Most Expensive Places to Rent in Texas
220 cities ranked by average 2BR rent · HUD Fair Market Rents
The most expensive place to rent in Texas is Austin, with an average 2-bedroom rent of $1,949/mo. Below are all 220 Texas cities ranked from highest to lowest rent.
| # | City | Studio | 1BR | 2BR | 3BR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA | $1,549 | $1,650 | $1,949 | $2,484 |
| 2 | Dallas Dallas, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $1,531 | $1,606 | $1,884 | $2,361 |
| 3 | Martin County Martin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $1,579 | $1,589 | $1,868 | $2,352 |
| 4 | Midland Midland, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $1,582 | $1,591 | $1,867 | $2,398 |
| 5 | Kendall County Kendall County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $1,285 | $1,408 | $1,728 | $2,282 |
| 6 | Fort Worth Fort Worth-Arlington, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $1,371 | $1,461 | $1,705 | $2,256 |
| 7 | Odessa Odessa, TX MSA | $1,286 | $1,295 | $1,669 | $2,011 |
| 8 | Houston Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $1,226 | $1,279 | $1,529 | $2,038 |
| 9 | San Antonio San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $1,116 | $1,231 | $1,501 | $1,907 |
| 10 | Victoria Victoria, TX MSA | $1,092 | $1,099 | $1,392 | $1,678 |
| 11 | Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX MSA | $1,051 | $1,128 | $1,390 | $1,816 |
| 12 | Andrews County Andrews County, TX | $1,087 | $1,252 | $1,386 | $1,670 |
| 13 | Waco Waco, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $944 | $1,106 | $1,377 | $1,776 |
| 14 | Sherman Sherman-Denison, TX MSA | $1,068 | $1,113 | $1,342 | $1,872 |
| 15 | Hood County Hood County, TX | $1,047 | $1,122 | $1,334 | $1,607 |
| 16 | Tyler Tyler, TX MSA | $995 | $1,084 | $1,333 | $1,776 |
| 17 | Aransas County Aransas County, TX | $969 | $976 | $1,280 | $1,670 |
| 18 | Gillespie County Gillespie County, TX | $965 | $971 | $1,274 | $1,688 |
| 19 | Brazoria County Brazoria County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $951 | $1,138 | $1,260 | $1,683 |
| 20 | Sterling County Sterling County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $863 | $998 | $1,258 | $1,687 |
| 21 | San Angelo San Angelo, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $863 | $998 | $1,258 | $1,691 |
| 22 | Abilene Abilene, TX MSA | $944 | $950 | $1,207 | $1,571 |
| 23 | College Station College Station-Bryan, TX MSA | $1,034 | $1,089 | $1,206 | $1,690 |
| 24 | Harrison County Harrison County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $820 | $912 | $1,196 | $1,441 |
| 25 | Wise County Wise County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $974 | $1,006 | $1,196 | $1,676 |
| 26 | Longview Longview, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $989 | $995 | $1,193 | $1,621 |
| 27 | El Paso El Paso, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $821 | $1,020 | $1,192 | $1,647 |
| 28 | Lubbock Lubbock, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $832 | $1,007 | $1,192 | $1,658 |
| 29 | Medina County Medina County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $885 | $908 | $1,191 | $1,573 |
| 30 | Atascosa County Atascosa County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $879 | $1,068 | $1,182 | $1,482 |
| 31 | Kleberg County Kleberg County, TX | $888 | $899 | $1,179 | $1,420 |
| 32 | Washington County Washington County, TX | $905 | $910 | $1,177 | $1,540 |
| 33 | Cooke County Cooke County, TX | $889 | $895 | $1,174 | $1,447 |
| 34 | Laredo Laredo, TX MSA | $953 | $959 | $1,173 | $1,493 |
| 35 | Killeen Killeen-Temple, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $924 | $930 | $1,172 | $1,631 |
| 36 | Amarillo Amarillo, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $813 | $952 | $1,158 | $1,592 |
| 37 | Karnes County Karnes County, TX | $774 | $861 | $1,129 | $1,400 |
| 38 | Howard County Howard County, TX | $873 | $879 | $1,127 | $1,358 |
| 39 | Lee County Lee County, TX | $883 | $907 | $1,126 | $1,381 |
| 40 | Burnet County Burnet County, TX | $864 | $869 | $1,124 | $1,507 |
| 41 | Blanco County Blanco County, TX | $870 | $875 | $1,120 | $1,509 |
| 42 | Walker County Walker County, TX | $766 | $981 | $1,117 | $1,384 |
| 43 | Bee County Bee County, TX | $844 | $849 | $1,114 | $1,421 |
| 44 | Beaumont Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX MSA | $915 | $920 | $1,113 | $1,460 |
| 45 | Oldham County Oldham County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $781 | $915 | $1,113 | $1,387 |
| 46 | Hood County Hood County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $907 | $927 | $1,107 | $1,377 |
| 47 | Rusk County Rusk County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $832 | $840 | $1,102 | $1,396 |
| 48 | Wichita Falls Wichita Falls, TX MSA | $823 | $896 | $1,102 | $1,506 |
| 49 | Matagorda County Matagorda County, TX | $863 | $867 | $1,100 | $1,372 |
