US cities with the highest median rent
Compare median monthly gross rent across US cities and census-designated places.
U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimatesPeriod: 2020–2024 ACS 5-yearRetrieved 2026-10-05T08:15:40+00:00
Median monthly gross rent: ACS B25064_001E. Higher rent does not establish a city’s overall cost of living. ACS places, including census-designated places, with at least 20,000 residents in the same ACS release. ACS 5-year pooled estimates; margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. Ranks do not imply statistically significant differences. Missing, suppressed, and annotated/top-coded estimates are excluded.
Ranks are competition ranks computed across the full filtered set.
| Rank | Name | State | Median gross rent | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto city | California | $3,484 ±$157 | 67,237 |
| 2 | Manhattan Beach city | California | $3,449 ±$250 | 34,210 |
| 3 | McLean CDP | Virginia | $3,422 ±$246 | 49,627 |
| 4 | Plainview CDP | New York | $3,392 ±$619 | 25,982 |
| 5 | Ladera Ranch CDP | California | $3,350 ±$202 | 23,793 |
| 6 | Newport Beach city | California | $3,316 ±$90 | 83,845 |
| 7 | East Honolulu CDP | Hawaii | $3,313 ±$168 | 51,360 |
| 8 | Millbrae city | California | $3,272 ±$163 | 22,689 |
| 8 | University Park city | Texas | $3,272 ±$424 | 25,155 |
| 10 | Garden City village | New York | $3,265 ±$744 | 22,941 |
| 11 | Colleyville city | Texas | $3,263 ±$379 | 26,012 |
| 12 | Eastvale city | California | $3,252 ±$105 | 70,633 |
| 13 | Los Gatos town | California | $3,247 ±$211 | 32,786 |
| 14 | Menlo Park city | California | $3,239 ±$156 | 32,727 |
| 15 | Walnut city | California | $3,202 ±$442 | 27,611 |
| 16 | Dublin city | California | $3,191 ±$66 | 70,803 |
| 17 | Parkland city | Florida | $3,157 ±$370 | 37,178 |
| 18 | Mill Creek East CDP | Washington | $3,152 ±$162 | 25,453 |
| 19 | Milpitas city | California | $3,120 ±$150 | 78,578 |
| 20 | French Valley CDP | California | $3,119 ±$221 | 45,269 |
| 21 | Hicksville CDP | New York | $3,113 ±$327 | 43,780 |
| 22 | Dana Point city | California | $3,106 ±$167 | 32,790 |
| 23 | Pacifica city | California | $3,098 ±$184 | 37,261 |
| 24 | Kailua CDP (Honolulu County) | Hawaii | $3,093 ±$260 | 39,640 |
| 25 | Calabasas city | California | $3,089 ±$154 | 22,669 |
| 26 | San Mateo city | California | $3,077 ±$100 | 103,105 |
| 27 | Mountain View city | California | $3,062 ±$93 | 83,732 |
| 28 | Pleasanton city | California | $3,060 ±$123 | 76,960 |
| 29 | Sunnyvale city | California | $3,039 ±$59 | 154,236 |
| 30 | Paramus borough | New Jersey | $3,032 ±$340 | 26,568 |
| 31 | Santa Clara city | California | $3,016 ±$60 | 130,256 |
| 32 | Irvine city | California | $2,997 ±$51 | 311,690 |
| 33 | Hercules city | California | $2,991 ±$414 | 26,302 |
| 34 | Laguna Beach city | California | $2,986 ±$201 | 22,710 |
| 35 | Redwood City city | California | $2,968 ±$76 | 82,447 |
| 35 | San Ramon city | California | $2,968 ±$96 | 85,993 |
| 37 | West Hempstead CDP | New York | $2,967 ±$725 | 20,648 |
| 38 | Eastern Goleta Valley CDP | California | $2,964 ±$327 | 28,295 |
| 39 | Temescal Valley CDP | California | $2,938 ±$821 | 30,069 |
| 39 | Hoboken city | New Jersey | $2,938 ±$129 | 58,668 |
| 41 | Fremont city | California | $2,933 ±$48 | 228,295 |
| 42 | Cerritos city | California | $2,930 ±$161 | 47,867 |
| 43 | Merrick CDP | New York | $2,919 ±$415 | 21,744 |
| 44 | South Riding CDP | Virginia | $2,905 ±$194 | 34,352 |
| 45 | Laguna Niguel city | California | $2,903 ±$83 | 64,139 |
| 46 | Chino Hills city | California | $2,894 ±$95 | 77,927 |
| 46 | Burke CDP | Virginia | $2,894 ±$119 | 44,029 |
| 48 | Lafayette city | California | $2,892 ±$302 | 25,285 |
| 49 | Lexington CDP | Massachusetts | $2,891 ±$233 | 34,295 |
| 50 | East Meadow CDP | New York | $2,890 ±$360 | 36,821 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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