2026 Section 8 Rent Amounts in Texas

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Texas Section 8 Market Overview

Section 8 rental rates in Texas vary by location and unit size. The average Fair Market Rent across all bedroom types is approximately $1201 per month. Studio apartments average $857/month, while 4-bedroom units average $1689/month. These rates are established by HUD and updated annually to reflect current market conditions.

Section 8 Rent Amounts by City in Texas. Click column headers to sort.

County Name / City
Studio Rent
1 Bedroom Rent
2 Bedroom Rent
3 Bedroom Rent
4 Bedroom Rent

Abilene

$850$880$1,090$1,420$1,710

Amarillo

$800$920$1,130$1,530$1,740

Anderson County

$770$830$1,010$1,330$1,500

Andrews County

$1,110$1,300$1,430$1,710$2,100

Angelina County

$900$920$1,050$1,400$1,450

Aransas County

$1,010$1,070$1,310$1,800$1,950

Atascosa County

$1,000$1,100$1,330$1,710$1,990

Austin County

$790$810$980$1,360$1,640

Austin Round Rock San Marcos

$1,400$1,490$1,760$2,240$2,600

Bailey County

$740$740$970$1,300$1,630

Baylor County

$740$740$970$1,350$1,430

Beaumont Port Arthur

$930$960$1,160$1,530$1,900

Bee County

$770$780$1,020$1,300$1,530

Blanco County

$1,160$1,270$1,560$2,060$2,070

Borden County

$1,430$1,440$1,690$2,120$2,730

Bosque County

$760$780$970$1,270$1,430

Brazoria County

$910$1,050$1,150$1,560$1,930

Brewster County

$820$860$1,060$1,470$1,560

Briscoe County

$760$780$970$1,350$1,430

Brooks County

$760$780$970$1,350$1,430

Brown County

$820$850$1,110$1,450$1,650

Brownsville Harlingen

$780$870$1,050$1,420$1,480

Burnet County

$1,400$1,490$1,760$2,240$2,600

Calhoun County

$870$920$1,110$1,410$1,790

Camp County

$900$900$1,080$1,460$1,540

Cass County

$830$840$1,060$1,320$1,600

Castro County

$800$800$1,050$1,260$1,540

Cherokee County

$890$890$1,170$1,450$1,600

Childress County

$760$780$970$1,270$1,430

Cochran County

$680$820$970$1,170$1,610

Coke County

$780$900$1,140$1,530$1,880

Coleman County

$850$860$1,090$1,420$1,710

College Station Bryan

$940$990$1,090$1,530$1,680

Collingsworth County

$850$860$1,130$1,350$1,500

Colorado County

$890$910$1,140$1,370$1,680

Comanche County

$820$850$1,110$1,450$1,650

Concho County

$820$870$1,050$1,370$1,540

Cooke County

$1,010$1,020$1,270$1,730$2,030

Corpus Christi

$950$1,020$1,260$1,640$1,910

Cottle County

$820$850$1,050$1,410$1,550

Crane County

$760$780$980$1,280$1,440

Crockett County

$830$900$1,140$1,530$1,880

Culberson County

$1,070$1,120$1,230$1,690$1,720

Dallam County

$890$990$1,150$1,520$1,620

Dallas

$2,050$2,130$2,500$3,150$4,000

Dawson County

$1,430$1,440$1,690$2,120$2,730

Deaf Smith County

$750$860$1,070$1,320$1,620

Delta County

$760$800$970$1,320$1,360

Dewitt County

$880$900$1,130$1,350$1,660

Dickens County

$870$890$1,120$1,360$1,640

Dimmit County

$790$810$1,010$1,310$1,500

Donley County

$850$860$1,130$1,350$1,500

Duval County

$760$760$1,000$1,320$1,470

Eagle Pass

$810$890$970$1,340$1,500

Eastland County

$1,100$1,260$1,420$1,970$2,380

Edwards County

$740$750$980$1,220$1,440

El Paso

$810$1,000$1,170$1,600$1,960

Erath County

$890$890$1,170$1,630$1,900

Falls County

$840$840$1,060$1,470$1,780

Fannin County

$800$860$1,110$1,510$1,830

Fayette County

$1,040$1,080$1,380$1,800$1,900

Fisher County

$850$860$1,090$1,420$1,710