| 50 | Yoakum County Yoakum County, TX | $862 | $993 | $1,099 | $1,324 |
| 51 | Montague County Montague County, TX | $830 | $835 | $1,096 | $1,433 |
| 52 | Hartley County Hartley County, TX | $859 | $882 | $1,096 | $1,454 |
| 53 | Kerr County Kerr County, TX | $859 | $925 | $1,095 | $1,488 |
| 54 | Concho County Concho County, TX | $857 | $880 | $1,092 | $1,316 |
| 55 | Uvalde County Uvalde County, TX | $818 | $823 | $1,080 | $1,408 |
| 56 | Llano County Llano County, TX | $811 | $816 | $1,071 | $1,400 |
| 57 | Ward County Ward County, TX | $835 | $961 | $1,064 | $1,377 |
| 58 | Erath County Erath County, TX | $803 | $809 | $1,061 | $1,487 |
| 59 | Hudspeth County Hudspeth County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $726 | $902 | $1,054 | $1,270 |
| 60 | Franklin County Franklin County, TX | $797 | $802 | $1,052 | $1,267 |
| 61 | DeWitt County DeWitt County, TX | $825 | $848 | $1,052 | $1,292 |
| 62 | Angelina County Angelina County, TX | $855 | $900 | $1,038 | $1,330 |
| 63 | Anderson County Anderson County, TX | $846 | $851 | $1,033 | $1,245 |
| 64 | Lampasas County Lampasas County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $781 | $787 | $1,032 | $1,360 |
| 65 | Runnels County Runnels County, TX | $781 | $786 | $1,031 | $1,242 |
| 66 | Hopkins County Hopkins County, TX | $716 | $886 | $1,026 | $1,402 |
| 67 | Van Zandt County Van Zandt County, TX | $760 | $780 | $1,023 | $1,419 |
| 68 | Lavaca County Lavaca County, TX | $798 | $839 | $1,017 | $1,225 |
| 69 | Colorado County Colorado County, TX | $792 | $814 | $1,010 | $1,247 |
| 70 | Real County Real County, TX | $792 | $911 | $1,009 | $1,316 |
| 71 | Nacogdoches County Nacogdoches County, TX | $799 | $859 | $1,009 | $1,237 |
| 72 | Moore County Moore County, TX | $763 | $768 | $1,008 | $1,215 |
| 73 | Palo Pinto County Palo Pinto County, TX | $762 | $767 | $1,006 | $1,259 |
| 74 | Henderson County Henderson County, TX | $736 | $816 | $1,004 | $1,328 |
| 75 | Wood County Wood County, TX | $688 | $765 | $1,003 | $1,209 |
| 76 | Austin County Austin County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $802 | $891 | $1,001 | $1,403 |
| 77 | Brown County Brown County, TX | $690 | $761 | $999 | $1,274 |
| 78 | Deaf Smith County Deaf Smith County, TX | $745 | $760 | $997 | $1,201 |
| 79 | McAllen McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX MSA | $793 | $798 | $992 | $1,290 |
| 80 | Jackson County Jackson County, TX | $777 | $894 | $990 | $1,206 |
| 81 | Coleman County Coleman County, TX | $771 | $798 | $990 | $1,197 |
| 82 | Frio County Frio County, TX | $750 | $844 | $990 | $1,291 |
| 83 | Hansford County Hansford County, TX | $760 | $765 | $988 | $1,294 |
| 84 | Crane County Crane County, TX | $774 | $795 | $987 | $1,189 |
| 85 | Reeves County Reeves County, TX | $774 | $891 | $987 | $1,241 |
| 86 | Ochiltree County Ochiltree County, TX | $774 | $795 | $987 | $1,244 |
| 87 | Polk County Polk County, TX | $771 | $790 | $983 | $1,187 |
| 88 | Wharton County Wharton County, TX | $761 | $766 | $982 | $1,376 |
| 89 | Val Verde County Val Verde County, TX | $761 | $766 | $980 | $1,294 |
| 90 | Cottle County Cottle County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 91 | Presidio County Presidio County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 92 | Reagan County Reagan County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 93 | Borden County Borden County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 94 | Comanche County Comanche County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 95 | Roberts County Roberts County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 96 | San Augustine County San Augustine County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 97 | McMullen County McMullen County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 98 | Glasscock County Glasscock County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 99 | Jeff Davis County Jeff Davis County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 100 | Edwards County Edwards County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 101 | Stephens County Stephens County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 102 | Stonewall County Stonewall County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 103 | Kenedy County Kenedy County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 104 | Kent County Kent County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 105 | Terrell County Terrell County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 106 | Culberson County Culberson County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 107 | King County King County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 108 | Kinney County Kinney County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 109 | Childress County Childress County, TX | $766 | $828 | $976 | $1,275 |
