Average Rent in Texas (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents

HUD data · effective Oct 1, 2026 Texas landlord-tenant laws →

The average two-bedroom rent in Texas is $1,488 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $1,014 to $1,817 across 215 rent areas.

Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, Texas's typical two-bedroom FMR moved -2.3% versus FY 2026).

All 215 Texas FMR areas

Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 47 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2026" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.

Area Studio1 BR2 BR3 BR4 BR 2 BR vs FY 2026
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA Metro
5 counties Bastrop County · Caldwell County · Hays County · Travis County · Williamson County
$1,447$1,530$1,817$2,292$2,689 -1.9%
Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
7 counties Collin County · Dallas County · Denton County · Ellis County · Hunt County · Kaufman County · Rockwall County
$1,491$1,536$1,807$2,275$2,892 -6.4%
Midland, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $1,335$1,408$1,794$2,223$2,401 +0.8%
Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $1,317$1,402$1,781$2,149$2,450 +0.5%
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
3 counties Johnson County · Parker County · Tarrant County
$1,461$1,481$1,745$2,284$2,866 +1.3%
Kendall County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $1,276$1,285$1,650$2,285$2,470 0.0%
Gillespie County, TX Non-metro $1,209$1,216$1,591$1,896$2,292 +10.6%
Odessa, TX MSA Metro $1,153$1,229$1,522$1,813$2,083 -4.6%
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
7 counties Chambers County · Fort Bend County · Galveston County · Harris County · Liberty County · Montgomery County · Waller County
$1,233$1,261$1,497$2,017$2,502 -4.8%
Hood County, TX Non-metro $1,112$1,297$1,463$1,900$2,412 +3.6%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
5 counties Bandera County · Bexar County · Comal County · Guadalupe County · Wilson County
$1,099$1,196$1,441$1,864$2,163 +1.1%
Victoria, TX MSA Metro
2 counties Goliad County · Victoria County
$1,139$1,146$1,428$1,701$1,932 -1.0%
Corpus Christi, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Nueces County · San Patricio County
$1,066$1,176$1,421$1,855$2,087 +4.0%
Ward County, TX Non-metro $1,069$1,075$1,406$1,675$2,025 +15.7%
Aransas County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $1,041$1,073$1,404$1,944$2,063 -0.2%
Washington County, TX Non-metro $1,064$1,070$1,400$1,685$1,883 +7.0%
Sherman-Denison, TX MSA Metro $1,102$1,126$1,395$1,932$2,148 +3.3%
Dallam County, TX Non-metro $1,050$1,099$1,381$1,645$1,989 +18.0%
San Angelo, TX MSA Metro
2 counties Irion County · Tom Green County
$956$1,032$1,350$1,810$2,055 +0.8%
Burnet County, TX Non-metro $1,025$1,074$1,349$1,766$1,773 +8.2%
Andrews County, TX Non-metro $1,007$1,217$1,325$1,712$1,909 -7.0%
Brazoria County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $1,021$1,212$1,319$1,790$2,205 -2.9%
Cooke County, TX Non-metro $998$1,004$1,314$1,623$1,727 +4.2%
Kleberg County, TX Non-metro $918$1,078$1,314$1,566$1,893 +6.1%
Abilene, TX MSA Metro
3 counties Callahan County · Jones County · Taylor County
$958$1,047$1,310$1,702$2,013 +2.7%
Waco, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $903$1,029$1,297$1,693$1,705 +4.6%
Tyler, TX MSA Metro $948$1,041$1,277$1,718$1,855 -4.6%
Erath County, TX Non-metro $877$963$1,260$1,745$1,935 +6.9%
Scurry County, TX Non-metro $946$1,010$1,245$1,527$1,636 +12.3%
Harrison County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $866$951$1,244$1,482$1,635 -1.3%
Lubbock, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Crosby County · Lubbock County
$893$1,050$1,241$1,718$2,053 +5.6%
Bee County, TX Non-metro $936$943$1,233$1,523$1,620 +4.1%
Longview, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Gregg County · Upshur County
$1,034$1,041$1,232$1,611$1,712 +2.8%
Medina County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $935$941$1,231$1,600$1,741 +2.9%
Hansford County, TX Non-metro $935$940$1,230$1,466$1,772 +10.5%
Blanco County, TX Non-metro $933$938$1,227$1,699$1,767 +5.1%
Frio County, TX Non-metro $933$977$1,227$1,586$1,767 +12.8%
Polk County, TX Non-metro $933$938$1,227$1,462$1,767 +9.4%
Walker County, TX Non-metro $900$1,127$1,227$1,675$1,767 +1.4%
