July 2017 Humble Rent Report

Welcome to the July 2017 Humble Rent Report. Humble rents declined over the past month. In this report, we'll evaluate trends in the Humble rental market, including comparisons to cities throughout the metro, state, and nation.

Humble rents declined slightly over the past month

Humble rents have declined 0.3% over the past month, and are down marginally by 0.6% in comparison to the same time last year. Currently, median rents in Humble stand at $990 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,210 for a two-bedroom. This is the second straight month that the city has seen rent decreases after an increase in April. Humble's year-over-year rent growth lags the state average of 1.3%, as well as the national average of 2.9%.

Rents falling across the Houston Metro

Throughout the past year, rent decreases have been occurring not just in the city of Humble, but across the entire metro. Prices decreased year-over-year in 7 of the 10 largest Houston area cities that we have data for. Rents increased in other areas of the state, with Texas as a whole logging rent growth of 1.3% over the past year. Here's a look at how rents compare across some of the largest cities in the metro, as well as the rest of the state.

Baytown has seen the fastest rent growth in the metro, with a year-over-year increase of 5.1%. The median two-bedroom there costs $1,030, while one-bedrooms go for $840.
Over the past year, Conroe has seen the biggest rent drop in the metro, with decline of 3.7%. Median two-bedrooms there cost $1,040, while one-bedrooms go for $850.
Sugar Land has the most expensive rents of the largest cities in the Houston metro, with a two-bedroom median of $1,550; rents increased 0.3% over the past month but fell 0.9% over the past year.
Pasadena has the least expensive rents in the Houston metro, with a two-bedroom median of $960; rents decreased 0.3% over the past year but remained flat month-over-month.
Looking throughout the rest of the state, Plano is the most expensive of all Texas' major cities outside the Houston metro, with a median two-bedroom rent of $1,410; of the 10 largest cities in the state that we have data for, Corpus Christi, where a two-bedroom goes for $1,010, is the only major city besides Humble to see rents fall year-over-year (-2.0%).
Arlington, Garland, and Fort Worth have all experienced year-over-year growth above the state average (9.0%, 5.2%, and 4.8%, respectively).

Humble rents more affordable than many large cities nationwide

As rents have fallen in Humble, many large cities nationwide have seen prices increase, in some cases substantially. Humble is still more affordable than most large cities across the country.

Humble's median two-bedroom rent of $1,210 is above the national average of $1,150. Nationwide, rents have grown by 2.9% over the past year.
While rents in Humble fell over the past year, many cities nationwide saw increases, including Seattle (+5.6%), Phoenix (+5.1%), and Los Angeles (+5.0%).
Renters will find more reasonable prices in Humble than most large cities. Comparably, San Francisco has a median 2BR rent of $3,040, which is more than two-and-a-half times the price in Humble.

For more information check out our national report. You can also access our full data for cities and counties across the U.S. at this link.

City	Median 1BR price	Median 2BR price	M/M price change	Y/Y price change
Houston	$810	$990	0.0%	-2.8%
Pasadena	$780	$960	0.0%	-0.3%
Pearland	$1,080	$1,320	0.6%	-2.2%
League City	$1,200	$1,460	0.8%	1.2%
Sugar Land	$1,270	$1,550	0.3%	-0.9%
Baytown	$840	$1,030	0.2%	5.1%
Conroe	$850	$1,040	-0.1%	-3.7%
Spring	$1,070	$1,310	0.1%	-3.6%
Rosenberg	$830	$1,020	0.5%	0.8%
Stafford	$970	$1,180	0.6%	-2.3%
Humble	$990	$1,210	-0.3%	-0.6%
Katy	$1,110	$1,360	-0.4%	-1.5%
Richmond	$970	$1,190	0.2%	0.3%
Tomball	$930	$1,140	0.7%	-2.1%
Webster	$950	$1,160	1.6%	0.7%
Magnolia	$870	$1,070	0.0%	-4.9%

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Apartment List is committed to making our rent estimates the best and most accurate available. To do this, we start with reliable median rent statistics from the Census Bureau, then extrapolate them forward to the current month using a growth rate calculated from our listing data. In doing so, we use a same-unit analysis similar to Case-Shiller’s approach, comparing only units that are available across both time periods to provide an accurate picture of rent growth in cities across the country.

Our approach corrects for the sample bias inherent in other private sources, producing results that are much closer to statistics published by the Census Bureau and HUD. Our methodology also allows us to construct a picture of rent growth over an extended period of time, with estimates that are updated each month.

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