Floyd County

$740$740$970$1,170$1,430

Foard County

$750$750$990$1,190$1,510

Fort Worth Arlington

$2,200$2,290$2,680$3,390$4,300

Franklin County

$770$780$970$1,260$1,420

Freestone County

$810$820$1,030$1,370$1,400

Frio County

$800$970$1,070$1,360$1,500

Gaines County

$780$900$990$1,200$1,480

Garza County

$720$860$1,000$1,390$1,580

Gillespie County

$880$980$1,130$1,490$1,500

Glasscock County

$1,430$1,440$1,690$2,160$2,670

Gonzales County

$880$900$1,130$1,350$1,660

Gray County

$830$850$1,100$1,320$1,480

Grimes County

$1,370$1,420$1,690$2,270$2,830

Hale County

$670$890$970$1,300$1,480

Hall County

$820$850$1,050$1,410$1,550

Hamilton County

$870$880$1,150$1,590$1,790

Hansford County

$850$860$1,120$1,400$1,510

Hardeman County

$820$820$1,080$1,350$1,590

Harrison County

$900$900$1,080$1,460$1,540

Hartley County

$780$830$1,010$1,320$1,600

Haskell County

$790$810$1,010$1,380$1,580

Hemphill County

$730$760$970$1,230$1,390

Henderson County

$730$790$970$1,280$1,410

Hill County

$1,220$1,260$1,480$1,950$2,410

Hockley County

$920$930$1,080$1,500$1,790

Hood County

$1,280$1,320$1,550$2,040$2,530

Hopkins County

$830$870$1,020$1,350$1,350

Houston County

$750$750$990$1,220$1,310

Houston The Woodlands Sugar Land

$1,250$1,290$1,540$2,070$2,580

Howard County

$1,000$1,000$1,270$1,530$1,880

Hudspeth County

$670$830$970$1,180$1,640

Hutchinson County

$760$760$1,000$1,390$1,680

Jack County

$950$990$1,220$1,700$1,800

Jackson County

$820$910$1,190$1,620$1,860

Jasper County

$750$830$970$1,210$1,430

Jeff Davis County

$790$820$1,020$1,330$1,500

Jim Hogg County

$750$770$970$1,230$1,450

Jim Wells County

$760$760$1,000$1,320$1,470

Karnes County

$850$990$1,190$1,480$1,660

Kendall County

$1,220$1,280$1,590$2,070$2,230

Kenedy County

$790$820$1,020$1,330$1,500

Kent County

$750$910$1,080$1,500$1,760

Kerr County

$780$840$990$1,340$1,530

Killeen Temple

$840$840$1,060$1,470$1,780

Kimble County

$780$840$990$1,340$1,530

King County

$790$810$1,010$1,320$1,490

Kinney County

$790$820$1,020$1,330$1,500

Kleberg County

$800$810$1,070$1,350$1,590

Knox County

$740$740$970$1,350$1,430

La Salle County

$790$820$1,020$1,330$1,500

Lamar County

$760$790$970$1,290$1,330

Lamb County

$800$800$1,050$1,260$1,540

Lampasas County

$940$940$1,180$1,640$1,980

Laredo

$860$870$1,060$1,350$1,510

Lavaca County

$880$950$1,130$1,350$1,900

Lee County

$940$990$1,090$1,530$1,680

Leon County

$810$820$1,030$1,370$1,400

Limestone County

$770$770$990$1,310$1,400

Lipscomb County

$780$800$1,000$1,300$1,470

Live Oak County

$880$1,020$1,210$1,520$1,700

Llano County

$820$830$1,060$1,430$1,590

Longview

$900$900$1,080$1,460$1,540

Loving County

$830$900$1,060$1,280$1,530

Lubbock

$750$910$1,080$1,500$1,760

Lynn County

$770$790$990$1,290$1,460

Madison County

$860$890$1,130$1,570$1,690

Marion County

$740$740$970$1,320$1,430

Martin County

$1,430$1,440$1,690$2,120$2,730

Mason County

$790$820$1,020$1,330$1,500

Matagorda County

$910$960$1,170$1,490$1,910

Mcallen Edinburg Mission

$920$930$1,160$1,510$1,670

Mcculloch County

$810$860$1,040$1,350$1,530

Mcmullen County

$780$880$1,040$1,340$1,450

Medina County

$860$930$1,140$1,460$1,670

Menard County

$810$860$1,040$1,350$1,530

Midland

$1,430$1,440$1,690$2,160$2,670

Milam County

$1,400$1,490$1,760$2,240$2,600

