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Counties in Texas by median gross rent (monthly)

Rockwall County had the highest median gross rent (monthly) of 246 counties in 2023, at $1,899. Cottle County had the lowest, at $323. The median was $928 and the figure for Texas was $1,339. Source: the U.S. Census Bureau.

Highest1,899Rockwall County
Lowest323Cottle County
Median928246 counties
Texas1,339History

Top 40 counties, 2023

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Rockwall CountyRockwall County: 1,899 USD1,899Collin CountyCollin County: 1,792 USD1,792Fort Bend CountyFort Bend County: 1,770 USD1,770Williamson CountyWilliamson County: 1,720 USD1,720Travis CountyTravis County: 1,669 USD1,669Denton CountyDenton County: 1,642 USD1,642Kendall CountyKendall County: 1,576 USD1,576Chambers CountyChambers County: 1,548 USD1,548Montgomery CountyMontgomery County: 1,471 USD1,471Dallas CountyDallas County: 1,469 USD1,469Comal CountyComal County: 1,460 USD1,460Ellis CountyEllis County: 1,449 USD1,449Tarrant CountyTarrant County: 1,447 USD1,447Parker CountyParker County: 1,440 USD1,440Guadalupe CountyGuadalupe County: 1,439 USD1,439Hays CountyHays County: 1,417 USD1,417Hood CountyHood County: 1,414 USD1,414Brazoria CountyBrazoria County: 1,410 USD1,410Kaufman CountyKaufman County: 1,408 USD1,408Midland CountyMidland County: 1,383 USD1,383Andrews CountyAndrews County: 1,364 USD1,364Galveston CountyGalveston County: 1,360 USD1,360Harris CountyHarris County: 1,349 USD1,349Johnson CountyJohnson County: 1,343 USD1,343Bastrop CountyBastrop County: 1,342 USD1,342Gillespie CountyGillespie County: 1,331 USD1,331Burnet CountyBurnet County: 1,324 USD1,324Jeff Davis CountyJeff Davis County: 1,314 USD1,314Bexar CountyBexar County: 1,290 USD1,290Ector CountyEctor County: 1,284 USD1,284San Patricio CountySan Patricio County: 1,239 USD1,239Wise CountyWise County: 1,239 USD1,239Nueces CountyNueces County: 1,224 USD1,224Waller CountyWaller County: 1,210 USD1,210Smith CountySmith County: 1,197 USD1,197Hunt CountyHunt County: 1,184 USD1,184Grayson CountyGrayson County: 1,178 USD1,178Martin CountyMartin County: 1,175 USD1,175Bell CountyBell County: 1,168 USD1,168Brazos CountyBrazos County: 1,160 USD1,160
USD. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023
USD		Change on 2022
1Rockwall County1,899+6.7%
2Collin County1,792+6.1%
3Fort Bend County1,770+6.1%
4Williamson County1,720+7.7%
5Travis County1,669+6.9%
6Denton County1,642+9.8%
7Kendall County1,576+8.3%
8Chambers County1,548+15.6%
9Montgomery County1,471+3.9%
10Dallas County1,469+6.9%
11Comal County1,460+5%
12Ellis County1,449+7.7%
13Tarrant County1,447+7%
14Parker County1,440+11.5%
15Guadalupe County1,439+12.6%
16Hays County1,417+4.6%
17Hood County1,414+12.7%
18Brazoria County1,410+5.8%
19Kaufman County1,408+9.5%
20Midland County1,383+0.6%
21Andrews County1,364+1.4%
22Galveston County1,360+4.5%
23Harris County1,349+6.3%
24Johnson County1,343+5.7%
25Bastrop County1,342+12.3%
26Gillespie County1,331+4.4%
27Burnet County1,324+7.5%
28Jeff Davis County1,314+18.1%
29Bexar County1,290+6.4%
30Ector County1,284+4.2%
31San Patricio County1,239-2.1%
31Wise County1,239+9%
33Nueces County1,224+4.2%
34Waller County1,210+9.1%
35Smith County1,197+6%
36Hunt County1,184+5.7%
37Grayson County1,178+7.5%
38Martin County1,175+16.5%
39Bell County1,168+6.7%
40Brazos County1,160+3.6%
