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State data • Updated March 2026

Texas rent: top & bottom cities

Median ZORI rent across Texas cities, statewide macro overlay, plus the most-expensive and most-affordable cities side by side. Live from the NGP-Rental-Data warehouse.

Texas at a glance

$1,601Median city rent (ZORI)
4.3%Unemployment
13,365Permits / month
20Cities w/ rent data

Unemployment from FRED state series. Permits from Census BPS. Median = median across all Texas cities with current ZORI data. See methodology.

Most expensive & most affordable

Top 10 by rent

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Southlake $6,625
Highland Park $5,331
University Park $4,483
Horseshoe Bay $2,900
Argyle $2,878 +2.0%
Iowa Colony $2,625 +1.4%
Trophy Club $2,481
Lavon $2,423
Bellaire $2,411
Lakeway $2,368 +1.5%

Top 10 most affordable (pop ≥ 50k)

CityRent (ZORI)YoY
Edinburg $988 +0.3%
Longview $1,115 +2.9%
Pharr $1,130 -0.4%
Port Arthur $1,138 +12.1%
Harlingen $1,148 +0.7%
Victoria $1,192 +1.9%
San Angelo $1,256 +6.4%
Killeen $1,258 -0.8%
Wichita Falls $1,269 +4.9%
McAllen $1,289 +1.0%

Top 5 cities — overlaid rent trajectory

ZORI rent index — top 5 Texas cities

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

Compare cities in Texas

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