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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | East Chicago city | Indiana | $854 ±$51 | 26,022 |
| 51 | Pittsburg city | Kansas | $854 ±$39 | 20,637 |
| 53 | Pine Bluff city | Arkansas | $855 ±$38 | 39,743 |
| 53 | Williamsport city | Pennsylvania | $855 ±$41 | 27,612 |
| 55 | Butte-Silver Bow (balance) | Montana | $856 ±$80 | 35,052 |
| 55 | Marion city | Ohio | $856 ±$38 | 35,669 |
| 57 | Hastings city | Nebraska | $858 ±$53 | 25,008 |
| 57 | Muskogee city | Oklahoma | $858 ±$24 | 36,758 |
| 59 | Massillon city | Ohio | $862 ±$45 | 32,338 |
| 60 | Conway city | South Carolina | $866 ±$158 | 27,263 |
| 61 | East Moline city | Illinois | $868 ±$34 | 20,904 |
| 62 | Sidney city | Ohio | $869 ±$72 | 20,501 |
| 63 | West Memphis city | Arkansas | $870 ±$31 | 23,929 |
| 63 | Binghamton city | New York | $870 ±$38 | 47,151 |
| 63 | Erie city | Pennsylvania | $870 ±$21 | 93,850 |
| 66 | Albertville city | Alabama | $872 ±$69 | 22,813 |
| 66 | Ashland city | Kentucky | $872 ±$78 | 21,295 |
| 66 | Greenville city | Mississippi | $872 ±$48 | 28,166 |
| 69 | Norfolk city | Nebraska | $875 ±$36 | 26,054 |
| 70 | Cape Girardeau city | Missouri | $876 ±$45 | 40,344 |
| 70 | Roswell city | New Mexico | $876 ±$60 | 47,638 |
| 72 | Sedalia city | Missouri | $877 ±$36 | 22,003 |
| 73 | Thomasville city | North Carolina | $879 ±$56 | 27,321 |
| 74 | Eagle Pass city | Texas | $880 ±$110 | 28,339 |
| 75 | Hutchinson city | Kansas | $881 ±$29 | 39,709 |
| 76 | Mason City city | Iowa | $882 ±$54 | 27,050 |
| 76 | Winona city | Minnesota | $882 ±$68 | 26,009 |
| 76 | Morristown city | Tennessee | $882 ±$65 | 31,527 |
| 79 | Fort Smith city | Arkansas | $884 ±$32 | 89,805 |
| 80 | East Peoria city | Illinois | $886 ±$60 | 22,324 |
| 80 | Monroe city | Louisiana | $886 ±$43 | 47,004 |
| 80 | Tullahoma city | Tennessee | $886 ±$54 | 21,103 |
| 83 | Chillicothe city | Ohio | $887 ±$32 | 21,902 |
| 83 | Lorain city | Ohio | $887 ±$43 | 65,395 |
| 85 | Brookings city | South Dakota | $889 ±$68 | 23,948 |
| 86 | Stevens Point city | Wisconsin | $890 ±$28 | 25,785 |
| 87 | Marshalltown city | Iowa | $891 ±$58 | 27,626 |
| 87 | West Odessa CDP | Texas | $891 ±$472 | 32,594 |
| 89 | Columbus city | Nebraska | $892 ±$68 | 24,488 |
| 90 | New Iberia city | Louisiana | $894 ±$75 | 27,571 |
| 90 | Pascagoula city | Mississippi | $894 ±$31 | 21,710 |
| 92 | Del Rio city | Texas | $895 ±$163 | 34,668 |
| 93 | Decatur city | Alabama | $896 ±$56 | 57,361 |
| 93 | Duncan city | Oklahoma | $896 ±$37 | 22,958 |
| 95 | Columbus city | Mississippi | $897 ±$49 | 23,348 |
| 95 | Auburn city | New York | $897 ±$50 | 26,285 |
| 95 | Bowling Green city | Ohio | $897 ±$44 | 29,983 |
| 98 | Jackson city | Michigan | $898 ±$47 | 31,058 |
| 98 | St. Joseph city | Missouri | $898 ±$31 | 71,236 |
| 100 | Athens city | Alabama | $899 ±$89 | 29,002 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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