US cities with the lowest median rent
Find lower-cost rental markets using Census median monthly gross rent.
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, including applicable utilities. Covers occupied cash-rent units, not advertised asking rents. Rent alone is not a complete cost-of-living index. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 750 | Trenton city | New Jersey | $1,294 ±$52 | 90,338 |
| 752 | University CDP (Hillsborough County) | Florida | $1,295 ±$37 | 48,127 |
| 752 | Columbia Heights city | Minnesota | $1,295 ±$102 | 22,155 |
| 752 | Columbus city | Ohio | $1,295 ±$10 | 914,802 |
| 755 | Gainesville city | Florida | $1,296 ±$40 | 145,702 |
| 756 | Tarpon Springs city | Florida | $1,298 ±$67 | 25,791 |
| 756 | Okemos CDP | Michigan | $1,298 ±$94 | 26,396 |
| 756 | Galveston city | Texas | $1,298 ±$40 | 53,424 |
| 759 | Gainesville city | Georgia | $1,299 ±$89 | 45,032 |
| 760 | Portsmouth city | Virginia | $1,300 ±$26 | 97,190 |
| 761 | Florence town | Arizona | $1,302 ±$301 | 25,570 |
| 761 | Strongsville city | Ohio | $1,302 ±$100 | 45,983 |
| 763 | Raymore city | Missouri | $1,303 ±$143 | 24,526 |
| 764 | Pahrump CDP | Nevada | $1,304 ±$75 | 47,347 |
| 765 | Edwardsville city | Illinois | $1,306 ±$116 | 26,474 |
| 765 | Gardner city | Kansas | $1,306 ±$123 | 24,526 |
| 765 | Forest Park city | Ohio | $1,306 ±$98 | 20,025 |
| 765 | Lebanon city | Tennessee | $1,306 ±$53 | 44,788 |
| 769 | Fort Walton Beach city | Florida | $1,307 ±$70 | 21,025 |
| 769 | Clarksville city | Tennessee | $1,307 ±$35 | 176,456 |
| 769 | Baytown city | Texas | $1,307 ±$39 | 85,205 |
| 769 | Texas City city | Texas | $1,307 ±$47 | 55,364 |
| 773 | Hanford city | California | $1,309 ±$101 | 59,754 |
| 773 | Edgewater city | Florida | $1,309 ±$247 | 23,627 |
| 773 | Central city | Louisiana | $1,309 ±$101 | 29,783 |
| 773 | Denison city | Texas | $1,309 ±$70 | 25,778 |
| 777 | Schererville town | Indiana | $1,310 ±$75 | 29,701 |
| 778 | Bethel Park municipality | Pennsylvania | $1,311 ±$71 | 32,881 |
| 778 | Greenville city | Texas | $1,311 ±$59 | 31,222 |
| 780 | Greenwood city | Indiana | $1,312 ±$58 | 66,029 |
| 780 | Maryland Heights city | Missouri | $1,312 ±$70 | 27,880 |
| 780 | Greenville city | South Carolina | $1,312 ±$43 | 72,935 |
| 783 | Prattville city | Alabama | $1,313 ±$66 | 39,482 |
| 783 | Menomonee Falls village | Wisconsin | $1,313 ±$149 | 39,539 |
| 783 | Muskego city | Wisconsin | $1,313 ±$132 | 25,406 |
| 786 | Vero Beach South CDP | Florida | $1,314 ±$108 | 30,344 |
| 786 | Olathe city | Kansas | $1,314 ±$49 | 145,057 |
| 788 | Odessa city | Texas | $1,315 ±$41 | 115,322 |
| 788 | Universal City city | Texas | $1,315 ±$70 | 20,189 |
| 788 | Winchester city | Virginia | $1,315 ±$78 | 27,913 |
| 791 | Holt CDP | Michigan | $1,317 ±$104 | 25,316 |
| 791 | Allentown city | Pennsylvania | $1,317 ±$39 | 125,976 |
| 793 | Arbutus CDP | Maryland | $1,318 ±$227 | 22,507 |
| 793 | Salisbury city | Maryland | $1,318 ±$80 | 33,285 |
| 793 | Deer Park city | Texas | $1,318 ±$85 | 33,967 |
| 796 | Ankeny city | Iowa | $1,319 ±$72 | 72,615 |
| 796 | Essex CDP | Maryland | $1,319 ±$39 | 40,580 |
| 796 | University City city | Missouri | $1,319 ±$67 | 34,685 |
| 796 | Kannapolis city | North Carolina | $1,319 ±$67 | 57,890 |
| 800 | Lake Havasu City city | Arizona | $1,320 ±$78 | 58,359 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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