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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Lowest Rents in Texas

Median gross rent by county, lowest first, including the utilities a tenant pays. Set these against the monthly cost to own the same county's median home: where the two are close, buying is not the stretch it looks like.

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Texas ranked

#County Median rentMonthly to ownMedian home
1 Cottle County $323$664$54,100
2 Presidio County $445$1,246$123,100
3 Mitchell County $481$968$85,700
4 Shackelford County $485$1,641$176,900
5 Brooks County $487$894$82,700
6 Zavala County $544$949$88,100
7 Throckmorton County $548$898$84,200
8 Zapata County $569$925$88,800
9 Foard County $577$800$71,400
10 Crockett County $585$1,238$140,000
11 Floyd County $587$1,023$101,000
12 Hall County $610$871$80,200
13 Collingsworth County $619$1,098$108,400
14 Stonewall County $620$678$54,700
15 Schleicher County $627$1,152$113,400
16 Fisher County $629$883$77,600
17 Crosby County $637$870$75,500
18 Knox County $661$802$66,800
19 Hudspeth County $664$691$57,400
20 Baylor County $685$977$93,300
21 Donley County $686$945$90,500
22 Coke County $687$1,125$112,900
23 Hardeman County $688$840$76,500
24 Upton County $689$1,068$106,300
25 Briscoe County $692$883$82,900
26 Mills County $713$1,757$200,200
27 Coleman County $714$969$91,200
28 Edwards County $714$846$78,300
29 Starr County $715$967$93,300
30 Goliad County $724$1,649$182,800
31 Motley County $725$870$81,100
32 Swisher County $729$981$89,200
33 Duval County $737$910$86,400
34 Cochran County $738$693$57,700
35 Sabine County $738$1,253$131,900
36 San Augustine County $741$869$83,500
37 Bailey County $744$1,083$104,400
38 Falls County $747$1,026$97,300
39 Mason County $751$2,305$274,600
40 Dickens County $753$760$65,000
41 Dimmit County $753$867$80,300
42 Archer County $766$1,633$175,300
43 Brewster County $768$1,938$216,000
44 Roberts County $769$1,598$176,800
45 Hansford County $770$1,325$132,100
46 Sutton County $770$1,364$140,600
47 Kinney County $771$951$88,500
48 Robertson County $773$1,554$172,700
49 Camp County $774$1,477$159,900
50 Gaines County $788$1,735$185,300
51 Maverick County $789$1,453$151,500
52 Jasper County $790$1,211$125,900
53 Kimble County $795$1,606$173,100
54 Garza County $797$894$79,300
55 Hale County $798$1,090$106,100
56 Leon County $798$1,566$177,400
57 Stephens County $802$1,113$105,700
58 Eastland County $803$1,195$121,700
59 Reagan County $806$1,513$163,700
60 Lipscomb County $807$1,265$128,400
61 Menard County $810$1,107$105,300
62 Panola County $810$1,349$146,000
63 Hockley County $813$1,151$112,700
64 Terry County $813$1,139$111,200
65 Titus County $817$1,479$157,900
66 Jim Hogg County $820$1,248$125,600
67 Cass County $821$1,273$133,500
68 Comanche County $823$1,357$137,800
69 Trinity County $823$1,096$110,100
70 Haskell County $824$956$92,000
71 Morris County $824$1,103$110,200
72 Clay County $825$1,527$161,300
73 Madison County $832$1,404$149,100
74 Shelby County $832$1,101$111,700
75 Limestone County $835$1,450$154,400
76 Gonzales County $837$1,490$158,900
77 McCulloch County $838$1,075$104,400
78 Refugio County $842$998$94,400
79 Freestone County $844$1,508$164,400
80 Hamilton County $847$1,255$124,800
