Austin rent prices increased nearly 10% from 2022
Despite rent increases showing a small slowdown month-over-month, overall prices are still on the high side from the previous year. For example, the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Austin is $2,070 now, in March of 2023, which is a one percent increase from the previous month, but a nearly 10 percent increase from 2022 at 8.4 percent. The average rent for a one-bedroom is $1,670, which is a mere .60 percent increase month-over-month, but a whopping 7.7 percent increase from last year.
The report looked at rental data from more than one million active listings in the top 100 cities in the United States to determine the rankings. Zumper ranked Austin the No. 25 most expensive rental market across the nation in February of 2023, up two places from the last report.