Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Counties Where Renting Costs Far Less Than Owning in Texas
The widest gaps between median rent and the full monthly cost of owning the median home. A large gap does not automatically mean renting is the better decision, because rent buys no equity and is not fixed for thirty years, but it does show where the market prices ownership at a steep premium.
Where does yours land?
Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Texas ranked
| # | County | Monthly saved by renting | Median rent | Monthly to own |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travis County | $2,529 | $1,669 | $4,198 |
| 2 | Kendall County | $2,504 | $1,576 | $4,080 |
| 3 | Blanco County | $2,374 | $920 | $3,294 |
| 4 | Gillespie County | $2,232 | $1,331 | $3,563 |
| 5 | Collin County | $2,128 | $1,792 | $3,920 |
| 6 | Williamson County | $1,945 | $1,720 | $3,665 |
| 7 | Denton County | $1,935 | $1,642 | $3,577 |
| 8 | Comal County | $1,909 | $1,460 | $3,369 |
| 9 | Hays County | $1,898 | $1,417 | $3,315 |
| 10 | Llano County | $1,665 | $995 | $2,660 |
| 11 | Parker County | $1,565 | $1,440 | $3,005 |
| 12 | Mason County | $1,554 | $751 | $2,305 |
| 13 | Rockwall County | $1,509 | $1,899 | $3,408 |
| 14 | Fort Bend County | $1,446 | $1,770 | $3,216 |
| 15 | Wilson County | $1,440 | $1,069 | $2,509 |
| 16 | Fayette County | $1,413 | $909 | $2,322 |
| 17 | Montgomery County | $1,377 | $1,471 | $2,848 |
| 18 | Brazos County | $1,375 | $1,160 | $2,535 |
| 19 | Kerr County | $1,371 | $1,079 | $2,450 |
| 20 | Waller County | $1,358 | $1,210 | $2,568 |
| 21 | Burnet County | $1,331 | $1,324 | $2,655 |
| 22 | Austin County | $1,271 | $1,111 | $2,382 |
| 23 | Ellis County | $1,260 | $1,449 | $2,709 |
| 24 | Washington County | $1,256 | $1,091 | $2,347 |
| 25 | Somervell County | $1,252 | $927 | $2,179 |
| 26 | Kaufman County | $1,241 | $1,408 | $2,649 |
| 27 | Tarrant County | $1,239 | $1,447 | $2,686 |
| 28 | Galveston County | $1,182 | $1,360 | $2,542 |
| 29 | Wise County | $1,172 | $1,239 | $2,411 |
| 30 | Brewster County | $1,170 | $768 | $1,938 |
| 31 | Midland County | $1,169 | $1,383 | $2,552 |
| 32 | Shackelford County | $1,156 | $485 | $1,641 |
| 33 | Bandera County | $1,147 | $998 | $2,145 |
| 34 | Lampasas County | $1,143 | $961 | $2,104 |
| 35 | Brazoria County | $1,126 | $1,410 | $2,536 |
| 36 | Guadalupe County | $1,113 | $1,439 | $2,552 |
| 37 | Lee County | $1,083 | $1,050 | $2,133 |
| 38 | Bastrop County | $1,081 | $1,342 | $2,423 |
| 39 | Erath County | $1,066 | $1,134 | $2,200 |
| 40 | Dallas County | $1,061 | $1,469 | $2,530 |
| 41 | Lavaca County | $1,049 | $879 | $1,928 |
| 42 | Mills County | $1,044 | $713 | $1,757 |
| 43 | Hood County | $1,020 | $1,414 | $2,434 |
| 44 | Grimes County | $1,012 | $985 | $1,997 |
| 45 | Rains County | $1,011 | $895 | $1,906 |
| 46 | Aransas County | $1,008 | $1,052 | $2,060 |
| 47 | Harris County | $1,001 | $1,349 | $2,350 |
| 48 | Bexar County | $989 | $1,290 | $2,279 |
| 49 | Randall County | $977 | $1,119 | $2,096 |
| 50 | Hemphill County | $973 | $946 | $1,919 |
| 51 | Chambers County | $949 | $1,548 | $2,497 |