81 Young County $849$1,539$165,300
82 Wood County $851$1,727$195,100
83 Hutchinson County $852$1,067$102,200
84 Marion County $854$1,070$110,500
85 Kent County $856$1,069$108,900
86 Delta County $857$1,384$149,400
87 Wilbarger County $862$1,039$98,800
88 Nolan County $866$1,038$98,300
89 Willacy County $868$755$60,800
90 Karnes County $872$1,290$136,900
91 Dawson County $873$993$90,800
92 Houston County $873$1,421$155,100
93 Newton County $877$881$83,100
94 Lavaca County $879$1,928$220,900
95 Cherokee County $880$1,499$160,300
96 Callahan County $881$1,364$144,800
97 Sherman County $881$1,304$125,500
98 Crane County $883$1,192$119,900
99 Jim Wells County $885$1,067$104,800
100 Brown County $887$1,410$149,900
101 Moore County $894$1,339$135,400
102 Runnels County $894$1,077$103,700
103 San Saba County $894$1,483$161,800
104 Rains County $895$1,906$214,900
105 Lamar County $897$1,580$175,500
106 Gray County $898$1,048$100,400
107 Cameron County $899$1,224$120,000
108 Lamb County $900$842$76,600
109 Winkler County $900$1,166$121,200
110 Red River County $902$1,266$133,800
111 Ochiltree County $905$1,340$137,200
112 Burleson County $909$1,582$174,000
113 Fayette County $909$2,322$271,100
114 Castro County $910$979$94,900
115 Scurry County $913$1,146$110,800
116 Concho County $919$1,098$105,800
117 Deaf Smith County $919$1,167$116,000
118 Blanco County $920$3,294$396,200
119 Nacogdoches County $923$1,445$158,200
120 Hidalgo County $925$1,272$124,000
121 Bosque County $926$1,658$184,500
122 Somervell County $927$2,179$253,600
123 Hill County $929$1,524$163,100
124 Yoakum County $931$1,642$183,000
125 Carson County $933$1,362$140,600
126 Lynn County $933$1,325$130,800
127 Childress County $934$1,170$115,100
128 Jones County $938$994$92,700
129 Ward County $939$1,260$138,800
130 Hemphill County $946$1,919$214,900
131 Franklin County $948$1,861$213,200
132 Milam County $948$1,545$168,900
133 Live Oak County $949$1,319$142,300
134 Tyler County $951$1,307$138,400
135 DeWitt County $955$1,504$167,200
136 Val Verde County $956$1,463$151,500
137 Montague County $957$1,686$189,400
138 Lampasas County $961$2,104$236,000
139 Bowie County $966$1,519$161,300
140 Uvalde County $966$1,417$144,400
141 Jack County $968$1,625$174,800
142 Sterling County $968$1,349$143,200
143 Culberson County $971$880$84,500
144 Wichita County $972$1,418$141,600
145 Pecos County $973$1,342$142,900
146 Harrison County $977$1,611$178,200
147 Henderson County $978$1,693$189,600
148 Grimes County $985$1,997$226,600
149 Walker County $986$1,855$207,900
150 Wharton County $986$1,720$182,700
151 Reeves County $988$1,131$113,700
152 Potter County $989$1,333$134,900
153 Howard County $993$1,406$150,300
154 Fannin County $994$1,897$213,500
155 Llano County $995$2,660$322,300
156 Wheeler County $995$1,027$97,600
157 Atascosa County $997$1,491$157,400
158 Rusk County $997$1,522$166,900
159 Webb County $997$1,741$178,900
160 Bandera County $998$2,145$249,800
161 Matagorda County $998$1,520$162,200
162 Colorado County $1,002$1,744$194,000
163 Anderson County $1,006$1,568$173,400
164 Frio County $1,006$1,140$110,100
165 Polk County $1,009$1,427$154,000
166 Armstrong County $1,010$1,734$185,700
167 Van Zandt County $1,010$1,789$199,500
168 Hardin County $1,011$1,709$188,200
169 Jackson County $1,011$1,595$175,500
