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.

RankNameStateMedian gross rentPopulation
1251Wright CDPFlorida$1,621 ±$8927,927
1252Florin CDPCalifornia$1,622 ±$7650,211
1252Huntley villageIllinois$1,622 ±$18828,005
1252Hempstead villageNew York$1,622 ±$7458,801
1255Bel Air North CDPMaryland$1,624 ±$16431,302
1255Roy cityUtah$1,624 ±$12938,993
1257Lowell cityMassachusetts$1,625 ±$40118,368
1257Magna metro townshipUtah$1,625 ±$18530,031
1259Mooresville townNorth Carolina$1,626 ±$6252,381
1259Solon cityOhio$1,626 ±$7823,943
1261Redmond cityOregon$1,628 ±$8436,092
1262Highland cityCalifornia$1,629 ±$9356,675
1262Mount Vernon cityNew York$1,629 ±$5672,427
1262Grand Prairie cityTexas$1,629 ±$30201,883
1265Duncanville cityTexas$1,630 ±$6239,683
1266Pinellas Park cityFlorida$1,631 ±$5353,560
1266Salmon Creek CDPWashington$1,631 ±$13220,017
1268Hilliard cityOhio$1,632 ±$9338,033
1269Port Orange cityFlorida$1,634 ±$5464,767
1270North Highlands CDPCalifornia$1,636 ±$5947,957
1270Middle River CDPMaryland$1,636 ±$8731,712
1272Libertyville villageIllinois$1,637 ±$12320,525
1273Bartlett cityTennessee$1,638 ±$22456,876
1273North Ogden cityUtah$1,638 ±$20021,947
1275Ceres cityCalifornia$1,639 ±$8149,342
1276South Elgin villageIllinois$1,640 ±$11224,217
1276Rosemount cityMinnesota$1,640 ±$11327,562
1278Roselle villageIllinois$1,641 ±$16422,752
1278Brockton cityMassachusetts$1,641 ±$52105,386
1278Garland cityTexas$1,641 ±$33246,844
1278Bremerton cityWashington$1,641 ±$4244,830
1282Rochester Hills cityMichigan$1,644 ±$6177,089
1282St. Louis Park cityMinnesota$1,644 ±$4349,594
1282Chesterfield cityMissouri$1,644 ±$6849,574
1285Flagstaff cityArizona$1,645 ±$5776,445
1285Midway CDP (Santa Rosa County)Florida$1,645 ±$25421,317
1285Oak Harbor cityWashington$1,645 ±$6524,362
1288Kissimmee cityFlorida$1,647 ±$6981,479
1288Princeton CDPFlorida$1,647 ±$16542,625
1288Tucker cityGeorgia$1,647 ±$7037,123
1291Colorado Springs cityColorado$1,648 ±$23487,887
1291Glen Burnie CDPMaryland$1,648 ±$3572,590
1293Ann Arbor cityMichigan$1,649 ±$39122,036
1293Burlington cityVermont$1,649 ±$5344,675
1295Casas Adobes CDPArizona$1,650 ±$4972,059
1295Banning cityCalifornia$1,650 ±$13031,093
1295Webster Groves cityMissouri$1,650 ±$35423,712
1298Lynwood cityCalifornia$1,652 ±$4764,578
1299Hallandale Beach cityFlorida$1,653 ±$8241,854
1299Hollywood cityFlorida$1,653 ±$52155,082

± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.

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