RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 251 SHOWN OF 251

Lowest median rent, Texas counties · 2020

Texas counties with the lowest median gross rent (2020 ACS). This list covers the 251 counties in Texas that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPMEDIAN GROSS RENTVS 2000

01Cottle County, TXTX1,224$372+71%

02Brooks County, TXTX6,579$386+54%

03Presidio County, TXTX5,433$397+44%

04Schleicher County, TXTX2,245$400+25%

05Hardeman County, TXTX3,292$472+44%

06Baylor County, TXTX3,472$481+77%

07Foard County, TXTX1,044$489+82%

08Jim Hogg County, TXTX4,555$496+36%

09Goliad County, TXTX7,208$513+44%

10Zapata County, TXTX13,753$513+92%

11Borden County, TXTX567$525+133%

12Comanche County, TXTX14,432$525+49%

13Hall County, TXTX2,737$537+73%

14Bailey County, TXTX6,963$543+42%

15Dickens County, TXTX1,692$550+76%

16Falls County, TXTX17,869$552+61%

17Crockett County, TXTX2,769$559+77%

18Knox County, TXTX3,192$560+124%

19Collingsworth County, TXTX2,487$568+94%

20Red River County, TXTX11,816$571+74%

21Starr County, TXTX66,319$572+104%

22Culberson County, TXTX2,267$594+84%

23Briscoe County, TXTX1,474$596+98%

24Stonewall County, TXTX1,186$600+107%

25Throckmorton County, TXTX1,554$604+85%

26Crosby County, TXTX4,852$620+86%

27Fisher County, TXTX3,692$621+127%

28Hamilton County, TXTX8,680$621+60%

29Delta County, TXTX5,549$625+59%

30San Augustine County, TXTX7,722$626+97%

31Edwards County, TXTX1,370$627+57%

32Motley County, TXTX1,043$629+78%

33Coke County, TXTX3,412$629+125%

34Shelby County, TXTX24,286$631+93%

35Concho County, TXTX3,607$633+70%

36Refugio County, TXTX6,657$637+74%

37Sutton County, TXTX3,203$648+79%

38Mills County, TXTX4,580$649+76%

39Mitchell County, TXTX8,947$650+67%

40Trinity County, TXTX14,384$650+61%

41Eastland County, TXTX18,143$653+81%

42Archer County, TXTX9,129$659+55%

43Sabine County, TXTX10,012$659+107%

44Gaines County, TXTX23,956$659+92%

45Hale County, TXTX31,819$661+62%

46Cass County, TXTX28,651$665+87%

47Jack County, TXTX9,563$666+85%

48Kinney County, TXTX3,128$672+82%

49Maverick County, TXTX58,823$678+110%

50Young County, TXTX18,154$678+74%

51Limestone County, TXTX22,849$678+59%

52La Salle County, TXTX6,517$680+146%

53Newton County, TXTX11,954$681+88%

54Hudspeth County, TXTX3,433$684+116%

55Kimble County, TXTX4,438$684+87%

56Duval County, TXTX9,402$685+135%

57Haskell County, TXTX5,499$686+109%

58Zavala County, TXTX9,037$686+216%

59Willacy County, TXTX19,971$687+128%

60Wilbarger County, TXTX12,481$689+83%

61Dawson County, TXTX11,776$689+102%

62Hockley County, TXTX21,600$691+69%

63Menard County, TXTX1,956$691+104%

64Donley County, TXTX3,213$691+115%

65Morris County, TXTX12,133$692+90%

66Grimes County, TXTX34,252$693+62%

67Dimmit County, TXTX8,024$694+106%

68Milam County, TXTX26,258$697+79%

69Terry County, TXTX11,720$698+80%

70Brewster County, TXTX9,458$698+89%

71Swisher County, TXTX6,703$701+81%

72Houston County, TXTX22,316$702+87%

73Garza County, TXTX4,510$703+123%

74McCulloch County, TXTX7,472$708+83%

75Cochran County, TXTX2,546$710+86%

76Stephens County, TXTX9,380$710+78%

77Floyd County, TXTX4,881$710+94%

78Rains County, TXTX13,542$713+57%

79Coleman County, TXTX7,915$714+130%

80Camp County, TXTX13,380$715+78%

81Lamb County, TXTX12,579$715+109%

82Somervell County, TXTX10,261$715+78%

83Freestone County, TXTX20,811$722+91%

