What is the median rent in Sour Lake, TX?

Name: Median rent in Sour Lake, TX, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Sour Lake, TX is $1,286 (±$221) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 235 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Sour Lake, the median gross rent went from $913 in 2015–2019 to $1,286 in 2020–2024 (+40.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,286 (±$221)
Rented homes: 235 (±96)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%
Since 2015–2019: +40.9%

How much rent costs in Sour Lake

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Sour Lake	Hardin County	Texas	United States
Less than $500	8.5% (±9.0 points)	3.6%	3.9%	6.3%
$500 to $999	27.7% (±20.5 points)	39.1%	17.4%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	50.2% (±22.6 points)	49.0%	35.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	13.6% (±12.6 points)	4.6%	25.2%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±19.0 points)	3.4%	11.1%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±19.0 points)	0.4%	4.0%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±19.0 points)	0.0%	2.9%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 50.2% of renting households.

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

Sour Lake against Hardin County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Sour Lake	Hardin County	Texas	United States
Median gross rent	$1,286 (±$221)	$1,049 (±$52)	$1,403 (±$4)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	235 (±96)	3,396 (±494)	3,935,670 (±20,381)	42,849,984

In Sour Lake, median gross rent is higher than in Hardin County ($1,049).

It is not measurably different from Texas ($1,403).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Hardin County, Sour Lake ranks 1 of 4 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 388 of 1,183.

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

How rent in Sour Lake has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$913 (±$175)	$1,286 (±$221)	+40.9%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	29.1% (±8.5 points)	29.4% (±10.1 points)	+0.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	10.3% (±11.4 points)	0.0% (±18.8 points)	−10.3 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Sour Lake

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Sour Lake
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Sour Lake	—	$1,286 (±$221)	—
China	7.8 mi	$950 (±$230)	Lower
Lumberton	14 mi	$1,067 (±$140)	Not measurably different
Daisetta	14 mi	$1,278 (±$302)	Not measurably different
Beaumont	16 mi	$1,121 (±$36)	Not measurably different
Kountze	17 mi	$873 (±$56)	Lower
Silsbee	20 mi	$1,011 (±$89)	Lower
Hardin	20 mi	$1,425 (±$810)	Not measurably different
Ames	21 mi	$741 (±$696)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: China, TX ($950), Kountze, TX ($873), Silsbee, TX ($1,011).

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

Median gross rent across Hardin County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Sour Lake	$1,286 (±$221)
2	Lumberton	$1,067 (±$140)
3	Silsbee	$1,011 (±$89)
4	Kountze	$873 (±$56)

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 Sour Lake

What is the average rent in Sour Lake, TX?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Sour Lake is $1,286 (±$221) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Sour Lake?

In Sour Lake, the median gross rent went from $913 in 2015–2019 to $1,286 in 2020–2024 (+40.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Sour Lake cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Sour Lake have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 8.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Sour Lake higher than in Hardin County?

In Sour Lake, median gross rent is higher than in Hardin County ($1,049).

It is not measurably different from Texas ($1,403).

It is not measurably different from 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 Sour Lake city, Texas (place:68828, 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.