| 110 | Loving County Loving County, TX | $766 | $786 | $976 | $1,273 |
| 111 | McCulloch County McCulloch County, TX | $765 | $805 | $975 | $1,175 |
| 112 | Brewster County Brewster County, TX | $765 | $804 | $975 | $1,366 |
| 113 | Grimes County Grimes County, TX | $764 | $785 | $974 | $1,173 |
| 114 | Dallam County Dallam County, TX | $759 | $874 | $968 | $1,356 |
| 115 | Gray County Gray County, TX | $732 | $737 | $967 | $1,165 |
| 116 | Navarro County Navarro County, TX | $709 | $805 | $966 | $1,354 |
| 117 | Scurry County Scurry County, TX | $756 | $871 | $964 | $1,351 |
| 118 | Hemphill County Hemphill County, TX | $750 | $776 | $963 | $1,307 |
| 119 | Fayette County Fayette County, TX | $725 | $772 | $958 | $1,316 |
| 120 | Winkler County Winkler County, TX | $751 | $771 | $957 | $1,199 |
| 121 | Mitchell County Mitchell County, TX | $750 | $838 | $956 | $1,247 |
| 122 | Parmer County Parmer County, TX | $722 | $727 | $954 | $1,149 |
| 123 | Trinity County Trinity County, TX | $744 | $776 | $948 | $1,142 |
| 124 | Brownsville Brownsville-Harlingen, TX MSA | $666 | $757 | $948 | $1,264 |
| 125 | Hill County Hill County, TX | $649 | $749 | $947 | $1,248 |
| 126 | Hamilton County Hamilton County, TX | $716 | $721 | $946 | $1,189 |
| 127 | Fannin County Fannin County, TX | $714 | $719 | $943 | $1,321 |
| 128 | San Saba County San Saba County, TX | $713 | $718 | $942 | $1,214 |
| 129 | Dawson County Dawson County, TX | $713 | $718 | $942 | $1,135 |
| 130 | Wheeler County Wheeler County, TX | $735 | $755 | $937 | $1,129 |
| 131 | La Salle County La Salle County, TX | $735 | $755 | $937 | $1,313 |
| 132 | Cherokee County Cherokee County, TX | $677 | $712 | $934 | $1,309 |
| 133 | Tyler County Tyler County, TX | $717 | $721 | $934 | $1,125 |
| 134 | Motley County Motley County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 135 | Briscoe County Briscoe County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 136 | Newton County Newton County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,286 |
| 137 | Nolan County Nolan County, TX | $732 | $780 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 138 | Bosque County Bosque County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,297 |
| 139 | Panola County Panola County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,192 |
| 140 | Pecos County Pecos County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 141 | Rains County Rains County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 142 | Red River County Red River County, TX | $640 | $837 | $933 | $1,243 |
| 143 | Zavala County Zavala County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 144 | Refugio County Refugio County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,299 |
| 145 | Baylor County Baylor County, TX | $708 | $713 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 146 | Sabine County Sabine County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,128 |
| 147 | San Jacinto County San Jacinto County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,232 |
| 148 | Schleicher County Schleicher County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 149 | Shackelford County Shackelford County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 150 | Eastland County Eastland County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 151 | Sherman County Sherman County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 152 | Somervell County Somervell County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 153 | Starr County Starr County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 154 | Sutton County Sutton County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,164 |
| 155 | Swisher County Swisher County, TX | $720 | $724 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 156 | Terry County Terry County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 157 | Throckmorton County Throckmorton County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 158 | Titus County Titus County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,204 |
| 159 | Upton County Upton County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 160 | Bailey County Bailey County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 161 | Falls County Falls County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $640 | $711 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 162 | Lynn County Lynn County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $652 | $742 | $933 | $1,268 |
| 163 | Donley County Donley County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,273 |
| 164 | Fisher County Fisher County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,180 |
