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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1051 | Lakeside CDP | Florida | $1,479 ±$90 | 32,105 |
| 1051 | Hilton Head Island town | South Carolina | $1,479 ±$162 | 37,911 |
| 1053 | Crest Hill city | Illinois | $1,481 ±$91 | 20,628 |
| 1053 | Oakdale city | Minnesota | $1,481 ±$109 | 28,585 |
| 1053 | Murfreesboro city | Tennessee | $1,481 ±$41 | 161,445 |
| 1056 | Egypt Lake-Leto CDP | Florida | $1,482 ±$48 | 35,873 |
| 1056 | West Little River CDP | Florida | $1,482 ±$151 | 33,890 |
| 1056 | Taylorsville city | Utah | $1,482 ±$62 | 58,678 |
| 1059 | St. Michael city | Minnesota | $1,483 ±$277 | 20,010 |
| 1060 | Grayslake village | Illinois | $1,485 ±$177 | 20,929 |
| 1060 | Crown Point city | Indiana | $1,485 ±$116 | 34,393 |
| 1062 | Brownsburg town | Indiana | $1,486 ±$102 | 31,215 |
| 1062 | East Massapequa CDP | New York | $1,486 ±$886 | 20,377 |
| 1064 | Worcester city | Massachusetts | $1,487 ±$38 | 207,055 |
| 1065 | Chico city | California | $1,488 ±$35 | 102,188 |
| 1065 | New Haven city | Connecticut | $1,488 ±$33 | 134,349 |
| 1065 | Kahului CDP | Hawaii | $1,488 ±$156 | 28,288 |
| 1068 | Anchorage municipality | Alaska | $1,489 ±$38 | 288,976 |
| 1068 | Woodburn city | Oregon | $1,489 ±$122 | 27,875 |
| 1068 | Spanish Fork city | Utah | $1,489 ±$90 | 44,946 |
| 1071 | Visalia city | California | $1,490 ±$43 | 143,939 |
| 1071 | Mauldin city | South Carolina | $1,490 ±$92 | 27,055 |
| 1073 | Millcreek city | Utah | $1,492 ±$55 | 63,648 |
| 1074 | East Los Angeles CDP | California | $1,494 ±$39 | 111,647 |
| 1074 | Stockbridge city | Georgia | $1,494 ±$87 | 35,737 |
| 1074 | Woodridge village | Illinois | $1,494 ±$73 | 33,941 |
| 1074 | Woodlawn CDP (Baltimore County) | Maryland | $1,494 ±$62 | 40,379 |
| 1074 | Coon Rapids city | Minnesota | $1,494 ±$55 | 63,468 |
| 1079 | Tinley Park village | Illinois | $1,495 ±$110 | 54,842 |
| 1080 | Fairbanks city | Alaska | $1,496 ±$81 | 32,083 |
| 1080 | Tavares city | Florida | $1,496 ±$223 | 20,463 |
| 1082 | Rosamond CDP | California | $1,498 ±$185 | 21,473 |
| 1082 | Candler-McAfee CDP | Georgia | $1,498 ±$89 | 20,905 |
| 1084 | Plainfield town | Indiana | $1,499 ±$95 | 36,369 |
| 1085 | Murray city | Utah | $1,500 ±$63 | 50,188 |
| 1086 | Mount Prospect village | Illinois | $1,502 ±$64 | 55,472 |
| 1086 | Bedford city | Texas | $1,502 ±$60 | 49,085 |
| 1088 | Fort Mill town | South Carolina | $1,503 ±$146 | 30,775 |
| 1089 | West Valley City city | Utah | $1,504 ±$53 | 138,437 |
| 1090 | Huntington Park city | California | $1,505 ±$47 | 53,108 |
| 1091 | Munster town | Indiana | $1,507 ±$365 | 23,733 |
| 1091 | Pecan Grove CDP | Texas | $1,507 ±$305 | 24,272 |
| 1093 | San Bernardino city | California | $1,508 ±$34 | 222,724 |
| 1093 | Durham city | North Carolina | $1,508 ±$31 | 291,467 |
| 1095 | North Attleborough Town city | Massachusetts | $1,509 ±$102 | 30,984 |
| 1095 | Fort Worth city | Texas | $1,509 ±$21 | 963,194 |
| 1097 | Burnsville city | Minnesota | $1,513 ±$52 | 64,463 |
| 1097 | Mesquite city | Texas | $1,513 ±$57 | 149,299 |
| 1099 | Rio Rancho city | New Mexico | $1,514 ±$67 | 108,515 |
| 1100 | Vestavia Hills city | Alabama | $1,515 ±$130 | 38,616 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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