At the stated Zillow endpoint, ZIP 76014’s typical observed asking-rent index is $1,505 per month, up 1.19% from the same month a year earlier. This Zillow ZORI measure is a ZIP-level, blended index of typical observed asking rents across rental types, not a quote for a particular available home. In wider context only, Arlington city’s asking-rent measure is $1,546, Tarrant County’s is $1,639, and the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro measure is $1,673; each refers to its named larger geography rather than this ZIP. The 76014 Zillow market identifier matches a Census ZCTA, but a ZCTA is a statistical area and is not identical to a USPS delivery ZIP.
The rent path shows deceleration rather than a uniform trend. The exact same-month one-year ZORI change is 1.19%, versus annualized three-year growth of 2.28% and five-year growth of 3.68%. Thus, the latest direction remains positive but breaks from the faster longer-run pace. Monthly ZORI changes produce 3.77% annualized variability, which limits the confidence that should be placed in a single current rent snapshot: the index has moved enough over time that a current level should be read alongside its history. Separately, the record’s maximum drawdown reached 4.33%, showing a prior decline rather than a continuously rising series. History coverage is 99%. Transparent national discovery ranks among history-eligible ZIPs are 1,663 for momentum, 2,463 for stability, and 2,359 for the balanced score, where lower ranks place higher. These are backward-looking measurements, not forecasts or investment recommendations.
Bedroom figures add structure but do not create observed bedroom rents. Scaling ZIP ZORI with the local HUD ladder produces modelled monthly estimates of $1,233 for a studio, $1,284 for one bedroom, $1,505 for two bedrooms, $1,895 for three bedrooms, and $2,409 for four bedrooms. They are modelled estimates, never measured bedroom rents. The local HUD two-bedroom standard is $1,931, making the modelled two-bedroom estimate 77.94% of that standard. HUD FMR or SAFMR is an administrative, bedroom-specific standard rather than an asking-rent observation, so its comparison with ZORI is a benchmark relationship, not evidence that available two-bedroom listings are priced at either figure.
The matched Census ZCTA ACS five-year survey provides a different resident-based lens. Its median gross rent is $1,613 with a $52 margin of error; this measure covers occupied renter homes and includes selected utilities, unlike Zillow’s asking-rent index. Median household income is $60,333, with a $5,119 margin of error. Applying the arithmetic thirty-percent screen to the current monthly ZORI produces required annual income of $60,200. That screen is arithmetic, not advice and not an applicant qualification rule. Among the 6,394 renter households represented in the burden table, 3,892, or 60.87%, report spending at least thirty percent of income on rent. Renters account for 59.85% of occupied homes. These survey results describe households in aggregate and do not establish affordability, payment history, or rent burden for any particular unit or applicant.
The ZCTA contains 32,818 people and 11,260 housing units, of which 10,684 are occupied. Its overall vacancy rate is 5.12%, while 448 vacant units are classified as available for rent. The structure inventory includes 6,956 single-family units and 844 units in large multifamily structures, a mix that cautions against treating one ZIP-wide rent index as a uniform property-type outcome. Vacancy is an area-level count and rate, not proof that a particular advertised rental is available, competitively priced, lease-ready, or comparable to another listing. Likewise, occupied-unit and renter-share data describe the survey universe rather than a current leasing pipeline.
Redfin supplies a separate for-sale reading: its direct rolling-three-month ZIP resale observation reports a median sold price of $261,691, down 5.95% year over year. There were 51 homes sold, and median marketing time was 27 days. Inventory was 35 homes with 2.1 months of supply. Sale-to-list indicators were mixed rather than uniformly aggressive: the average sale-to-list ratio was 98.93%, while 30.03% of sales closed above list price. These are direct ZIP resale measures, not rental transactions, rental comparables, or evidence about a landlord’s operating results. They describe resale liquidity and pricing signals within the ZIP’s for-sale market only.
Annualized ZIP ZORI divided by Redfin’s median sold price produces a 6.90% cross-source screening ratio. It is only a screening ratio linking a rental asking-rent index and a resale-price observation; it does not incorporate expenses, financing, taxes, unit condition, lease terms, or transaction costs. The resale price decline challenges an unqualified interpretation of the current rent screen, even though ZORI’s latest same-month change remains positive. At the same time, slowing rent growth relative to the three-year and five-year record, together with the aggregate rent-burden result, keeps the screen from resolving the affordability tension. Neither data series establishes why the other moved or what will happen next.
The most useful reading is therefore bounded: current asking-rent evidence is below wider city, county, and metro context measures, but it differs in universe from ACS gross rent, HUD standards, and Redfin resale observations. Before applying ZIP evidence to a property, verify the actual quoted rent, bedroom count, lease duration, included utilities, concessions, condition, occupancy status, and whether the address is inside the relevant Zillow ZIP and Census ZCTA boundary. For resale interpretation, verify the property’s recent list history, closing terms, days marketed, and comparability to the rolling Redfin observation. Those property-level checks can test fit with the published aggregates without converting area statistics into claims about a specific home.