Mills County

$740$760$970$1,350$1,430

Mitchell County

$900$910$1,190$1,550$1,750

Montague County

$880$910$1,080$1,510$1,720

Moore County

$740$740$970$1,220$1,430

Morris County

$770$780$970$1,260$1,420

Motley County

$820$850$1,050$1,410$1,550

Nacogdoches County

$890$910$1,150$1,430$1,700

Navarro County

$790$880$1,080$1,500$1,590

Newton County

$730$770$970$1,280$1,580

Nolan County

$750$770$970$1,300$1,550

Ochiltree County

$780$800$1,000$1,300$1,470

Odessa

$1,430$1,440$1,740$2,230$2,670

Oldham County

$750$860$1,070$1,320$1,620

Palo Pinto County

$920$950$1,110$1,460$1,810

Panola County

$800$810$1,060$1,320$1,530

Parmer County

$740$740$970$1,170$1,520

Pecos County

$790$810$1,010$1,320$1,490

Polk County

$820$830$1,090$1,310$1,600

Presidio County

$940$960$1,190$1,550$1,780

Rains County

$750$870$1,060$1,340$1,510

Reagan County

$790$820$1,020$1,330$1,500

Real County

$800$890$1,030$1,360$1,530

Red River County

$680$780$970$1,330$1,570

Reeves County

$800$900$1,020$1,330$1,510

Refugio County

$1,010$1,070$1,310$1,800$1,950

Roberts County

$790$810$1,010$1,310$1,480

Runnels County

$860$860$1,130$1,350$1,660

Rusk County

$900$900$1,080$1,460$1,540

Sabine County

$1,050$1,060$1,370$1,690$2,020

San Angelo

$780$900$1,140$1,530$1,880

San Antonio New Braunfels

$1,000$1,100$1,330$1,710$1,990

San Augustine County

$910$930$1,160$1,470$1,680

San Jacinto County

$780$890$1,010$1,250$1,690

San Saba County

$790$800$1,050$1,380$1,660

Schleicher County

$760$770$970$1,310$1,430

Scurry County

$900$910$1,190$1,550$1,750

Shackelford County

$760$780$970$1,270$1,430

Shelby County

$740$760$980$1,220$1,410

Sherman County

$840$850$1,100$1,390$1,610

Sherman Denison

$1,940$2,020$2,370$2,980$3,790

Somervell County

$1,280$1,320$1,550$2,040$2,530

Starr County

$740$740$970$1,350$1,490

Stephens County

$790$810$1,010$1,310$1,490

Sterling County

$880$900$1,140$1,530$1,880

Stonewall County

$760$780$970$1,270$1,430

Sutton County

$740$740$970$1,280$1,430

Swisher County

$740$860$1,050$1,440$1,670

Terrell County

$790$820$1,020$1,330$1,500

Terry County

$770$790$990$1,290$1,460

Texarkana

$810$840$1,050$1,350$1,550

Throckmorton County

$740$740$970$1,350$1,430

Titus County

$770$780$970$1,260$1,420

Trinity County

$790$820$1,010$1,210$1,490

Tyler

$900$980$1,200$1,600$1,810

Tyler County

$740$740$970$1,170$1,480

Upton County

$1,430$1,440$1,690$2,160$2,670

Uvalde County

$870$880$1,150$1,520$1,790

Val Verde County

$790$810$1,010$1,320$1,490

Van Zandt County

$900$910$1,190$1,570$1,580

Victoria

$1,120$1,130$1,410$1,690$1,870

Waco

$930$1,080$1,350$1,760$1,860

Walker County

$820$890$1,080$1,330$1,690

Ward County

$840$990$1,080$1,300$1,590

Washington County

$950$960$1,200$1,600$1,850

Wharton County

$980$1,040$1,240$1,620$2,100

Wheeler County

$730$760$970$1,230$1,390

Wichita Falls

$890$980$1,200$1,650$1,850

Wilbarger County

$750$840$1,030$1,400$1,590

Willacy County

$790$880$1,070$1,440$1,510

Winkler County

$770$790$990$1,190$1,460

Wise County

$1,270$1,310$1,540$2,040$2,520

Wood County

$750$870$1,060$1,340$1,510

Yoakum County

$780$900$990$1,200$1,480

Young County

$750$810$1,000$1,360$1,540

Zapata County

$790$790$1,000$1,230$1,450

Zavala County

$850$870$1,090$1,420$1,600

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