Plano Rent Report: July 2026

Welcome to the Apartment List July 2026 Rent Report for Plano, TX. Currently, the overall median rent in the city stands at $1,656, roughly the same as last month. Prices are now down 1.8% year-over-year. Read on to learn more about what’s been happening in the Plano rental market and how it compares to trends throughout the broader Dallas metro area and the nation as a whole.

The median rent in Plano fell by 0.3% over the course of June, and has now decreased by a total of 1.8% over the past 12 months. Plano’s rent growth over the past year has has outpaced the state average (-2.9%) and is similar to the national average (-1.2%).

Six months into the year, rents in Plano have risen 1.9%. This is a similar rate of growth compared to what the city was experiencing at this point last year: from January to June 2025 rents had increased 1.7%.

Plano rents went down 0.3% in the past month, compared to the national rate of 0.4%. Among the nation's 100 largest cities, this ranks #92. Similar monthly rent growth took place in Anaheim, CA (-0.2%) and Arlington, VA (-0.3%).

Citywide, the median rent currently stands at $1,370 for a 1-bedroom apartment and $1,734 for a 2-bedroom. Across all bedroom sizes (ie, the entire rental market), the median rent is $1,656. That ranks #31 in the nation, among the country's 100 largest cities.

For comparison, the median rent across the nation as a whole is $1,217 for a 1-bedroom, $1,371 for a 2-bedroom, and $1,385 overall. The median rent in Plano is 19.6% higher than the national, and is similar to the prices you would find in Sacramento, CA ($1,667) and Henderson, NV ($1,656).

If we expand our view to the wider Dallas metro area, the median rent is $1,416 meaning that the median price in Plano ($1,656) is 16.9% greater than the price across the metro as a whole. Metro-wide annual rent growth stands at -2.4%, below the rate of rent growth within just the city.

The table below shows the latest rent stats for 33 cities in the Dallas metro area that are included in our database. Among them, Flower Mound is currently the most expensive, with a median rent of $2,043. Denton is the metro’s most affordable city, with a median rent of $1,161. The metro's fastest annual rent growth is occurring in Hurst (1.6%) while the slowest is in Denton (-10.9%).

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