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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1200 | Glendale Heights village | Illinois | $1,590 ±$63 | 32,808 |
| 1200 | Attleboro city | Massachusetts | $1,590 ±$83 | 46,762 |
| 1203 | Oak Park village | Illinois | $1,593 ±$81 | 53,292 |
| 1204 | Temple Terrace city | Florida | $1,594 ±$71 | 27,275 |
| 1204 | Hanover Park village | Illinois | $1,594 ±$100 | 36,732 |
| 1206 | Galt city | California | $1,596 ±$172 | 25,962 |
| 1206 | Aurora city | Illinois | $1,596 ±$55 | 179,898 |
| 1206 | Wake Forest town | North Carolina | $1,596 ±$105 | 52,844 |
| 1209 | North Bay Shore CDP | New York | $1,597 ±$395 | 20,282 |
| 1209 | Midvale city | Utah | $1,597 ±$55 | 35,989 |
| 1211 | Milwaukie city | Oregon | $1,598 ±$83 | 21,392 |
| 1212 | Olympia city | Washington | $1,599 ±$57 | 55,951 |
| 1213 | Reisterstown CDP | Maryland | $1,600 ±$105 | 25,582 |
| 1214 | Cathedral City city | California | $1,601 ±$90 | 52,267 |
| 1214 | Palm Bay city | Florida | $1,601 ±$71 | 130,132 |
| 1214 | Stonecrest city | Georgia | $1,601 ±$62 | 60,501 |
| 1214 | White Bear Lake city | Minnesota | $1,601 ±$84 | 23,908 |
| 1218 | Troy city | Michigan | $1,602 ±$51 | 87,898 |
| 1218 | Jenks city | Oklahoma | $1,602 ±$88 | 27,102 |
| 1218 | Katy city | Texas | $1,602 ±$210 | 25,184 |
| 1221 | Bloomingdale village | Illinois | $1,603 ±$79 | 22,457 |
| 1221 | Cockeysville CDP | Maryland | $1,603 ±$56 | 23,962 |
| 1221 | Chester CDP | Virginia | $1,603 ±$100 | 24,474 |
| 1224 | Riverbank city | California | $1,604 ±$226 | 25,166 |
| 1224 | Kiryas Joel village | New York | $1,604 ±$93 | 38,916 |
| 1226 | South Miami Heights CDP | Florida | $1,605 ±$98 | 38,766 |
| 1226 | Pickerington city | Ohio | $1,605 ±$122 | 24,477 |
| 1228 | South Lake Tahoe city | California | $1,606 ±$130 | 21,269 |
| 1228 | Venice city | Florida | $1,606 ±$109 | 27,479 |
| 1228 | Des Plaines city | Illinois | $1,606 ±$71 | 59,156 |
| 1231 | Rolling Meadows city | Illinois | $1,607 ±$127 | 24,027 |
| 1231 | Dover city | New Hampshire | $1,607 ±$100 | 33,364 |
| 1233 | Bloomington CDP | California | $1,609 ±$128 | 25,698 |
| 1233 | Sanford city | Florida | $1,609 ±$55 | 63,730 |
| 1235 | Fishers city | Indiana | $1,611 ±$85 | 102,337 |
| 1236 | Turlock city | California | $1,612 ±$55 | 72,502 |
| 1236 | Charlotte city | North Carolina | $1,612 ±$16 | 903,844 |
| 1238 | Lawrenceville city | Georgia | $1,613 ±$107 | 30,954 |
| 1238 | Chapel Hill town | North Carolina | $1,613 ±$56 | 61,607 |
| 1240 | Washington city | Utah | $1,614 ±$144 | 32,348 |
| 1241 | San Jacinto city | California | $1,615 ±$233 | 55,180 |
| 1242 | Evans CDP | Georgia | $1,617 ±$296 | 36,998 |
| 1243 | Victorville city | California | $1,618 ±$81 | 137,627 |
| 1243 | Bradenton city | Florida | $1,618 ±$61 | 57,014 |
| 1243 | Largo city | Florida | $1,618 ±$56 | 82,617 |
| 1243 | Elk Grove Village village | Illinois | $1,618 ±$85 | 31,987 |
| 1243 | Waxahachie city | Texas | $1,618 ±$74 | 45,347 |
| 1248 | Irving city | Texas | $1,619 ±$24 | 256,492 |
| 1248 | Fredericksburg city | Virginia | $1,619 ±$66 | 28,873 |
| 1250 | Mesa city | Arizona | $1,620 ±$25 | 511,764 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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