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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 899 | Balch Springs city | Texas | $1,378 ±$73 | 27,255 |
| 899 | La Porte city | Texas | $1,378 ±$110 | 36,730 |
| 903 | Redding city | California | $1,379 ±$44 | 93,409 |
| 903 | Rosenberg city | Texas | $1,379 ±$55 | 40,646 |
| 905 | McMinnville city | Oregon | $1,380 ±$44 | 34,596 |
| 906 | Royal Oak city | Michigan | $1,381 ±$47 | 57,950 |
| 907 | Savannah city | Georgia | $1,382 ±$32 | 147,898 |
| 907 | Brandon city | Mississippi | $1,382 ±$262 | 25,542 |
| 907 | Bethlehem city | Pennsylvania | $1,382 ±$43 | 77,956 |
| 910 | Ferry Pass CDP | Florida | $1,383 ±$65 | 30,053 |
| 910 | Waukee city | Iowa | $1,383 ±$85 | 29,236 |
| 912 | Manchester CDP | Connecticut | $1,384 ±$66 | 36,759 |
| 912 | Dolton village | Illinois | $1,384 ±$88 | 20,825 |
| 914 | Casa Grande city | Arizona | $1,386 ±$56 | 60,905 |
| 915 | Ashland city | Oregon | $1,387 ±$68 | 21,259 |
| 916 | Daphne city | Alabama | $1,388 ±$79 | 29,453 |
| 916 | Greeley city | Colorado | $1,388 ±$46 | 110,806 |
| 918 | Noblesville city | Indiana | $1,389 ±$75 | 73,362 |
| 919 | Corvallis city | Oregon | $1,391 ±$45 | 59,960 |
| 920 | Westbrook city | Maine | $1,392 ±$74 | 20,775 |
| 920 | Newark city | New Jersey | $1,392 ±$21 | 310,178 |
| 922 | Merced city | California | $1,393 ±$43 | 91,953 |
| 922 | Richfield city | Minnesota | $1,393 ±$43 | 36,642 |
| 922 | Bixby city | Oklahoma | $1,393 ±$92 | 30,155 |
| 922 | Conroe city | Texas | $1,393 ±$29 | 102,360 |
| 926 | Prescott city | Arizona | $1,395 ±$74 | 47,400 |
| 926 | Bella Vista city | Arkansas | $1,395 ±$239 | 31,697 |
| 926 | Lakeland city | Florida | $1,395 ±$41 | 119,961 |
| 926 | Wilmington city | North Carolina | $1,395 ±$37 | 120,805 |
| 926 | Gallatin city | Tennessee | $1,395 ±$49 | 48,532 |
| 931 | Oak Park city | Michigan | $1,396 ±$85 | 29,318 |
| 932 | The Villages CDP | Florida | $1,397 ±$159 | 83,498 |
| 932 | New Brighton city | Minnesota | $1,397 ±$58 | 22,710 |
| 932 | Sunrise Manor CDP | Nevada | $1,397 ±$27 | 200,218 |
| 932 | Philadelphia city | Pennsylvania | $1,397 ±$14 | 1,579,706 |
| 936 | Rochester city | Minnesota | $1,399 ±$39 | 122,330 |
| 937 | Poughkeepsie city | New York | $1,400 ±$100 | 31,958 |
| 937 | Salem city | Oregon | $1,400 ±$29 | 178,865 |
| 939 | Asheville city | North Carolina | $1,402 ±$60 | 94,535 |
| 939 | Eugene city | Oregon | $1,402 ±$28 | 179,591 |
| 941 | Mount Vernon city | Washington | $1,405 ±$84 | 35,377 |
| 942 | Maplewood city | Minnesota | $1,406 ±$87 | 40,695 |
| 942 | Fort Hood CDP | Texas | $1,406 ±$17 | 26,814 |
| 944 | Providence city | Rhode Island | $1,408 ±$42 | 191,767 |
| 945 | Plant City city | Florida | $1,409 ±$54 | 40,887 |
| 946 | Punta Gorda city | Florida | $1,410 ±$323 | 20,278 |
| 947 | Ormond Beach city | Florida | $1,411 ±$75 | 43,976 |
| 947 | Gloucester city | Massachusetts | $1,411 ±$94 | 30,075 |
| 949 | Catalina Foothills CDP | Arizona | $1,412 ±$111 | 52,593 |
| 949 | Desert Hot Springs city | California | $1,412 ±$125 | 33,200 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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