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Comparing Abilene vs Troy vs Tomball vs Sanger

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Headline numbers

Abilene

TX

$1,769

YoY change
+36.7%
Vacancy
3.2%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
43.9%

Troy

TX

$1,768

YoY change
Vacancy
0.0%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
34.6%

Tomball

TX

$1,814

YoY change
-1.3%
Vacancy
6.6%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
48.1%

Sanger

TX

$1,769

YoY change
-0.9%
Vacancy
7.4%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
26.3%

All values from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Updated March 2026. See methodology.

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Abilene vs Troy vs Tomball vs Sanger

Monthly Zillow ZORI rent index. Data updates monthly. Source: methodology.

Demographics & income

Metric AbileneTroyTomballSanger
Median household income $62,648$86,311$78,562$91,075
Median age 32.833.837.732.4
Renter household share 43.9%34.6%48.1%26.3%
YoY rent change +36.7%-1.3%-0.9%
Cap rate (overall)
$/unit (MFR)

Demographics: Census ACS5 2019-2024. Rent & cap rate: NGP-Rental-Data warehouse (see methodology). Cells marked "—" mean the metric isn't available for that geography in any free public source we ingest.