84Marion County, TXTX9,896$726+82%

85Colorado County, TXTX21,439$727+94%

86Panola County, TXTX23,018$729+98%

87Castro County, TXTX7,295$729+101%

88Lamar County, TXTX51,503$729+70%

89Titus County, TXTX31,563$730+58%

90Hansford County, TXTX4,944$734+96%

91Nolan County, TXTX14,117$739+117%

92Gray County, TXTX20,919$740+84%

93Parmer County, TXTX9,678$740+87%

94Mason County, TXTX3,990$741+142%

95Cameron County, TXTX433,946$746+81%

96Jasper County, TXTX33,075$749+91%

97King County, TXTX192$750+246%

98Karnes County, TXTX15,018$752+131%

99Robertson County, TXTX17,839$752+119%

100Hidalgo County, TXTX921,549$753+88%

101Clay County, TXTX10,764$754+91%

102Shackelford County, TXTX3,197$754+98%

103Scurry County, TXTX16,162$757+93%

104Hill County, TXTX39,503$758+74%

105Bosque County, TXTX18,918$760+76%

106Callahan County, TXTX14,491$760+93%

107Martin County, TXTX5,284$760+144%

108Roberts County, TXTX867$760+100%

109Lipscomb County, TXTX2,955$761+108%

110Runnels County, TXTX9,693$762+114%

111Tyler County, TXTX20,443$765+77%

112Deaf Smith County, TXTX18,626$766+106%

113Val Verde County, TXTX47,835$766+88%

114Nacogdoches County, TXTX66,035$768+65%

115Leon County, TXTX16,894$772+88%

116Gonzales County, TXTX20,159$773+147%

117Jones County, TXTX20,861$773+106%

118Sterling County, TXTX1,349$773+97%

119Childress County, TXTX6,643$774+123%

120Bowie County, TXTX92,696$776+69%

121Lavaca County, TXTX20,651$776+112%

122San Saba County, TXTX5,787$777+93%

123Brown County, TXTX38,711$778+76%

124Jim Wells County, TXTX38,804$779+85%

125Upton County, TXTX3,131$781+153%

126Lampasas County, TXTX23,657$782+78%

127Live Oak County, TXTX11,929$782+114%

128Real County, TXTX2,745$785+81%

129Wharton County, TXTX42,060$787+90%

130Polk County, TXTX53,434$789+87%

131Cherokee County, TXTX53,337$789+92%

132Madison County, TXTX14,226$789+81%

133Wood County, TXTX49,688$789+81%

134Sherman County, TXTX2,781$793+90%

135Upshur County, TXTX44,410$798+92%

136Burleson County, TXTX20,549$800+81%

137Wheeler County, TXTX4,773$800+130%

138Henderson County, TXTX88,595$803+73%

139Fayette County, TXTX25,459$804+101%

140Navarro County, TXTX57,181$806+78%

141Pecos County, TXTX14,560$806+120%

142Frio County, TXTX18,823$807+141%

143Oldham County, TXTX1,783$808+91%

144DeWitt County, TXTX20,309$813+136%

145Rusk County, TXTX54,854$813+94%

146Hutchinson County, TXTX19,633$817+116%

147Moore County, TXTX21,891$818+101%

148Kent County, TXTX674$819+232%

149Ochiltree County, TXTX9,284$820+90%

150Harrison County, TXTX71,956$820+86%

151Austin County, TXTX33,625$822+73%

152Wichita County, TXTX129,555$822+69%

153Calhoun County, TXTX19,599$825+88%

154Lynn County, TXTX6,017$825+185%

155Potter County, TXTX114,453$825+83%

156Angelina County, TXTX88,154$826+79%

157Aransas County, TXTX26,146$826+74%

158Orange County, TXTX86,266$826+75%

159Anderson County, TXTX59,805$829+82%

160Crane County, TXTX4,554$829+106%

161Jackson County, TXTX15,393$830+104%

162Winkler County, TXTX7,540$830+124%

163Palo Pinto County, TXTX30,791$832+83%

164Uvalde County, TXTX24,963$834+101%

165Hopkins County, TXTX39,063$836+94%

166Franklin County, TXTX10,994$840+108%

167Carson County, TXTX5,805$844+112%

168Hardin County, TXTX58,723$846+76%

169Blanco County, TXTX13,581$850+77%

170Ward County, TXTX11,125$850+144%

171Matagorda County, TXTX36,463$851+107%

