HomeMarketCap.comTypical rent in the median tracked Houston ZIP is $1,550 per month, measured across all home types rather than for a specific studio or house. Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $828 in 77013 to $2,565 in 77059 per month. 2 of 97 ZIPs (2%) show faster rent growth. The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.6.
Key stats
- Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $828 in 77013 to $2,565 in 77059 per month.
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.6.
- The metro income-needed indicator changed -2.43% year over year.
- 2 of 97 ZIPs (2%) show faster rent growth.
- Tracked ZIP markets
- 97
- Median ZIP home value
- $252,640
- Median ZIP rent
- $1,550
- rent cost spread
- Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $828 in 77013 to $2,565 in 77059 per month.
- rent acceleration share
- 2 of 97 ZIPs (2%) show faster rent growth.
- metro price to rent
- The median tracked ZIP has a home-value-to-annual-rent ratio of 13.6.
What rent costs in Houston
Typical rent in the median tracked Houston ZIP is $1,550 per month, measured across all home types rather than for a specific studio or house.
Rent and purchase price do not move together here or anywhere else, so a rent figure is not a shortcut to a price one.
What the figure hides
Across tracked ZIPs typical rent runs from $828 in 77013 to $2,565 in 77059 per month.
A budget does not shop the metro; it shops the ZIPs it reaches. The range above is the one that matters when the citywide figure and the listings you can see do not agree.
Sources and method
- HomeMarketCap.com data sources: ZIP and metro housing-market datasets
- HomeMarketCap.com methodology: calculation and missing-data rules