684 median gross rent · 45.8% rent burden
Dallas County$1,565 median gross rent · 52.1% rent burden
Dawson County$777 median gross rent · 49.6% rent burden
Deaf Smith County$926 median gross rent · 35.2% rent burden
Delta County$945 median gross rent · 41.1% rent burden
Denton County$1,728 median gross rent · 51.2% rent burden
DeWitt County$921 median gross rent · 41% rent burden
Donley County$780 median gross rent · 22% rent burden
Eastland County$866 median gross rent · 43.9% rent burden
Ector County$1,259 median gross rent · 52.3% rent burden
El Paso County$1,079 median gross rent · 53.6% rent burden
Ellis County$1,594 median gross rent · 50.5% rent burden
Erath County$1,146 median gross rent · 56.4% rent burden
Falls County$731 median gross rent · 37.6% rent burden
Fannin County$1,035 median gross rent · 41.8% rent burden
Fayette County$988 median gross rent · 44.6% rent burden
Fisher County$601 median gross rent · 26.2% rent burden
Floyd County$676 median gross rent · 33.1% rent burden
Fort Bend County$1,807 median gross rent · 53.6% rent burden
Franklin County$936 median gross rent · 39.4% rent burden
Freestone County$853 median gross rent · 52.1% rent burden
Frio County$1,016 median gross rent · 42.1% rent burden
Gaines County$789 median gross rent · 30.9% rent burden
Galveston County$1,404 median gross rent · 54.9% rent burden
Garza County$838 median gross rent · 17.1% rent burden
Gillespie County$1,340 median gross rent · 53.6% rent burden
Goliad County$754 median gross rent · 42% rent burden
Gonzales County$840 median gross rent · 45.7% rent burden
Gray County$933 median gross rent · 50% rent burden
Grayson County$1,310 median gross rent · 51.6% rent burden
Gregg County$1,102 median gross rent · 49.4% rent burden
Grimes County$1,069 median gross rent · 44.9% rent burden
Guadalupe County$1,517 median gross rent · 46.6% rent burden
Hale County$836 median gross rent · 45.1% rent burden
Hall County$529 median gross rent · 27% rent burden
Hamilton County$885 median gross rent · 58.2% rent burden
Hardeman County$684 median gross rent · 39.9% rent burden
Hardin County$1,049 median gross rent · 45.9% rent burden
Harris County$1,401 median gross rent · 53.8% rent burden
Harrison County$974 median gross rent · 47.8% rent burden
Hartley County$1,028 median gross rent · 30% rent burden
Haskell County$782 median gross rent · 41.1% rent burden
Hays County$1,495 median gross rent · 59.9% rent burden
Henderson County$1,048 median gross rent · 54% rent burden
Hidalgo County$957 median gross rent · 48.7% rent burden
Hill County$946 median gross rent · 53.1% rent burden
Hockley County$850 median gross rent · 40.9% rent burden
Hood County$1,428 median gross rent · 46% rent burden
Hopkins County$1,109 median gross rent · 44.5% rent burden
Houston County$887 median gross rent · 49.9% rent burden
Howard County$1,034 median gross rent · 50.8% rent burden
Hunt County$1,222 median gross rent · 50% rent burden
Hutchinson County$932 median gross rent · 40.5% rent burden
Jack County$960 median gross rent · 44.9% rent burden
Jackson County$1,065 median gross rent · 38.4% rent burden
Jasper County$848 median gross rent · 52.4% rent burden
Jefferson County$1,117 median gross rent · 52.5% rent burden
Jim Wells County$938 median gross rent · 62.8% rent burden
Johnson County$1,398 median gross rent · 52.3% rent burden
Jones County$866 median gross rent · 41.5% rent burden
Karnes County$957 median gross rent · 41.3% rent burden
Kaufman County$1,554 median gross rent · 57.9% rent burden
Kendall County$1,606 median gross rent · 55.3% rent burden
Kerr County$1,109 median gross rent · 45% rent burden
Kimble County$790 median gross rent · 32.4% rent burden
Kleberg County$1,043 median gross rent · 47.6% rent burden
Knox County$521 median gross rent · 18.7% rent burden
Lamar County$949 median gross rent · 45.3% rent burden
Lamb County$968 median gross rent · 39.9% rent burden
Lampasas County$1,059 median gross rent · 39.5% rent burden
Lavaca County$910 median gross rent · 41.8% rent burden
Lee County$1,067 median gross rent · 54.4% rent burden
Leon County$907 median gross rent · 34.1% rent burden
Liberty County$1,044 median gross rent · 53.6% rent burden
Limestone County$905 median gross rent · 46.2% rent burden
Lipscomb County$876 median gross rent · 22.6% rent burden
Live Oak County$924 median gross rent · 36.8% rent burden
Llano County$998 median gross rent · 53.4% rent burden
Lubbock County$1,178 median gross rent · 54.4% rent burden
Lynn County$927 median gross rent · 42.7% rent burden
Marion County$911 median gross rent · 55.8% rent burden
Mason County$800 median gross rent · 19.3% rent burden
Matagorda County$999 median gross rent · 49.7% rent burden
Maverick County$859 median gross rent · 46.9% rent burden
McCulloch County$806 median gross rent · 46.5% rent burden
McLennan County$1,173 median gross rent · 56.8% rent burden
Medina County$1,196 median gross rent · 51.4% rent burden
Midland County$1,407 median gross rent · 49.4% rent burden
Milam County$984 median gross rent · 48.6% rent burden
Mills County$708 median gross rent · 23.4% rent burden
Montague County$1,008 median gross rent · 53.8% rent burden
Montgomery County$1,532 median gross rent · 47.5% rent burden
Moore County$939 median gross rent · 36.8% rent burden
Morris County$859 median gross rent · 41.7% rent burden
Nacogdoches County$965 median gross rent · 57.7% rent burden
Navarro County$1,076 median gross rent · 46.3% rent burden
Newton County$1,001 median gross rent · 47.5% rent burden
Nolan County$913 median gross rent · 44.7% rent burden
Nueces County$1,283 median gross rent · 52.4% rent burden
Ochiltree County$891 median gross rent · 50.1% rent burden
Orange County$1,100 median gross rent · 48.5% rent burden
Palo Pinto County$1,093 median gross rent · 49.2% rent burden
Panola County$834 median gross rent · 40.4% rent burden
Parker County$1,500 median gross rent · 53.1% rent burden
Parmer County$1,081 median gross rent · 22.8% rent burden
Pecos County$918 median gross rent · 35.6% rent burden
Polk County$987 median gross rent · 46.4% rent burden
Potter County$1,022 median gross rent · 49.9% rent burden
Rains County$989 median gross rent · 47.3% rent burden
Randall County$1,170 median gross rent · 44.1% rent burden
Red River County$1,044 median gross rent · 55.5% rent burden
Reeves County$981 median gross rent · 55.6% rent burden
Refugio County$795 median gross rent · 61.5% rent burden
Robertson County$779 median gross rent · 40.3% rent burden
Rockwall County$1,992 median gross rent · 52.2% rent burden
Runnels County$847 median gross rent · 30.9% rent burden
Rusk County$1,015 median gross rent · 43.7% rent burden
Sabine County$844 median gross rent · 32.9% rent burden
San Augustine County$591 median gross rent · 60.5% rent burden
San Jacinto County$1,060 median gross rent · 37.8% rent burden
San Patricio County$1,291 median gross rent · 50.6% rent burden
San Saba County$958 median gross rent · 30.3% rent burden
Scurry County$1,020 median gross rent · 32.1% rent burden
Shackelford County$718 median gross rent · 38.1% rent burden
Shelby County$781 median gross rent · 36.3% rent burden
Smith County$1,238 median gross rent · 47.7% rent burden
Somervell County$773 median gross rent · 38.3% rent burden
Starr County$726 median gross rent · 55.8% rent burden
Stephens County$846 median gross rent · 23.3% rent burden
Sutton County$772 median gross rent · 23.1% rent burden
Swisher County$783 median gross rent · 47.1% rent burden
Tarrant County$1,547 median gross rent · 55.5% rent burden
Taylor County$1,159 median gross rent · 51.6% rent burden
Terry County$817 median gross rent · 51.4% rent burden
Throckmorton County$878 median gross rent · 34.9% rent burden
Titus County$907 median gross rent · 51.7% rent burden
Tom Green County$1,154 median gross rent · 49.1% rent burden
Travis County$1,744 median gross rent · 48.5% rent burden
Trinity County$856 median gross rent · 48.1% rent burden
Tyler County$1,049 median gross rent · 50.7% rent burden
Upshur County$995 median gross rent · 41.9% rent burden
Uvalde County$981 median gross rent · 37.5% rent burden
Val Verde County$994 median gross rent · 43.6% rent burden
Van Zandt County$1,066 median gross rent · 49.1% rent burden
Victoria County$1,157 median gross rent · 47.6% rent burden
Walker County$1,031 median gross rent · 57.4% rent burden
Waller County$1,169 median gross rent · 46.9% rent burden
Ward County$1,118 median gross rent · 39.9% rent burden
Washington County$1,165 median gross rent · 44.2% rent burden
Webb County$1,027 median gross rent · 55.1% rent burden
Wharton County$1,046 median gross rent · 49.3% rent burden
Wheeler County$970 median gross rent · 50.6% rent burden
Wichita County$1,006 median gross rent · 44.9% rent burden
Wilbarger County$932 median gross rent · 42% rent burden
Willacy County$809 median gross rent · 55.3% rent burden
Williamson County$1,796 median gross rent · 48% rent burden
Wilson County$1,069 median gross rent · 41.5% rent burden
Wise County$1,299 median gross rent · 40.9% rent burden
Wood County$862 median gross rent · 51.6% rent burden
Yoakum County$973 median gross rent · 15.4% rent burden
Young County$862 median gross rent · 39.8% rent burden
Zapata County$617 median gross rent · 40.5% rent burden

Data and definitions

How to read the estimates

The Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey five-year release provides these survey estimates. America.co matched Census rent tables by geography ID and used the Gazetteer’s representative points to calculate straight-line distance.

Gross rent includes contract rent and utilities or fuels paid separately. The median describes cash-rent homes surveyed during this period.
Rent burden means gross rent was at least 30% of household income. Severe rent burden means at least 50%. Both shares use only cash-rent households for which Census could compute the ratio.
Margins use the Census 90% confidence level. The rent margin is published by Census. The burden margins are approximate and combine the published category margins using the Census sum and proportion formulas. County and ZIP-area pages require at least 100 estimated households with a computed ratio, a rent margin at most 35% of the estimate, and a rent-burden margin of 20 percentage points or less.
ZIP areas are Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas. A mailing ZIP can differ or have no corresponding Census area. Distances are straight-line distances between representative points.

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