| 52 | Gaines County | $947 | $788 | $1,735 |
| 53 | Goliad County | $925 | $724 | $1,649 |
| 54 | Cooke County | $922 | $1,088 | $2,010 |
| 55 | Franklin County | $913 | $948 | $1,861 |
| 56 | McLennan County | $913 | $1,106 | $2,019 |
| 57 | Johnson County | $910 | $1,343 | $2,253 |
| 58 | Fannin County | $903 | $994 | $1,897 |
| 59 | Medina County | $895 | $1,091 | $1,986 |
| 60 | Hartley County | $893 | $1,023 | $1,916 |
| 61 | Wood County | $876 | $851 | $1,727 |
| 62 | Grayson County | $870 | $1,178 | $2,048 |
| 63 | Walker County | $869 | $986 | $1,855 |
| 64 | Bell County | $869 | $1,168 | $2,037 |
| 65 | Archer County | $867 | $766 | $1,633 |
| 66 | Roberts County | $829 | $769 | $1,598 |
| 67 | Kimble County | $811 | $795 | $1,606 |
| 68 | Caldwell County | $810 | $1,145 | $1,955 |
| 69 | Presidio County | $801 | $445 | $1,246 |
| 70 | Smith County | $783 | $1,197 | $1,980 |
| 71 | Robertson County | $781 | $773 | $1,554 |
| 72 | Van Zandt County | $779 | $1,010 | $1,789 |
| 73 | Leon County | $768 | $798 | $1,566 |
| 74 | Webb County | $744 | $997 | $1,741 |
| 75 | Colorado County | $742 | $1,002 | $1,744 |
| 76 | Wharton County | $734 | $986 | $1,720 |
| 77 | Lubbock County | $732 | $1,134 | $1,866 |
| 78 | Bosque County | $732 | $926 | $1,658 |
| 79 | Montague County | $729 | $957 | $1,686 |
| 80 | Hunt County | $727 | $1,184 | $1,911 |
| 81 | Armstrong County | $724 | $1,010 | $1,734 |
| 82 | Henderson County | $715 | $978 | $1,693 |
| 83 | Yoakum County | $711 | $931 | $1,642 |
| 84 | Reagan County | $707 | $806 | $1,513 |
| 85 | Camp County | $703 | $774 | $1,477 |
| 86 | Clay County | $702 | $825 | $1,527 |
| 87 | Hardin County | $698 | $1,011 | $1,709 |
| 88 | Hopkins County | $697 | $1,038 | $1,735 |
| 89 | Young County | $690 | $849 | $1,539 |
| 90 | Victoria County | $686 | $1,151 | $1,837 |
| 91 | Lamar County | $683 | $897 | $1,580 |
| 92 | Burleson County | $673 | $909 | $1,582 |
| 93 | Maverick County | $664 | $789 | $1,453 |
| 94 | Freestone County | $664 | $844 | $1,508 |
| 95 | Titus County | $662 | $817 | $1,479 |
| 96 | Jack County | $657 | $968 | $1,625 |
| 97 | Taylor County | $654 | $1,111 | $1,765 |
| 98 | Gonzales County | $653 | $837 | $1,490 |
| 99 | Crockett County | $653 | $585 | $1,238 |
| 100 | San Jacinto County | $649 | $1,018 | $1,667 |
| 101 | Jeff Davis County | $637 | $1,314 | $1,951 |
| 102 | Harrison County | $634 | $977 | $1,611 |
| 103 | El Paso County | $631 | $1,045 | $1,676 |
| 104 | Gregg County | $629 | $1,072 | $1,701 |
| 105 | Nueces County | $621 | $1,224 | $1,845 |
| 106 | Cherokee County | $619 | $880 | $1,499 |
| 107 | Limestone County | $615 | $835 | $1,450 |
| 108 | Tom Green County | $603 | $1,125 | $1,728 |
| 109 | Milam County | $597 | $948 | $1,545 |
| 110 | Hill County | $595 | $929 | $1,524 |
| 111 | Sutton County | $594 | $770 | $1,364 |
| 112 | San Saba County | $589 | $894 | $1,483 |
| 113 | Jackson County | $584 | $1,011 | $1,595 |
| 114 | Madison County | $572 | $832 | $1,404 |
| 115 | Upshur County | $572 | $1,015 | $1,587 |
| 116 | Anderson County | $562 | $1,006 | $1,568 |