Matagorda County, TX Non-metro $1,021$1,027$1,226$1,569$1,968 +4.5%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA Metro
3 counties Hardin County · Jefferson County · Orange County
$980$986$1,218$1,588$1,944 +10.4%
Castro County, TX Non-metro $926$970$1,218$1,451$1,754 +16.0%
Hartley County, TX Non-metro $926$970$1,218$1,595$1,601 +7.9%
Howard County, TX Non-metro $948$954$1,217$1,492$1,812 +3.8%
Parmer County, TX Non-metro $922$928$1,214$1,446$1,840 +11.7%
Dawson County, TX Non-metro $921$926$1,212$1,444$1,746 +12.2%
Colorado County, TX Non-metro $921$964$1,211$1,472$1,744 +5.6%
DeWitt County, TX Non-metro $916$921$1,205$1,436$1,736 +5.6%
Hopkins County, TX Non-metro $1,002$1,020$1,205$1,607$1,613 +8.1%
Rusk County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $839$921$1,205$1,448$1,584 +2.6%
Yoakum County, TX Non-metro $916$974$1,205$1,436$1,736 +1.6%
Anderson County, TX Non-metro $939$945$1,201$1,431$1,750 +7.5%
Uvalde County, TX Non-metro $912$917$1,200$1,513$1,841 +6.9%
Sterling County, TX Non-metro $901$943$1,185$1,412$1,707 +4.6%
Van Zandt County, TX Non-metro $899$905$1,184$1,534$1,556 +6.9%
Wharton County, TX Non-metro $824$915$1,184$1,584$1,590 +7.6%
Reeves County, TX Non-metro $886$1,070$1,165$1,388$1,559 +7.6%
Wise County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $886$892$1,164$1,612$1,916 -3.4%
San Jacinto County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $958$1,068$1,163$1,448$1,944 +1.2%
Laredo, TX MSA Metro $949$955$1,157$1,512$1,558 -0.3%
Kerr County, TX Non-metro $879$1,026$1,156$1,513$1,519 +3.4%
Lee County, TX Non-metro $878$919$1,155$1,594$1,656 +1.2%
Grimes County, TX Non-metro $877$919$1,154$1,403$1,662 +8.2%
College Station-Bryan, TX MSA Metro
3 counties Brazos County · Burleson County · Robertson County
$1,005$1,057$1,151$1,594$1,900 -3.0%
Franklin County, TX Non-metro $875$916$1,151$1,371$1,658 +4.0%
El Paso, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $798$969$1,146$1,559$1,915 -3.8%
Wichita Falls, TX MSA Metro
3 counties Archer County · Clay County · Wichita County
$839$949$1,145$1,542$1,740 +0.8%
Karnes County, TX Non-metro $819$872$1,143$1,393$1,683 -10.0%
Jackson County, TX Non-metro $868$982$1,142$1,377$1,645 +8.0%
San Saba County, TX Non-metro $867$907$1,140$1,382$1,642 +10.6%
Nacogdoches County, TX Non-metro $902$944$1,139$1,357$1,527 +6.7%
Navarro County, TX Non-metro $821$951$1,139$1,499$1,505 +8.0%
Killeen-Temple, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
2 counties Bell County · Coryell County
$921$927$1,138$1,576$1,902 -7.7%
Brown County, TX Non-metro $843$869$1,137$1,468$1,650 +5.3%
Concho County, TX Non-metro $860$900$1,131$1,461$1,629 -1.9%
Palo Pinto County, TX Non-metro $858$908$1,129$1,563$1,887 +5.7%
Childress County, TX Non-metro $857$862$1,128$1,500$1,625 +7.5%
Milam County, TX Non-metro $856$861$1,126$1,448$1,793 +8.6%
Val Verde County, TX Non-metro $867$924$1,119$1,485$1,647 +5.2%
Mitchell County, TX Non-metro $850$855$1,118$1,445$1,610 +2.5%
Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $839$874$1,118$1,403$1,683 +1.5%
Tyler County, TX Non-metro $849$854$1,117$1,331$1,609 +7.4%
Live Oak County, TX Non-metro $848$852$1,115$1,329$1,639 +7.9%
Henderson County, TX Non-metro $822$910$1,114$1,456$1,648 +10.4%
Deaf Smith County, TX Non-metro $779$885$1,112$1,369$1,618 +3.9%
Winkler County, TX Non-metro $843$883$1,109$1,322$1,597 +13.4%
Dickens County, TX Non-metro $842$882$1,108$1,320$1,596 +13.9%
Amarillo, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro
4 counties Armstrong County · Carson County · Potter County · Randall County
$797$904$1,107$1,512$1,678 +0.1%
Kenedy County, TX Non-metro $838$877$1,102$1,424$1,587 +8.6%
Llano County, TX Non-metro $838$878$1,102$1,526$1,576 +0.5%
Real County, TX Non-metro $835$875$1,099$1,420$1,583 +5.2%
Fannin County, TX Non-metro $761$836$1,093$1,511$1,827 +11.0%
Fayette County, TX Non-metro $831$933$1,093$1,473$1,596 +7.3%
Wilbarger County, TX Non-metro $829$834$1,091$1,300$1,572 +9.9%
Montague County, TX Non-metro $827$907$1,088$1,507$1,567 +3.1%
Nolan County, TX Non-metro $826$837$1,087$1,505$1,566 +9.2%
Lavaca County, TX Non-metro $825$913$1,086$1,294$1,815 +2.9%
Garza County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $786$917$1,084$1,501$1,797 +11.4%
Gray County, TX Non-metro $823$828$1,083$1,290$1,423 +4.4%
