San Marcos Ranked As The Most Affordable City In Central Texas For September

Crystal Chen

The Zumper Austin Metro Area Report analyzed active listings in September 2020 across 8 metro cities to show the most and least expensive cities and cities with the fastest-growing rents.

The Texas one-bedroom median rent was $953 last month.
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The Most Expensive

 Austin was the most expensive city with one-bedrooms priced at $1,280.

 Georgetown & Cedar Park were tied for the second priciest with rents both at $1,170.

 Kyle was third with rent at $1,110.
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The Least Expensive

 San Marcos ranked as the most affordable city with one-bedrooms priced at $930.

 Round Rock was second with rent at $1,040.

 Pflugerville saw rent drop 0.9% to $1,060 and rank as the third least expensive.

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The Fastest Growing (Y/Y%)

 Georgetown had the fastest-growing rent, up 8.3% since this time last year.

 Kyle saw rent climb 7.8%, making it second.

 Leander was third with rent increasing 3.8%.

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The Zumper Austin Metro Area Report analyzed active listings that hit the market last month. Listings are aggregated by city to calculate median asking rents.