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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 949 | Hanahan city | South Carolina | $1,412 ±$90 | 21,452 |
| 952 | Madison city | Wisconsin | $1,413 ±$20 | 278,001 |
| 953 | Carpentersville village | Illinois | $1,414 ±$84 | 37,346 |
| 953 | Salt Lake City city | Utah | $1,414 ±$25 | 208,007 |
| 955 | Simpsonville city | South Carolina | $1,415 ±$60 | 26,144 |
| 955 | Haltom City city | Texas | $1,415 ±$71 | 45,767 |
| 957 | Culpeper town | Virginia | $1,416 ±$89 | 20,794 |
| 958 | Ballwin city | Missouri | $1,418 ±$70 | 31,279 |
| 959 | Ruskin CDP | Florida | $1,419 ±$244 | 29,834 |
| 959 | Sun Prairie city | Wisconsin | $1,419 ±$57 | 37,570 |
| 961 | Nampa city | Idaho | $1,420 ±$32 | 110,319 |
| 961 | Denton city | Texas | $1,420 ±$40 | 152,866 |
| 963 | Fresno city | California | $1,421 ±$21 | 545,970 |
| 963 | Forest Lake city | Minnesota | $1,421 ±$74 | 20,729 |
| 965 | Lee's Summit city | Missouri | $1,422 ±$54 | 103,656 |
| 965 | Norristown borough | Pennsylvania | $1,422 ±$58 | 35,893 |
| 967 | Keizer city | Oregon | $1,424 ±$38 | 39,082 |
| 968 | North Chicago city | Illinois | $1,426 ±$75 | 30,643 |
| 968 | Hurricane city | Utah | $1,426 ±$248 | 22,771 |
| 968 | New Berlin city | Wisconsin | $1,426 ±$49 | 40,270 |
| 971 | Hilo CDP | Hawaii | $1,427 ±$89 | 50,404 |
| 971 | Hampton city | Virginia | $1,427 ±$35 | 137,557 |
| 973 | Yucca Valley town | California | $1,428 ±$185 | 21,770 |
| 974 | Silver Springs Shores CDP | Florida | $1,430 ±$153 | 28,537 |
| 974 | North Charleston city | South Carolina | $1,430 ±$30 | 119,913 |
| 976 | New Lenox village | Illinois | $1,431 ±$159 | 28,006 |
| 977 | Glen Ellyn village | Illinois | $1,433 ±$87 | 28,390 |
| 978 | Lake Magdalene CDP | Florida | $1,434 ±$60 | 32,083 |
| 978 | Midland city | Texas | $1,434 ±$61 | 136,640 |
| 980 | Tulare city | California | $1,435 ±$58 | 70,945 |
| 980 | Horn Lake city | Mississippi | $1,435 ±$35 | 26,647 |
| 980 | Hayesville CDP | Oregon | $1,435 ±$73 | 21,246 |
| 983 | Adelanto city | California | $1,437 ±$117 | 37,964 |
| 983 | Indio city | California | $1,437 ±$53 | 91,950 |
| 983 | Middleton city | Wisconsin | $1,437 ±$74 | 22,301 |
| 986 | Villa Park village | Illinois | $1,438 ±$85 | 22,345 |
| 986 | Orem city | Utah | $1,438 ±$56 | 97,182 |
| 986 | Wauwatosa city | Wisconsin | $1,438 ±$77 | 48,529 |
| 989 | Northampton city | Massachusetts | $1,439 ±$75 | 30,962 |
| 990 | Spring Hill CDP | Florida | $1,440 ±$89 | 119,983 |
| 990 | Chicago city | Illinois | $1,440 ±$10 | 2,711,226 |
| 990 | Orland Park village | Illinois | $1,440 ±$50 | 57,916 |
| 993 | Merritt Island CDP | Florida | $1,441 ±$77 | 34,992 |
| 993 | Concord city | New Hampshire | $1,441 ±$43 | 44,375 |
| 993 | East Orange city | New Jersey | $1,441 ±$67 | 70,090 |
| 996 | West Haven city | Connecticut | $1,442 ±$43 | 55,351 |
| 997 | O'Fallon city | Missouri | $1,443 ±$47 | 93,801 |
| 998 | Juneau city and borough | Alaska | $1,444 ±$58 | 31,794 |
| 998 | Apple Valley town | California | $1,444 ±$60 | 75,473 |
| 1000 | University CDP (Orange County) | Florida | $1,445 ±$111 | 41,902 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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