170 Parmer County $1,015$1,278$127,300
171 Upshur County $1,015$1,587$171,200
172 Orange County $1,018$1,528$163,400
173 San Jacinto County $1,018$1,667$183,100
174 Kleberg County $1,022$1,487$152,200
175 Hartley County $1,023$1,916$213,200
176 Palo Pinto County $1,024$1,564$167,300
177 Bee County $1,028$1,066$102,800
178 Irion County $1,028$1,406$152,600
179 Hopkins County $1,038$1,735$193,200
180 Liberty County $1,038$1,558$167,100
181 Navarro County $1,039$1,511$159,900
182 El Paso County $1,045$1,676$167,300
183 Lee County $1,050$2,133$247,500
184 Aransas County $1,052$2,060$236,800
185 Angelina County $1,056$1,422$149,800
186 Wilson County $1,069$2,509$286,300
187 Gregg County $1,072$1,701$185,800
188 Dallam County $1,074$1,374$140,500
189 Jefferson County $1,079$1,542$159,600
190 Kerr County $1,079$2,450$285,100
191 Cooke County $1,088$2,010$224,600
192 Medina County $1,091$1,986$220,000
193 Washington County $1,091$2,347$270,100
194 McLennan County $1,106$2,019$219,200
195 Austin County $1,111$2,382$270,900
196 Taylor County $1,111$1,765$190,300
197 Randall County $1,119$2,096$227,500
198 Coryell County $1,120$1,663$177,400
199 Calhoun County $1,121$1,442$150,000
200 Oldham County $1,125$1,388$144,800
201 Tom Green County $1,125$1,728$186,700
202 Erath County $1,134$2,200$251,900
203 Lubbock County $1,134$1,866$199,600
204 Caldwell County $1,145$1,955$215,600
205 Victoria County $1,151$1,837$197,600
206 Brazos County $1,160$2,535$279,700
207 Bell County $1,168$2,037$221,100
208 Martin County $1,175$1,470$162,200
209 Grayson County $1,178$2,048$228,300
210 Hunt County $1,184$1,911$210,900
211 Smith County $1,197$1,980$220,800
212 Waller County $1,210$2,568$292,000
213 Nueces County $1,224$1,845$194,700
214 San Patricio County $1,239$1,704$180,400
215 Wise County $1,239$2,411$277,200
216 Ector County $1,284$1,747$190,500
217 Bexar County $1,290$2,279$244,100
218 Jeff Davis County $1,314$1,951$234,400
219 Burnet County $1,324$2,655$310,500
220 Gillespie County $1,331$3,563$432,300
221 Bastrop County $1,342$2,423$269,500
222 Johnson County $1,343$2,253$254,600
223 Harris County $1,349$2,350$255,000
224 Galveston County $1,360$2,542$284,900
225 Andrews County $1,364$1,736$188,200
226 Midland County $1,383$2,552$293,000
227 Kaufman County $1,408$2,649$290,800
228 Brazoria County $1,410$2,536$276,800
229 Hood County $1,414$2,434$281,300
230 Hays County $1,417$3,315$371,400
231 Guadalupe County $1,439$2,552$285,900
232 Parker County $1,440$3,005$343,600
233 Tarrant County $1,447$2,686$294,100
234 Ellis County $1,449$2,709$306,400
235 Comal County $1,460$3,369$398,800
236 Dallas County $1,469$2,530$277,900
237 Montgomery County $1,471$2,848$317,500
238 Chambers County $1,548$2,497$289,900
239 Kendall County $1,576$4,080$489,800
240 Denton County $1,642$3,577$403,400
241 Travis County $1,669$4,198$487,600
242 Williamson County $1,720$3,665$414,600
243 Fort Bend County $1,770$3,216$350,300
244 Collin County $1,792$3,920$447,600
245 Rockwall County $1,899$3,408$386,000
246 Borden County —$1,003$105,400
247 Glasscock County —$2,037$248,600
248 La Salle County —$1,064$101,000
249 McMullen County —$1,166$108,800
250 Terrell County —$1,384$152,200

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

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