| 117 | Hansford County | $555 | $770 | $1,325 |
| 118 | Bowie County | $553 | $966 | $1,519 |
| 119 | DeWitt County | $549 | $955 | $1,504 |
| 120 | Houston County | $548 | $873 | $1,421 |
| 121 | Coryell County | $543 | $1,120 | $1,663 |
| 122 | Palo Pinto County | $540 | $1,024 | $1,564 |
| 123 | Panola County | $539 | $810 | $1,349 |
| 124 | Comanche County | $534 | $823 | $1,357 |
| 125 | Delta County | $527 | $857 | $1,384 |
| 126 | Schleicher County | $525 | $627 | $1,152 |
| 127 | Rusk County | $525 | $997 | $1,522 |
| 128 | Brown County | $523 | $887 | $1,410 |
| 129 | Matagorda County | $522 | $998 | $1,520 |
| 130 | Nacogdoches County | $522 | $923 | $1,445 |
| 131 | Liberty County | $520 | $1,038 | $1,558 |
| 132 | Sabine County | $515 | $738 | $1,253 |
| 133 | Orange County | $510 | $1,018 | $1,528 |
| 134 | Val Verde County | $507 | $956 | $1,463 |
| 135 | Atascosa County | $494 | $997 | $1,491 |
| 136 | Mitchell County | $487 | $481 | $968 |
| 137 | Callahan County | $483 | $881 | $1,364 |
| 138 | Collingsworth County | $479 | $619 | $1,098 |
| 139 | Navarro County | $472 | $1,039 | $1,511 |
| 140 | San Patricio County | $465 | $1,239 | $1,704 |
| 141 | Kleberg County | $465 | $1,022 | $1,487 |
| 142 | Jefferson County | $463 | $1,079 | $1,542 |
| 143 | Ector County | $463 | $1,284 | $1,747 |
| 144 | Lipscomb County | $458 | $807 | $1,265 |
| 145 | Cass County | $452 | $821 | $1,273 |
| 146 | Uvalde County | $451 | $966 | $1,417 |
| 147 | Wichita County | $446 | $972 | $1,418 |
| 148 | Moore County | $445 | $894 | $1,339 |
| 149 | Coke County | $438 | $687 | $1,125 |
| 150 | Floyd County | $436 | $587 | $1,023 |
| 151 | Ochiltree County | $435 | $905 | $1,340 |
| 152 | Carson County | $429 | $933 | $1,362 |
| 153 | Jim Hogg County | $428 | $820 | $1,248 |
| 154 | Sherman County | $423 | $881 | $1,304 |
| 155 | Jasper County | $421 | $790 | $1,211 |
| 156 | Polk County | $418 | $1,009 | $1,427 |
| 157 | Karnes County | $418 | $872 | $1,290 |
| 158 | Howard County | $413 | $993 | $1,406 |
| 159 | Hamilton County | $408 | $847 | $1,255 |
| 160 | Brooks County | $407 | $487 | $894 |
| 161 | Zavala County | $405 | $544 | $949 |
| 162 | Lynn County | $392 | $933 | $1,325 |
| 163 | Eastland County | $392 | $803 | $1,195 |
| 164 | Sterling County | $381 | $968 | $1,349 |
| 165 | Upton County | $379 | $689 | $1,068 |
| 166 | Irion County | $378 | $1,028 | $1,406 |
| 167 | Andrews County | $372 | $1,364 | $1,736 |
| 168 | Live Oak County | $370 | $949 | $1,319 |
| 169 | Pecos County | $369 | $973 | $1,342 |
| 170 | Angelina County | $366 | $1,056 | $1,422 |
| 171 | Red River County | $364 | $902 | $1,266 |
| 172 | Zapata County | $356 | $569 | $925 |
| 173 | Tyler County | $356 | $951 | $1,307 |
| 174 | Throckmorton County | $350 | $548 | $898 |
| 175 | Hidalgo County | $347 | $925 | $1,272 |
| 176 | Potter County | $344 | $989 | $1,333 |
| 177 | Cottle County | $341 | $323 | $664 |
| 178 | Bailey County | $339 | $744 | $1,083 |
| 179 | Hockley County | $338 | $813 | $1,151 |
| 180 | Terry County | $326 | $813 | $1,139 |
| 181 | Cameron County | $325 | $899 | $1,224 |
