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Comparing Houston vs Irving vs Conroe vs Duncanville

Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse. Pick 2 to 4 cities and see them side by side.

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Headline numbers

Houston

TX

$1,541

YoY change
-1.1%
Vacancy
10.1%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
57.9%

Irving

TX

$1,586

YoY change
+1.0%
Vacancy
8.0%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
61.9%

Conroe

TX

$1,543

YoY change
+0.7%
Vacancy
6.4%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
45.5%

Duncanville

TX

$1,506

YoY change
-3.7%
Vacancy
6.4%
2-BR rent
Cap rate
Renter share
34.0%

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

Rent index — overlaid, last 5 years

ZORI rent index — Houston vs Irving vs Conroe vs Duncanville

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

Demographics & income

Metric HoustonIrvingConroeDuncanville
Median household income $64,813$81,830$76,206$76,457
Median age 34.432.833.736.2
Renter household share 57.9%61.9%45.5%34.0%
YoY rent change -1.1%+1.0%+0.7%-3.7%
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.