| 165 | Floyd County Floyd County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 166 | Foard County Foard County, TX | $714 | $737 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 167 | Dimmit County Dimmit County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 168 | Freestone County Freestone County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,142 |
| 169 | Dickens County Dickens County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,254 |
| 170 | Gaines County Gaines County, TX | $732 | $808 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 171 | Garza County Garza County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 172 | Delta County Delta County, TX | $732 | $786 | $933 | $1,274 |
| 173 | Gonzales County Gonzales County, TX | $644 | $711 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 174 | Hale County Hale County, TX | $640 | $843 | $933 | $1,243 |
| 175 | Hall County Hall County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 176 | Hardeman County Hardeman County, TX | $726 | $731 | $933 | $1,259 |
| 177 | Haskell County Haskell County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 178 | Hockley County Hockley County, TX | $811 | $843 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 179 | Crockett County Crockett County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 180 | Houston County Houston County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,149 |
| 181 | Hutchinson County Hutchinson County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 182 | Jack County Jack County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 183 | Collingsworth County Collingsworth County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 184 | Jasper County Jasper County, TX | $732 | $789 | $933 | $1,155 |
| 185 | Jim Hogg County Jim Hogg County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,148 |
| 186 | Jim Wells County Jim Wells County, TX | $766 | $771 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 187 | Coke County Coke County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,171 |
| 188 | Cochran County Cochran County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 189 | Kimble County Kimble County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,185 |
| 190 | Knox County Knox County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 191 | Lamar County Lamar County, TX | $732 | $756 | $933 | $1,254 |
| 192 | Lamb County Lamb County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,260 |
| 193 | Castro County Castro County, TX | $732 | $750 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 194 | Leon County Leon County, TX | $646 | $711 | $933 | $1,232 |
| 195 | Limestone County Limestone County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 196 | Lipscomb County Lipscomb County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 197 | Live Oak County Live Oak County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,287 |
| 198 | Cass County Cass County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,238 |
| 199 | Madison County Madison County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,296 |
| 200 | Marion County Marion County, TX | $726 | $730 | $933 | $1,212 |
| 201 | Mason County Mason County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,217 |
| 202 | Camp County Camp County, TX | $727 | $731 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 203 | Maverick County Maverick County, TX | $732 | $797 | $933 | $1,227 |
| 204 | Menard County Menard County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 205 | Milam County Milam County, TX | $732 | $750 | $933 | $1,135 |
| 206 | Mills County Mills County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 207 | Calhoun County Calhoun County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 208 | Brooks County Brooks County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 209 | Morris County Morris County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,226 |
| 210 | Willacy County Willacy County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,232 |
| 211 | Young County Young County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,301 |
| 212 | Zapata County Zapata County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 213 | Duval County Duval County, TX | $732 | $752 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 214 | Shelby County Shelby County, TX | $732 | $843 | $933 | $1,307 |
| 215 | Wilbarger County Wilbarger County, TX | $707 | $711 | $933 | $1,124 |
| 216 | Aransas County Aransas County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $683 | $779 | $906 | $1,297 |
| 217 | Somervell County Somervell County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $665 | $738 | $889 | $1,272 |
| 218 | Harrison County Harrison County, TX | $549 | $673 | $832 | $1,045 |
| 219 | Sterling County Sterling County, TX | $580 | $628 | $791 | $1,044 |
| 220 | Newton County Newton County, TX HUD Metro FMR Area | $553 | $592 | $734 | $1,004 |