41Victoria County1,151+6.2%
42Caldwell County1,145+5.6%
43Erath County1,134+6%
43Lubbock County1,134+4.3%
45Oldham County1,125+0.4%
45Tom Green County1,125+9.9%
47Calhoun County1,121+15.8%
48Coryell County1,120+7.1%
49Randall County1,119+4.4%
50Austin County1,111+6.2%
50Taylor County1,111+4.5%
52McLennan County1,106+5.5%
53Medina County1,091+5.1%
53Washington County1,091+6.4%
55Cooke County1,088+2.3%
56Jefferson County1,079+7.5%
56Kerr County1,079+3%
58Dallam County1,074-2.8%
59Gregg County1,072+6.3%
60Wilson County1,069+1.4%
61Angelina County1,056+7.2%
62Aransas County1,052-2.2%
63Lee County1,050+1.3%
64El Paso County1,045+6.9%
65Navarro County1,039+6.2%
66Hopkins County1,038+8.4%
66Liberty County1,038+6.1%
68Bee County1,028+4.4%
68Irion County1,028-10.2%
70Palo Pinto County1,024+6.3%
71Hartley County1,023-7.2%
72Kleberg County1,022+4.5%
73Orange County1,018+4.5%
73San Jacinto County1,018+2.6%
75Parmer County1,015+21%
75Upshur County1,015+5.9%
77Hardin County1,011+5.9%
77Jackson County1,011+12.8%
79Armstrong County1,010+7.2%
79Van Zandt County1,010+3%
81Polk County1,009+9.7%
82Anderson County1,006+3.5%
82Frio County1,006+26.2%
84Colorado County1,002+12.3%
85Bandera County998+7.7%
85Matagorda County998+4%
87Atascosa County997+2%
87Rusk County997+3.5%
87Webb County997+3.4%
90Llano County995+2.2%
90Wheeler County995+11%
92Fannin County994+1.5%
93Howard County993+1.2%
94Potter County989+4.9%
95Reeves County988+3.9%
96Walker County986+1%
96Wharton County986+10.3%
98Grimes County985+8.2%
99Henderson County978+2.1%
100Harrison County977+7.1%
101Pecos County973-1.3%
102Wichita County972+3.7%
103Culberson County971+5.8%
104Jack County968+8.9%
104Sterling County968+9.8%
106Bowie County966+7.3%
106Uvalde County966-4.7%
108Lampasas County961+10.8%
109Montague County957-1.7%
110Val Verde County956+4.7%
111DeWitt County955+2.6%
112Tyler County951+2.6%
113Live Oak County949-0.8%
114Franklin County948-0.3%
114Milam County948+4.1%
116Hemphill County946-7.7%
117Ward County939-11.5%
118Jones County938-1.7%
119Childress County934+8.9%
120Carson County9330%
120Lynn County933+5.2%
122Yoakum County931-5.3%
123Hill County929+4%
124Somervell County927+8.7%
125Bosque County926+4.5%
126Hidalgo County925+5.7%
127Nacogdoches County923+7%
128Blanco County920+6.6%
129Concho County919-0.9%
129Deaf Smith County919+9.1%
131Scurry County913-10.9%
132Castro County910+8.2%
133Burleson County909-7%
133Fayette County909+2.7%
135Ochiltree County905+5.5%
136Red River County902+31.1%
137Lamb County900+13.1%
137Winkler County900-0.2%
139Cameron County899+5.1%
140Gray County898+6.1%
141Lamar County897+5.9%
142Rains County895-0.1%
143Moore County894+1.7%
143Runnels County894-0.3%
143San Saba County894-2.6%
146Brown County887+2.9%
147Jim Wells County885+4.2%
148Crane County883-3.3%
149Callahan County881-0.8%
149Sherman County881-9.1%
151Cherokee County880-0.3%
152Lavaca County879+0.9%
153Newton County877+0.1%
153Real County877+4.9%
155Dawson County873+8.4%
155Houston County873+6.6%
157Karnes County872+0.5%
158Willacy County868+24.9%
159Nolan County866+6.9%
160Wilbarger County862+8.4%
161Delta County857-2.1%
162Kent County856-7.1%
163Marion County854-0.4%
164Hutchinson County852-3.3%
165Wood County851-3.5%
166Young County849+3.2%
167Hamilton County847-2.1%
168Freestone County844+7.5%
169Refugio County842+16.9%
170McCulloch County838+2.7%
