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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 851 | Drexel Heights CDP | Arizona | $1,342 ±$136 | 27,675 |
| 851 | Florida Ridge CDP | Florida | $1,342 ±$130 | 20,889 |
| 851 | Keene city | New Hampshire | $1,342 ±$68 | 22,939 |
| 854 | Bentonville city | Arkansas | $1,344 ±$51 | 58,249 |
| 854 | Dover city | Delaware | $1,344 ±$50 | 39,837 |
| 854 | Bellview CDP | Florida | $1,344 ±$71 | 26,488 |
| 854 | Edmond city | Oklahoma | $1,344 ±$36 | 96,825 |
| 858 | Pueblo West CDP | Colorado | $1,345 ±$75 | 35,681 |
| 858 | Wentzville city | Missouri | $1,345 ±$83 | 47,061 |
| 860 | Batavia city | Illinois | $1,347 ±$137 | 27,151 |
| 861 | Kirkwood city | Missouri | $1,348 ±$98 | 29,363 |
| 862 | Brighton CDP | New York | $1,350 ±$38 | 36,834 |
| 863 | Laplace CDP | Louisiana | $1,351 ±$108 | 28,343 |
| 864 | Twentynine Palms city | California | $1,352 ±$91 | 27,355 |
| 865 | Madera city | California | $1,353 ±$58 | 67,831 |
| 865 | Spokane Valley city | Washington | $1,353 ±$44 | 106,365 |
| 867 | Leominster city | Massachusetts | $1,354 ±$50 | 43,909 |
| 867 | Pleasantville city | New Jersey | $1,354 ±$177 | 20,712 |
| 869 | DeLand city | Florida | $1,355 ±$77 | 41,611 |
| 869 | Germantown village | Wisconsin | $1,355 ±$109 | 20,962 |
| 871 | Drexel Hill CDP | Pennsylvania | $1,357 ±$41 | 30,451 |
| 872 | Hurst city | Texas | $1,358 ±$55 | 39,861 |
| 873 | Ocala city | Florida | $1,359 ±$72 | 66,584 |
| 873 | Blacksburg town | Virginia | $1,359 ±$66 | 45,446 |
| 875 | Elgin city | Illinois | $1,361 ±$65 | 114,934 |
| 875 | Houston city | Texas | $1,361 ±$8 | 2,328,253 |
| 877 | Ennis city | Texas | $1,362 ±$70 | 22,588 |
| 878 | Warwick city | Rhode Island | $1,363 ±$76 | 83,175 |
| 879 | East Point city | Georgia | $1,364 ±$41 | 38,335 |
| 879 | Westerville city | Ohio | $1,364 ±$72 | 38,645 |
| 881 | Park Forest village | Illinois | $1,365 ±$100 | 21,156 |
| 882 | Crestview city | Florida | $1,366 ±$137 | 28,773 |
| 883 | South Euclid city | Ohio | $1,367 ±$279 | 21,534 |
| 884 | Naugatuck borough | Connecticut | $1,369 ±$58 | 31,800 |
| 884 | Rochester city | New Hampshire | $1,369 ±$72 | 33,144 |
| 886 | Wethersfield CDP | Connecticut | $1,370 ±$150 | 27,250 |
| 887 | Minneapolis city | Minnesota | $1,371 ±$20 | 427,246 |
| 888 | Alabaster city | Alabama | $1,372 ±$123 | 33,917 |
| 888 | Paradise CDP | Nevada | $1,372 ±$21 | 185,913 |
| 888 | Albany city | Oregon | $1,372 ±$47 | 56,839 |
| 888 | Richmond city | Virginia | $1,372 ±$20 | 229,359 |
| 892 | Fitchburg city | Wisconsin | $1,373 ±$53 | 32,619 |
| 893 | Roseville city | Minnesota | $1,374 ±$58 | 35,802 |
| 894 | Slidell city | Louisiana | $1,375 ±$78 | 28,561 |
| 894 | Edgewood CDP | Maryland | $1,375 ±$114 | 24,922 |
| 894 | Cranston city | Rhode Island | $1,375 ±$59 | 83,250 |
| 897 | Brooklyn Center city | Minnesota | $1,376 ±$42 | 32,479 |
| 897 | Medford city | Oregon | $1,376 ±$40 | 86,315 |
| 899 | Ensley CDP | Florida | $1,378 ±$69 | 23,760 |
| 899 | Rosedale CDP | Maryland | $1,378 ±$79 | 20,002 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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