What is the median rent in Ben Bolt, TX?

Name: Median rent in Ben Bolt, TX, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Ben Bolt, TX is $873 (±$66) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 135 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $873 (±$66)
Rented homes: 135 (±90)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Ben Bolt

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Ben Bolt	Jim Wells County	Texas	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±30.0 points)	11.4%	3.9%	6.3%
$500 to $999	79.3% (±27.8 points)	45.1%	17.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	16.3% (±28.9 points)	27.7%	35.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	4.4% (±8.4 points)	7.4%	25.2%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±30.0 points)	4.5%	11.1%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±30.0 points)	3.0%	4.0%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±30.0 points)	0.9%	2.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 79.3% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Ben Bolt cost $2,000 or more a month.

Ben Bolt against Jim Wells County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Ben Bolt	Jim Wells County	Texas	United States
Median gross rent	$873 (±$66)	$938 (±$94)	$1,403 (±$4)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	135 (±90)	3,633 (±530)	3,935,670 (±20,381)	42,849,984

In Ben Bolt, median gross rent is not measurably different from Jim Wells County ($938).

It is also lower than in Texas ($1,403).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Jim Wells County, Ben Bolt ranks 2 of 4 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 875 of 1,183.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Ben Bolt

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Ben Bolt
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Ben Bolt	—	$873 (±$66)	—
Alice	6.5 mi	$934 (±$143)	Not measurably different
San Diego	11 mi	$1,096 (±$582)	Not measurably different
Kingsville	18 mi	$1,037 (±$73)	Higher
Bishop	19 mi	$952 (±$193)	Not measurably different
Benavides	20 mi	$867 (±$196)	Not measurably different
Driscoll	21 mi	$1,102 (±$72)	Higher
Premont	21 mi	$781 (±$144)	Not measurably different
Orange Grove	22 mi	$686 (±$391)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Kingsville, TX ($1,037), Driscoll, TX ($1,102).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Jim Wells County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Alice	$934 (±$143)
2	Ben Bolt	$873 (±$66)
3	Premont	$781 (±$144)
4	Orange Grove	$686 (±$391)

Ben Bolt is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Ben Bolt

What is the average rent in Ben Bolt, TX?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Ben Bolt is $873 (±$66) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Ben Bolt cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Ben Bolt have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Ben Bolt higher than in Jim Wells County?

In Ben Bolt, median gross rent is not measurably different from Jim Wells County ($938).

It is also lower than in Texas ($1,403).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Ben Bolt CDP, Texas (place:07540, in state:48).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.