| 182 | Ward County | $321 | $939 | $1,260 |
| 183 | Calhoun County | $321 | $1,121 | $1,442 |
| 184 | Stephens County | $311 | $802 | $1,113 |
| 185 | Crane County | $309 | $883 | $1,192 |
| 186 | Dallam County | $300 | $1,074 | $1,374 |
| 187 | Menard County | $297 | $810 | $1,107 |
| 188 | Martin County | $295 | $1,175 | $1,470 |
| 189 | Hale County | $292 | $798 | $1,090 |
| 190 | Baylor County | $292 | $685 | $977 |
| 191 | Morris County | $279 | $824 | $1,103 |
| 192 | Falls County | $279 | $747 | $1,026 |
| 193 | Trinity County | $273 | $823 | $1,096 |
| 194 | Shelby County | $269 | $832 | $1,101 |
| 195 | Winkler County | $266 | $900 | $1,166 |
| 196 | Parmer County | $263 | $1,015 | $1,278 |
| 197 | Oldham County | $263 | $1,125 | $1,388 |
| 198 | Hall County | $261 | $610 | $871 |
| 199 | Donley County | $259 | $686 | $945 |
| 200 | Coleman County | $255 | $714 | $969 |
| 201 | Fisher County | $254 | $629 | $883 |
| 202 | Swisher County | $252 | $729 | $981 |
| 203 | Starr County | $252 | $715 | $967 |
| 204 | Deaf Smith County | $248 | $919 | $1,167 |
| 205 | McCulloch County | $237 | $838 | $1,075 |
| 206 | Childress County | $236 | $934 | $1,170 |
| 207 | Crosby County | $233 | $637 | $870 |
| 208 | Scurry County | $233 | $913 | $1,146 |
| 209 | Foard County | $223 | $577 | $800 |
| 210 | Marion County | $216 | $854 | $1,070 |
| 211 | Hutchinson County | $215 | $852 | $1,067 |
| 212 | Kent County | $213 | $856 | $1,069 |
| 213 | Briscoe County | $191 | $692 | $883 |
| 214 | Runnels County | $183 | $894 | $1,077 |
| 215 | Jim Wells County | $182 | $885 | $1,067 |
| 216 | Kinney County | $180 | $771 | $951 |
| 217 | Concho County | $179 | $919 | $1,098 |
| 218 | Wilbarger County | $177 | $862 | $1,039 |
| 219 | Duval County | $173 | $737 | $910 |
| 220 | Nolan County | $172 | $866 | $1,038 |
| 221 | Refugio County | $156 | $842 | $998 |
| 222 | Hardeman County | $152 | $688 | $840 |
| 223 | Gray County | $150 | $898 | $1,048 |
| 224 | Motley County | $145 | $725 | $870 |
| 225 | Reeves County | $143 | $988 | $1,131 |
| 226 | Knox County | $141 | $661 | $802 |
| 227 | Frio County | $134 | $1,006 | $1,140 |
| 228 | Haskell County | $132 | $824 | $956 |
| 229 | Edwards County | $132 | $714 | $846 |
| 230 | San Augustine County | $128 | $741 | $869 |
| 231 | Dawson County | $120 | $873 | $993 |
| 232 | Dimmit County | $114 | $753 | $867 |
| 233 | Garza County | $97 | $797 | $894 |
| 234 | Castro County | $69 | $910 | $979 |
| 235 | Stonewall County | $58 | $620 | $678 |
| 236 | Jones County | $56 | $938 | $994 |
| 237 | Bee County | $38 | $1,028 | $1,066 |
| 238 | Wheeler County | $32 | $995 | $1,027 |
| 239 | Hudspeth County | $27 | $664 | $691 |
| 240 | Dickens County | $7 | $753 | $760 |
| 241 | Newton County | $4 | $877 | $881 |
| 242 | Cochran County | $-45 | $738 | $693 |
| 243 | Lamb County | $-58 | $900 | $842 |
| 244 | Culberson County | $-91 | $971 | $880 |
| 245 | Willacy County | $-113 | $868 | $755 |
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.
Nationwide
Counties Where Renting Costs Far Less Than Owning across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Texas