Texas rent and regional price data
Compare regional price levels and HUD rent benchmarks across Texas areas. Download the Excel workbook and CSVs.
- 29 regional price records with source geography and units
- 254 county/town rent records plus 3,244 ZIP-area rent records
- Excel and CSV with field definitions and sources
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City population change, 2024 to 2025. Green dots gained, rust dots lost, gray dots did not change. The motion is illustrative, not a time series.
Texas PEP cities, geographic context only. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau PEP, Vintage 2025; shaded relief from USGS 3DEP.
Regional prices and rent benchmarks
- Price and rent benchmarks
- BEA regional price indexes and HUD gross-rent benchmarks for studios through four-bedroom homes, in separate tables at their original geographic level.
- Files
- An Excel workbook, 3 CSV data tables and source documentation.
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Selected sample rows. Not a representative statistical sample.
| bea_table | bea_geo_fips | region_name | native_grain | region_state_fips | cross_state_area | reference_year | rpp_all_items |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARPP | 10180 | Abilene, TX (Metropolitan Statistical Area) | msa | 48 | false | 2024 | 90.364 |
| MARPP | 11100 | Amarillo, TX (Metropolitan Statistical Area) | msa | 48 | false | 2024 | 91.82 |
| MARPP | 12420 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX (Metropolitan Statistical Area) | msa | 48 | false | 2024 | 98.066 |
| MARPP | 13140 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX (Metropolitan Statistical Area) | msa | 48 | false | 2024 | 90.046 |
| MARPP | 15180 | Brownsville-Harlingen, TX (Metropolitan Statistical Area) | msa | 48 | false | 2024 | 85.975 |
| MARPP | 17780 | College Station-Bryan, TX (Metropolitan Statistical Area) | msa | 48 | false | 2024 | 90.951 |
| MARPP | 18580 | Corpus Christi, TX (Metropolitan Statistical Area) | msa | 48 | false | 2024 | 92.671 |
| MARPP | 19100 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (Metropolitan Statistical Area) | msa | 48 | false | 2024 | 103.09 |
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- sample_manifest.json
- Faithful sample selection and full-release pins; sample counts describe only the sample.
Questions before you buy
What does the package cover?
Regional price records and native HUD rent areas intersecting Texas. The ZIP table covers HUD areas intersecting the state and can include ZIP records outside it. These are regional benchmarks, not separate measured prices for every city.
- FY2027, effective October 1, 2026; exceptions reviewed October 16, 2026
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- 2024 regional price parities; published native regions
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- July 2023 CBSA delineations
- U.S. Office of Management and Budget, CBSA delineations
HUD ZIP codes are not universally Census ZCTAs. Cross-state regional values describe the whole source area. No nearest-centroid city rent estimates are included. Every City in the USA is independent and not affiliated with BEA or HUD.
What's included in the download?
An Excel workbook, 3 CSV data tables and source documentation. Full files and sample files use the same columns. Every file is listed below.
12 files. 11 are previewed in the sample above. The rest are marked Not in the sample.
- cost_of_living_rent.xlsx
- Excel sheets matching the three separate HUD/BEA native-geography tables. No city allocation or interpolation is applied.
- CITATION.txt
- Source agencies, vintages and citation instructions for this release.
- LICENSE.txt
- The approved named-release evaluation license for simulated-payment testing.
- README.md
- How to use the files, with source coverage, units and limitations.
- SOURCE_LINEAGE.json
- Accepted source references, source vintages, rights decisions and transformations.
- coverage_report.json
- Geography coverage, native counts and limitations for this full package or sample.
- field_dictionary.json
- Field definitions, units, text identifiers and missing-value rules.
- hud_geography_rents.csv
- HUD county/town memberships and FY2027 area gross-rent benchmarks. Preserve the native HUD geography key.
- hud_zip_rents.csv
- HUD FY2027 ZIP-and-area rent records. ZIP plus HUD area is the composite key; whole areas intersecting Texas include cross-state records.
- regional_price_indexes.csv
- BEA 2024 price levels for whole Texas-intersecting metropolitan areas and state/metro/nonmetro totals. U.S. = 100; these are not inflation rates or household budgets.
- SHA256SUMS
- SHA-256 checksums for the files in this particular archive.
- PACKAGE_MANIFEST.json
- Full package identity, source vintages, file hashes and publication state.Not in the sampleThe full-package manifest records the complete download; the sample has its own sample_manifest.json.
The field dictionary in each release is the authoritative column list.
How does the sample relate to the full package?
Sample rows come from the full release, with the same columns and workbook sheets. Sample documentation describes its scope and selection. The sample is for inspecting the files, not a representative statistical sample.
How should I read the numbers?
Regional price indexes compare places, not inflation over time. HUD rents are benchmarks, not current listings or guaranteed voucher payments. Source years and effective-date exceptions are documented in the files. Read the methodology and source files before comparing estimates.
Is there a national package?
The national package has its full geographic coverage and files listed on the product page.
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