171Gonzales County837-6.5%
172Limestone County835+6.5%
173Madison County832+2.2%
173Shelby County832-0.1%
175Clay County825+4.8%
176Haskell County824-4.4%
176Morris County824+5.2%
178Comanche County823+3.5%
178Trinity County823+6.1%
180Cass County821-1.6%
181Jim Hogg County820+8.8%
182Titus County817+1.1%
183Hockley County813+6.3%
183Terry County813+6.6%
185Menard County810+12.5%
185Panola County810+1.4%
187Lipscomb County807-3.5%
188Reagan County806-23.7%
189Eastland County803+7.8%
190Stephens County802+16.6%
191Hale County798+5.4%
191Leon County798-11.3%
193Garza County797-24%
194Kimble County795+11%
195Jasper County790+1.7%
196Maverick County789+4.2%
197Gaines County788+10.8%
198Camp County774+0.9%
199Robertson County773-1%
200Kinney County771+5.9%
201Hansford County770-6.4%
201Sutton County770+9.8%
203Roberts County769+38.8%
204Brewster County768-1.5%
205Archer County766+6.7%
206Dickens County753+41.3%
206Dimmit County753+13.4%
208Mason County751-8.2%
209Falls County747+8.1%
210Bailey County744+11.9%
211San Augustine County741+3.2%
212Cochran County738+5.1%
212Sabine County738+1.8%
214Duval County737-15.3%
215Swisher County729-4.5%
216Motley County725-1%
217Goliad County724-8.1%
218Starr County715+6.7%
219Coleman County714+4.4%
219Edwards County714+5%
221Mills County713+8.9%
222Briscoe County692-18.6%
223Upton County689+0.3%
224Hardeman County688+12.4%
225Coke County687+0.9%
226Donley County686-3.5%
227Baylor County685+20.6%
228Hudspeth County664+25%
229Knox County661+5.3%
230Crosby County637-1.8%
231Fisher County629+4%
232Schleicher County627-2.8%
233Stonewall County620-18.1%
234Collingsworth County619-4.9%
235Hall County610+10.1%
236Floyd County587-15.8%
237Crockett County585+0.3%
238Foard County577+7.4%
239Zapata County569+2.2%
240Throckmorton County548+2.2%
241Zavala County544-35.1%
242Brooks County487+24.6%
243Shackelford County485-0.2%
244Mitchell County481-37%
245Presidio County445+13.8%
246Cottle County323-13.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Monthly gross rent of renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, at the middle of the distribution, in US dollars of the last year of the period. Gross rent is the contract rent plus the estimated cost of utilities and fuels paid by the renter. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A median, not an average, of what all renters pay, including long-standing leases, so it is lower than asking rents for new listings. Medians outside the published range are coded 99 (under 100) or 3,501 (3,500 or more) and marked as estimated.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. 3 counties with data in other periods have no value for 2023 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2023/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2023-b25064.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which county has the highest median gross rent (monthly)?

Rockwall County, with $1,899 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Which county has the lowest median gross rent (monthly)?

Cottle County, with $323 in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25064: median gross rent (dollars), renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. Retrieved 2026-10-09. 3 counties have no value for 2023 and are not ranked.

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