Hill County, TX Non-metro $788$858$1,080$1,495$1,699 +5.6%
Coleman County, TX Non-metro $820$825$1,079$1,286$1,554 +2.5%
Trinity County, TX Non-metro $820$892$1,079$1,286$1,554 +6.8%
Borden County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Briscoe County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Cottle County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Crockett County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Culberson County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Duval County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Edwards County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Glasscock County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Jeff Davis County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Kent County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
King County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Kinney County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Loving County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Mason County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +5.3%
McMullen County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Pecos County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +10.8%
Presidio County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Roberts County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Schleicher County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +10.8%
Stonewall County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Sutton County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +10.8%
Terrell County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Upton County, TX Non-metro $819$858$1,078$1,393$1,553 +6.2%
Angelina County, TX Non-metro $923$944$1,073$1,464$1,492 +5.1%
La Salle County, TX Non-metro $816$854$1,073$1,278$1,546 +5.7%
Moore County, TX Non-metro $813$818$1,070$1,348$1,788 +3.1%
Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $818$982$1,069$1,404$1,405 -2.6%
Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $812$817$1,069$1,480$1,787 -2.4%
McCulloch County, TX Non-metro $811$816$1,067$1,271$1,537 +2.1%
Oldham County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $767$870$1,065$1,475$1,614 -3.3%
Sherman County, TX Non-metro $810$848$1,065$1,376$1,534 +9.5%
Cherokee County, TX Non-metro $807$812$1,062$1,351$1,530 +7.9%
Panola County, TX Non-metro $806$810$1,060$1,281$1,527 +6.5%
Throckmorton County, TX Non-metro $806$844$1,060$1,263$1,527 +7.5%
Sabine County, TX Non-metro $803$808$1,057$1,366$1,523 +8.6%
Runnels County, TX Non-metro $802$840$1,055$1,257$1,520 -1.3%
Young County, TX Non-metro $800$805$1,053$1,458$1,517 +5.5%
Wheeler County, TX Non-metro $797$834$1,048$1,249$1,510 +4.0%
Houston County, TX Non-metro $795$829$1,046$1,302$1,375 +7.0%
Jim Hogg County, TX Non-metro $794$832$1,045$1,245$1,505 +7.4%
Titus County, TX Non-metro $826$863$1,045$1,368$1,373 +7.4%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA Metro $827$884$1,042$1,393$1,496 -0.5%
Marion County, TX Non-metro $791$829$1,041$1,299$1,500 +7.0%
Lamar County, TX Non-metro $787$793$1,036$1,354$1,362 +6.5%
Brewster County, TX Non-metro $781$809$1,028$1,423$1,481 +3.5%
Lynn County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $743$784$1,025$1,253$1,595 +1.8%
Jack County, TX Non-metro $777$939$1,022$1,415$1,472 +5.0%
Wood County, TX Non-metro $710$862$1,019$1,294$1,439 -0.3%
Comanche County, TX Non-metro $773$777$1,017$1,332$1,337 +4.5%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA Metro $801$806$1,017$1,305$1,439 -4.1%
Bailey County, TX Non-metro $772$808$1,015$1,312$1,462 +4.3%
Baylor County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Bosque County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $706$804$1,014$1,347$1,352 +4.2%
Brooks County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 +4.2%
Calhoun County, TX Non-metro $771$931$1,014$1,310$1,461 +4.2%
Camp County, TX Non-metro $771$781$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Cass County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Cochran County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $735$858$1,014$1,224$1,681 +4.2%
Coke County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,221$1,461 +4.2%
Collingsworth County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 +4.2%
Crane County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 +3.5%
Delta County, TX Non-metro $771$839$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Dimmit County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 +4.2%
Donley County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,208$1,461 +4.2%
Eagle Pass, TX MSA Metro $894$931$1,014$1,404$1,630 +4.2%
Eastland County, TX Non-metro $771$868$1,014$1,404$1,695 +4.2%
Falls County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $706$775$1,014$1,404$1,695 +4.2%
Fisher County, TX Non-metro $771$818$1,014$1,208$1,461 +4.2%
Floyd County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,208$1,461 +4.2%
Foard County, TX Non-metro $771$787$1,014$1,310$1,461 +4.2%
Freestone County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Gaines County, TX Non-metro $771$869$1,014$1,208$1,461 +4.2%
Gonzales County, TX Non-metro $706$775$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Hale County, TX Non-metro $706$931$1,014$1,404$1,553 +4.2%
Hall County, TX Non-metro $771$794$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Hamilton County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Hardeman County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,329$1,461 +4.2%
Haskell County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,404$1,579 +4.2%
Hemphill County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Hockley County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $863$868$1,014$1,404$1,677 +4.2%
Hudspeth County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $706$858$1,014$1,208$1,695 +4.2%
Hutchinson County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,404$1,695 +4.2%
Jasper County, TX Non-metro $771$905$1,014$1,380$1,461 +4.2%
Jim Wells County, TX Non-metro $768$775$1,014$1,325$1,461 +4.2%
Kimble County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,362$1,461 +4.2%
Knox County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Lamb County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,389$1,469 +4.2%
Lampasas County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area Metro $770$775$1,014$1,404$1,695 -5.0%
Leon County, TX Non-metro $802$807$1,014$1,326$1,333 +4.2%
Limestone County, TX Non-metro $771$854$1,014$1,375$1,461 +4.2%
Lipscomb County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,367$1,461 +4.2%
Madison County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,404$1,548 +4.2%
Menard County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 +4.2%
Mills County, TX Non-metro $771$931$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
Morris County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,367$1,695 +4.2%
Motley County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,314$1,461 +4.2%
Newton County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,404$1,655 +4.2%
Ochiltree County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 +1.6%
Rains County, TX Non-metro $771$800$1,014$1,404$1,583 +4.2%
Reagan County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 -0.1%
Red River County, TX Non-metro $706$807$1,014$1,404$1,695 +4.2%
Refugio County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,404$1,461 +4.2%
San Augustine County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,208$1,461 -0.1%
Shackelford County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 +4.2%
Shelby County, TX Non-metro $771$878$1,014$1,404$1,502 +4.2%
Somervell County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 -0.1%
Starr County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,404$1,471 +4.2%
Stephens County, TX Non-metro $771$931$1,014$1,310$1,461 -0.1%
Swisher County, TX Non-metro $771$816$1,014$1,404$1,695 +4.2%
Terry County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,310$1,497 +4.2%
Willacy County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,398$1,461 +4.2%
Zapata County, TX Non-metro $771$775$1,014$1,208$1,461 +4.2%
Zavala County, TX Non-metro $771$807$1,014$1,310$1,461 +4.2%

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About this data

Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file, published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-09-01. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.

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