172Webb County, TXTX281,224$851+90%

173El Paso County, TXTX877,858$855+83%

174Liberty County, TXTX121,364$857+90%

175Reagan County, TXTX3,166$857+132%

176Fannin County, TXTX39,265$859+99%

177Reeves County, TXTX12,138$859+155%

178Bee County, TXTX32,515$860+107%

179Atascosa County, TXTX53,590$863+117%

180Llano County, TXTX23,353$863+58%

181Van Zandt County, TXTX66,130$865+88%

182Dallam County, TXTX7,508$867+104%

183Jefferson County, TXTX254,321$869+82%

184Medina County, TXTX56,881$869+92%

185Howard County, TXTX30,504$869+110%

186Gregg County, TXTX126,095$872+84%

187Montague County, TXTX21,966$873+108%

188Yoakum County, TXTX7,438$883+124%

189Bandera County, TXTX22,876$884+85%

190McLennan County, TXTX272,020$886+78%

191San Jacinto County, TXTX29,488$890+134%

192Tom Green County, TXTX120,602$892+95%

193Walker County, TXTX83,842$893+75%

194Coryell County, TXTX85,592$894+63%

195Lee County, TXTX18,729$897+106%

196Kleberg County, TXTX30,315$898+101%

197Grayson County, TXTX153,613$909+75%

198Glasscock County, TXTX1,128$920+178%

199Taylor County, TXTX150,077$921+95%

200Kerr County, TXTX54,037$922+72%

201Washington County, TXTX38,288$922+92%

202McMullen County, TXTX544$929+121%

203Wilson County, TXTX56,139$931+121%

204Cooke County, TXTX44,461$934+104%

205Armstrong County, TXTX1,843$938+115%

206Burnet County, TXTX57,015$939+84%

207Hemphill County, TXTX3,083$940+108%

208Bell County, TXTX402,248$946+74%

209Caldwell County, TXTX55,150$946+100%

210Lubbock County, TXTX328,906$946+87%

211Randall County, TXTX152,351$947+88%

212Erath County, TXTX43,911$951+111%

213Hunt County, TXTX123,336$952+100%

214Hartley County, TXTX4,904$955+100%

215Smith County, TXTX252,549$955+85%

216Victoria County, TXTX92,656$961+90%

217Brazos County, TXTX249,088$966+65%

218Chambers County, TXTX57,594$990+103%

219Gillespie County, TXTX28,527$993+88%

220Waller County, TXTX69,858$1,000+111%

221Hood County, TXTX70,501$1,009+87%

222Irion County, TXTX1,463$1,014+107%

223Wise County, TXTX83,778$1,030+113%

224Johnson County, TXTX218,048$1,047+94%

225San Patricio County, TXTX72,053$1,047+102%

226Bexar County, TXTX2,160,088$1,048+88%

227Nueces County, TXTX352,992$1,048+91%

228Parker County, TXTX184,767$1,049+91%

229Ector County, TXTX173,801$1,073+168%

230Jeff Davis County, TXTX1,711$1,081+205%

231Kaufman County, TXTX209,235$1,087+104%

232Andrews County, TXTX18,914$1,095+176%

233Bastrop County, TXTX118,908$1,095+99%

234Ellis County, TXTX240,867$1,104+89%

235Galveston County, TXTX372,207$1,106+94%

236Harris County, TXTX5,045,026$1,115+89%

237Tarrant County, TXTX2,248,466$1,142+87%

238Guadalupe County, TXTX201,111$1,150+126%

239Dallas County, TXTX2,661,397$1,159+79%

240Brazoria County, TXTX419,080$1,161+114%

241Hays County, TXTX304,390$1,168+86%

242Comal County, TXTX209,166$1,192+90%

243Montgomery County, TXTX781,194$1,231+100%

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

245Denton County, TXTX1,069,346$1,269+75%

246Kendall County, TXTX53,289$1,278+94%

247Travis County, TXTX1,389,670$1,348+85%

248Williamson County, TXTX752,827$1,368+74%

249Collin County, TXTX1,297,179$1,428+79%

250Rockwall County, TXTX140,738$1,472+111%

251Fort Bend County, TXTX975,191$1,474+102%

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UPDATED 2026-08-08 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS