RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 251 SHOWN OF 251

Highest median rent, Texas counties · 2020

Texas counties ranked by median gross rent (2020 ACS). This list covers the 251 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 251 is $782.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191$1,474+102%

02Rockwall County, TXTX140,738$1,472+111%

03Collin County, TXTX1,297,179$1,428+79%

04Williamson County, TXTX752,827$1,368+74%

05Travis County, TXTX1,389,670$1,348+85%

06Kendall County, TXTX53,289$1,278+94%

07Denton County, TXTX1,069,346$1,269+75%

08Midland County, TXTX187,855$1,244+168%

09Montgomery County, TXTX781,194$1,231+100%

10Comal County, TXTX209,166$1,192+90%

11Hays County, TXTX304,390$1,168+86%

12Brazoria County, TXTX419,080$1,161+114%

13Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397$1,159+79%

14Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111$1,150+126%

15Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466$1,142+87%

16Harris County, TXTX5,045,026$1,115+89%

17Galveston County, TXTX372,207$1,106+94%

18Ellis County, TXTX240,867$1,104+89%

19Andrews County, TXTX18,914$1,095+176%

20Bastrop County, TXTX118,908$1,095+99%

21Kaufman County, TXTX209,235$1,087+104%

22Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711$1,081+205%

23Ector County, TXTX173,801$1,073+168%

24Parker County, TXTX184,767$1,049+91%

25Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088$1,048+88%

26Nueces County, TXTX352,992$1,048+91%

27Johnson County, TXTX218,048$1,047+94%

28San Patricio County, TXTX72,053$1,047+102%

29Wise County, TXTX83,778$1,030+113%

30Irion County, TXTX1,463$1,014+107%

31Hood County, TXTX70,501$1,009+87%

32Waller County, TXTX69,858$1,000+111%

33Gillespie County, TXTX28,527$993+88%

34Chambers County, TXTX57,594$990+103%

35Brazos County, TXTX249,088$966+65%

36Victoria County, TXTX92,656$961+90%

37Hartley County, TXTX4,904$955+100%

38Smith County, TXTX252,549$955+85%

39Hunt County, TXTX123,336$952+100%

40Erath County, TXTX43,911$951+111%

41Randall County, TXTX152,351$947+88%

42Bell County, TXTX402,248$946+74%

43Caldwell County, TXTX55,150$946+100%

44Lubbock County, TXTX328,906$946+87%

45Hemphill County, TXTX3,083$940+108%

46Burnet County, TXTX57,015$939+84%

47Armstrong County, TXTX1,843$938+115%

48Cooke County, TXTX44,461$934+104%

49Wilson County, TXTX56,139$931+121%

50McMullen County, TXTX544$929+121%

51Kerr County, TXTX54,037$922+72%

52Washington County, TXTX38,288$922+92%

53Taylor County, TXTX150,077$921+95%

54Glasscock County, TXTX1,128$920+178%

55Grayson County, TXTX153,613$909+75%

56Kleberg County, TXTX30,315$898+101%

57Lee County, TXTX18,729$897+106%

58Coryell County, TXTX85,592$894+63%

59Walker County, TXTX83,842$893+75%

60Tom Green County, TXTX120,602$892+95%

61San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488$890+134%

62McLennan County, TXTX272,020$886+78%

63Bandera County, TXTX22,876$884+85%

64Yoakum County, TXTX7,438$883+124%

65Montague County, TXTX21,966$873+108%

66Gregg County, TXTX126,095$872+84%

67Jefferson County, TXTX254,321$869+82%

68Medina County, TXTX56,881$869+92%

69Howard County, TXTX30,504$869+110%

70Dallam County, TXTX7,508$867+104%

71Van Zandt County, TXTX66,130$865+88%

72Atascosa County, TXTX53,590$863+117%

73Llano County, TXTX23,353$863+58%

74Bee County, TXTX32,515$860+107%

75Fannin County, TXTX39,265$859+99%

76Reeves County, TXTX12,138$859+155%

77Liberty County, TXTX121,364$857+90%

78Reagan County, TXTX3,166$857+132%

79El Paso County, TXTX877,858$855+83%

80Matagorda County, TXTX36,463$851+107%

81Webb County, TXTX281,224$851+90%

82Blanco County, TXTX13,581$850+77%

83Ward County, TXTX11,125$850+144%

84Hardin County, TXTX58,723$846+76%

85Carson County, TXTX5,805$844+112%

86Franklin County, TXTX10,994$840+108%

87Hopkins County, TXTX39,063$836+94%

88Uvalde County, TXTX24,963$834+101%

89Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,791$832+83%

90Jackson County, TXTX15,393$830+104%

91Winkler County, TXTX7,540$830+124%

92Anderson County, TXTX59,805$829+82%

93Crane County, TXTX4,554$829+106%

94Angelina County, TXTX88,154$826+79%

95Aransas County, TXTX26,146$826+74%

96Orange County, TXTX86,266$826+75%

97Calhoun County, TXTX19,599$825+88%

98Lynn County, TXTX6,017$825+185%

99Potter County, TXTX114,453$825+83%

100Austin County, TXTX33,625$822+73%

101Wichita County, TXTX129,555$822+69%

102Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284$820+90%

103Harrison County, TXTX71,956$820+86%

104Kent County, TXTX674$819+232%

105Moore County, TXTX21,891$818+101%

106Hutchinson County, TXTX19,633$817+116%

107DeWitt County, TXTX20,309$813+136%

108Rusk County, TXTX54,854$813+94%

109Oldham County, TXTX1,783$808+91%

110Frio County, TXTX18,823$807+141%

111Navarro County, TXTX57,181$806+78%

112Pecos County, TXTX14,560$806+120%

113Fayette County, TXTX25,459$804+101%

114Henderson County, TXTX88,595$803+73%

115Burleson County, TXTX20,549$800+81%

116Wheeler County, TXTX4,773$800+130%

117Upshur County, TXTX44,410$798+92%

118Sherman County, TXTX2,781$793+90%

119Polk County, TXTX53,434$789+87%

120Cherokee County, TXTX53,337$789+92%

121Madison County, TXTX14,226$789+81%

122Wood County, TXTX49,688$789+81%

123Wharton County, TXTX42,060$787+90%

124Real County, TXTX2,745$785+81%

125Lampasas County, TXTX23,657$782+78%

126Live Oak County, TXTX11,929$782+114%

127Upton County, TXTX3,131$781+153%

128Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804$779+85%

129Brown County, TXTX38,711$778+76%

130San Saba County, TXTX5,787$777+93%

131Bowie County, TXTX92,696$776+69%

132Lavaca County, TXTX20,651$776+112%

133Childress County, TXTX6,643$774+123%

134Gonzales County, TXTX20,159$773+147%

135Jones County, TXTX20,861$773+106%

136Sterling County, TXTX1,349$773+97%

137Leon County, TXTX16,894$772+88%

138Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035$768+65%

139Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,626$766+106%

140Val Verde County, TXTX47,835$766+88%

141Tyler County, TXTX20,443$765+77%

142Runnels County, TXTX9,693$762+114%

143Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955$761+108%

144Bosque County, TXTX18,918$760+76%

145Callahan County, TXTX14,491$760+93%

146Martin County, TXTX5,284$760+144%

147Roberts County, TXTX867$760+100%

148Hill County, TXTX39,503$758+74%

149Scurry County, TXTX16,162$757+93%

150Clay County, TXTX10,764$754+91%

151Shackelford County, TXTX3,197$754+98%

152Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549$753+88%

153Karnes County, TXTX15,018$752+131%

154Robertson County, TXTX17,839$752+119%

155King County, TXTX192$750+246%

156Jasper County, TXTX33,075$749+91%

157Cameron County, TXTX433,946$746+81%

158Mason County, TXTX3,990$741+142%

159Gray County, TXTX20,919$740+84%

160Parmer County, TXTX9,678$740+87%

161Nolan County, TXTX14,117$739+117%

162Hansford County, TXTX4,944$734+96%

163Titus County, TXTX31,563$730+58%

164Panola County, TXTX23,018$729+98%

165Castro County, TXTX7,295$729+101%

166Lamar County, TXTX51,503$729+70%

167Colorado County, TXTX21,439$727+94%

168Marion County, TXTX9,896$726+82%

169Freestone County, TXTX20,811$722+91%

170Camp County, TXTX13,380$715+78%

171Lamb County, TXTX12,579$715+109%

172Somervell County, TXTX10,261$715+78%

173Coleman County, TXTX7,915$714+130%

174Rains County, TXTX13,542$713+57%

175Cochran County, TXTX2,546$710+86%

176Stephens County, TXTX9,380$710+78%

177Floyd County, TXTX4,881$710+94%

178McCulloch County, TXTX7,472$708+83%

179Garza County, TXTX4,510$703+123%

180Houston County, TXTX22,316$702+87%

181Swisher County, TXTX6,703$701+81%

182Terry County, TXTX11,720$698+80%

183Brewster County, TXTX9,458$698+89%

184Milam County, TXTX26,258$697+79%

185Dimmit County, TXTX8,024$694+106%

186Grimes County, TXTX34,252$693+62%

187Morris County, TXTX12,133$692+90%

188Hockley County, TXTX21,600$691+69%

189Menard County, TXTX1,956$691+104%

190Donley County, TXTX3,213$691+115%

191Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481$689+83%

192Dawson County, TXTX11,776$689+102%

193Willacy County, TXTX19,971$687+128%

194Haskell County, TXTX5,499$686+109%

195Zavala County, TXTX9,037$686+216%

196Duval County, TXTX9,402$685+135%

197Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433$684+116%

198Kimble County, TXTX4,438$684+87%

199Newton County, TXTX11,954$681+88%

200La Salle County, TXTX6,517$680+146%

201Maverick County, TXTX58,823$678+110%

202Young County, TXTX18,154$678+74%

203Limestone County, TXTX22,849$678+59%

204Kinney County, TXTX3,128$672+82%

205Jack County, TXTX9,563$666+85%

206Cass County, TXTX28,651$665+87%

207Hale County, TXTX31,819$661+62%

208Archer County, TXTX9,129$659+55%

209Sabine County, TXTX10,012$659+107%

210Gaines County, TXTX23,956$659+92%

211Eastland County, TXTX18,143$653+81%

212Mitchell County, TXTX8,947$650+67%

213Trinity County, TXTX14,384$650+61%

214Mills County, TXTX4,580$649+76%

215Sutton County, TXTX3,203$648+79%

216Refugio County, TXTX6,657$637+74%

217Concho County, TXTX3,607$633+70%

218Shelby County, TXTX24,286$631+93%

219Motley County, TXTX1,043$629+78%

220Coke County, TXTX3,412$629+125%

221Edwards County, TXTX1,370$627+57%

222San Augustine County, TXTX7,722$626+97%

223Delta County, TXTX5,549$625+59%

224Fisher County, TXTX3,692$621+127%

225Hamilton County, TXTX8,680$621+60%

226Crosby County, TXTX4,852$620+86%

227Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554$604+85%

228Stonewall County, TXTX1,186$600+107%

229Briscoe County, TXTX1,474$596+98%

230Culberson County, TXTX2,267$594+84%

231Starr County, TXTX66,319$572+104%

232Red River County, TXTX11,816$571+74%

233Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487$568+94%

234Knox County, TXTX3,192$560+124%

235Crockett County, TXTX2,769$559+77%

236Falls County, TXTX17,869$552+61%

237Dickens County, TXTX1,692$550+76%

238Bailey County, TXTX6,963$543+42%

239Hall County, TXTX2,737$537+73%

240Borden County, TXTX567$525+133%

241Comanche County, TXTX14,432$525+49%

242Goliad County, TXTX7,208$513+44%

243Zapata County, TXTX13,753$513+92%

244Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555$496+36%

245Foard County, TXTX1,044$489+82%

246Baylor County, TXTX3,472$481+77%

247Hardeman County, TXTX3,292$472+44%

248Schleicher County, TXTX2,245$400+25%

249Presidio County, TXTX5,433$397+44%

250Brooks County, TXTX6,579$386+54%

251Cottle County, TXTX1,224$372+71%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS